Beniamino Sarfatti

Independent consultancy for a quality wine bottling and production venture. - Oversee production planning, scheduling, and supervisory operations - Manage general administration and support sales logistics - Coordinate between production, sales, and logistics to maintain quality and delivery timelines

PortoVino is a US federal importer of European wines, coordinating logistics across Austria, France, Germany and Italy. - Coordinate ~60 containers/year (~84,000 cases, 1M+ bottles) across 4 European countries, growing the operation from a 5-person to a 20-person team - Drove freight & drayage cost optimisation from $9+/case (2017) to $5/case (2019); navigated COVID-driven spike to $10/case and recovered to below $7/case by 2023 - Secured ~$350,000 in IEEPA tariff refunds through proactive regulatory analy

- Supported international exchange students across Italy in coordination with Berlin headquarters - Conducted candidate interviews and assessments for the Ayusa au-pair programme

- Managed production of InDifesa, the organisation's flagship child rights publication - Compiled and maintained country profiles tracking child welfare indicators across multiple regions - Supported the child distance adoption programme with data coordination and information management

- Assisted editorial management of the 2011 International Yearbook (Spanish Foreign Policy & International Relations) under the EU Leonardo da Vinci programme - Contributed to drafting and proofreading of statistical appendices

Subjects: Advanced Research Methods; Global and Comparative Politics; Political Behaviour; Theory and Explanation in Political Science. Dissertation title: “Young adults: their abstention behaviours and disaffection to main-stream politics”.