Anat Zakowitz
Ramat Gan
Summary
With 10+ years at Givatayim Municipality, excelled as a Facilities and Operations Manager, founding and launching the newest community center, exceeding revenue goals, and managing significant budgets. Positioned as key leader during COVID-19 response, earning recognition from the Mayor and Ministry of Health. Oversaw contracts, vendors, and events, and managed large teams. Demonstrated skills in reporting, welfare, and administration, coupled with a passion for community impact. Ready to take on even greater challenges and wow next employer with ability to deliver simplicity, reliability, and success.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Activities, Operations & Facilities Director
Municipality of Givatayim
01.2022 - Current
- Founded, planned and launched newest community center in Givatayim
- Delivered 10s of high-quality services and facilities for community
- Researched and defined target audience and personas, and
- Oversaw contract negotiations, vendor relationships, and event coordination
- Administered large annual budget of more than 150,000 NIS annually
- Achieved revenue growth double of original KPIs
- Planned, executed and hosted events for tech clients including verbit.ai, Personetics, WSC Sports & Imageen
- Built relationships and collaborated with vendors and contractors to support timely and cost-effective services
- Advertised events via numerous channels, including WhatsApp groups, etc
- Conducted regular facility inspections to identify repair needs or improvements
- Managed and coordinated all facilities maintenance and repair projects within time and budget constraints
- Interviewed, hired, onboarded and managed 3 employees
Administrative Manager
Givatayim Theater
01.2012 - 03.2022
- Processed and delivered on all employee welfare issues, including onboarding and termination processes, preparing salaries, handling attendance issues, managing employment agreements, supporting communications with Human Resources in municipality
- Managed more than 10 vendors simultaneously, staying within annual budget of hundreds of thousands of dollars for all theater operations
- Transformed theater website, modernizing more than 20 pages, increasing visits significantly within 4 months
- Collaborated with tens of offices across city
- Negotiated compensation increases of up to 20% per employee for theater staff
Emergency Center Manager
Givatayim Theater
01.2020 - 05.2021
- Led and managed opening of and ongoing services provided by emergency center headquartered in Givatayim Theater, in collaboration with Home Front Command, Israel
- Police, and municipality of Givatayim and Ramat Gan
- Recognized for excellence by Mayor of Givatayim and Ministry of
- Health
- Oversaw 14 employees, covering 20 hours/day, 7 days/ week
- Delivered data analysis to stakeholders, such as Givatayim Mayor, and
- Ministers of State of Israel
- Learned, quickly onboarded to and trained employees on new software ecosystem
- Managed 80% of necessary epidemiological investigations per day for city; other centers managed only or less for their regions, changing city from Red back to Green faster than any other
Store & Acquisitions Manager
01.1994 - 01.2012
- Worked and communicated with overseas clients; Managed stock and vendors
- Owned 6 enterprise customer portfolios at simultaneously
- Coordinated customer service shifts, operational staff, ongoing tasks
- Accompanied customers, start to finish, with import and export processes
Education
Full Matriculation - Humanities
Ankori School
Israel06.1988
Skills
- Leading and Improving Processes
- Logistics and Operations
- Large Budget Management, Reporting, Bookkeeping and Basic Accounting, and Administering Payroll
- Advanced Excel Spreadsheet Management
- Google and Microsoft Office apps, and Calendar Management
- Wordpress, Elementor, WPBakery, Priority, SAPs, ERPs, CRMs, YLM, Shiklulit, Yesh Kisui
- Project Coordination & Schedule Development
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Office Administration
- Business Development
Languages
Hebrew
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Additional Information
Central Command & Control Signaller, IDF
1990
Timeline
Activities, Operations & Facilities Director
Municipality of Givatayim
01.2022 - Current
Emergency Center Manager
Givatayim Theater
01.2020 - 05.2021
Administrative Manager
Givatayim Theater
01.2012 - 03.2022
Store & Acquisitions Manager
01.1994 - 01.2012
Full Matriculation - Humanities
Ankori School
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