Cecilia Lippai

About

I am a Law and Philosophy graduate with an MA in intercultural communication and a PhD in environmental philosophy. I have extensive experience in international procurement, contract administration and project management, having worked both in the non-profit as well as the business sector.

Experience

• Grants Manager at Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Global Commercial Contract Manager at Vodafone
  Apr 2014 - Jul 2023 · 9 yrs 4 mos

  I was the global contract manager for the IT Enterprise procurement sector at Vodafone. I actively managed combined contract values of more than 130M GBP, and a large group of stakeholders with various, often conflicting interests, diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. I also negotiated claims, monitored KPIs and obligations, conducted supplier reviews, advised on renewals. I oversaw the implementation and continuous improvement of Contract Watch platform, coordinating a small team of system assistants in India. In addition, I was the process improvement expert of my team, leading projects with a net efficiency gain of 13% per year. I won several awards: employee of the month in February 2015, SHAPE Your Department Strategy Award in June 2015 and December 2016, and the Vodafone STAR award in September 2015, August 2016, and November 2017.

• Office Manager at 3h architecture
  Nov 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

  I performed administrative, financial, research and communication duties under the supervision of the general manager. Specifically, I managed the everyday life of the office, prepared contracts and bills, conducted background checks and research for various architectural projects, wrote analyses, reports, grants, and organized the PR activity of the company.

• Research Associate at Central European University
  Sep 2010 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

  I was conducting research, writing reports and studies, giving conference presentations and participating at international conferences organized within the RESPECT project (Towards a Topography of Tolerance and Equal Respect. A comparative study of policies for the distribution of public spaces in culturally diverse societies) funded by the European Commission, grant no. 244549. For details please visit: http://www.respect.iusspavia.it/

• University Assistant at Babes-Bolyai University
  Jan 2005 - Jun 2008 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  Teaching undergraduate seminars in propaedeutic, ontology, hermeneutics, semiology, theory of knowledge.