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Simona Stefanescu

@simonastefanescu1

I help founders strengthen relationships while building businesses through grounded coaching and direct conversations.

Romania
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to help founders build businesses without sacrificing their closest relationships, using coaching that creates clarity, direct communication, and grounded action.

I coach founders whose businesses are growing while their closest relationships become strained. At New Dawn Mindset, I’ve worked with clients for 400+ hours, helping them move through blockages with greater clarity and action aligned to their values.

I help clients notice the patterns that damage relationships under pressure, communicate directly rather than shut down or explode, and build a business and life that can last. My approach is grounded in coaching, deep listening, compassion, Universal Laws, Positive Intelligence, neuroscience, and my own experience of looking successful while feeling lost.

Before coaching, I spent 20 years in marketing and insights at British American Tobacco, PPD Romania, STADA Group, and Millward Brown, leading brand portfolios, market research, planning, budget management, and regional projects across Europe and North Africa.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Career transition

Career Break

Mar 2022 - Aug 2022 (5 months)

Discovering coaching. Being part of PWC Business Coaching Diploma coaching school.
Also, I am a marketing insights professional who embarks on the entrepreneurship journey. Should you need clarity on business, marketing insights or your life in general, do contact me.

PPD Romania logoPR

Group Brand Manager CEE

Nov 2019 - Apr 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Initially, the group brands were San Pellegrino, Tazovsky and Damm – Estrella&Inedit). After one year, my portfolio extended to Disaronno, Jose Cuervo, Bushmills, Grande Vento, Belaire and the wines in PPD portofolio. Managing the brands meant budget management & coordination with the support functions to deliver results – especially important in the pandemic where the shift need to be done from H

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Regional Project Manager

Jan 2017 - Jul 2019 (2 years 6 months)

Working in an above market structure I have the opportunity to discuss market situation on countries across the region (Europe and North Africa). My role is partly on planning (understanding markets, volumes, forecasts and preparing presentation for the monthly/ quarterly meetings with various stakeholders). The other part of my role is to work with the legal/ regulatory team on supply chain audit

British American Tobacco logoBT

Marketing Insights Manager

Mar 2010 - Dec 2016 (6 years 9 months)

Establish best course of action to answer to different marketing questions. Coordinate the projects, the implementation on various researches (qualitative, quantitative and desk research) and look for the closing of the project. Assure that insights from various marketing research studies are effectively summarized and communicated.
Make recommendation on actions to be taken on the basis of marke

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VFM (Pall Mall&Lucky Strike) Brand Executive

Oct 2006 - Feb 2011 (4 years 4 months)

Application of established brand positioning & copy strategy throughout: different marketing activities (national promotions, image campaigns, packaging change, product launches), building brand plans, making recommendation based on research insights. Part of the job was also to understand competition. Make recommendations on budget management.

British American Tobacco logoBT

Consumer Research Executive

Oct 2004 - Oct 2006 (2 years)

Worked as Consumer Research Executive at British American Tobacco.

Millward Brown logoMB

Marketing Analyst

Jul 2002 - Oct 2004 (2 years 3 months)

Have been involved in more than 50 quantitative market studies

K2 Contacts Portsmouth logoKP

Internship

Jul 2002 - Sep 2002 (2 months)

Worked as Internship at K2 Contacts Portsmouth.

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Assistant Manager

Aug 2000 - Dec 2000 (4 months)

Worked as Assistant Manager at Royal Consulting.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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PWC Business Diploma Coaching

Business Coach, Coaching

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CareerShift

Career Coaching Certification, Career Coach

2023 - 2032

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Pwc Academy Romania

Business Coaching Diploma, Business Coaching

2022 - 2022

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Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)

Diploma de Master, Management si Comunicare in Afaceri

2005 - 2007

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Academia de Studii Economice din București

Bachelor's degree, Commerce

1999 - 2003

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Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)

Master's degree, Management si Comunicare in Afaceri

2005 - 2007

Master's degree in Management and Business Communication from SNSPA.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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