Simona Stefanescu
@simonastefanescu1
I help founders strengthen relationships while building businesses through grounded coaching and direct conversations.
What I'm looking for
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
Remote Internal Coach (Freelance / Contract) | Helping women to move away from their blockages
Worked with clients over 400 hours while bringing more clarity and actions in the life, according to their highest values.
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.
Under my responsibility were the brands of cold and flu.
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
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
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
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.
Worked as Consumer Research Executive at British American Tobacco.
Have been involved in more than 50 quantitative market studies
Worked as Internship at K2 Contacts Portsmouth.
Worked as Assistant Manager at Royal Consulting.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
PWC Business Diploma Coaching
Business Coach, Coaching
CareerShift
Career Coaching Certification, Career Coach
2023 - 2032
Pwc Academy Romania
Business Coaching Diploma, Business Coaching
2022 - 2022
Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)
Diploma de Master, Management si Comunicare in Afaceri
2005 - 2007
Academia de Studii Economice din București
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
1999 - 2003
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.
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