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Bentonville, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Lead Walmart's global sustainability efforts for the fresh produce business focused on reducing environmental impacts and costs throughout the supply chain and driving responsible labor practices. In addition to forming strategies for emerging environmental issues for the company, I support company-wide efforts to monitor sustainable sourcing and advance sustainable product procurement for Walmart’s global supply chain. Work across multiple business units at Walmart, and with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), companies and industry organizations.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Develop strategies to mitigate higher risks, especially around forced labor and modern slavery, through collaboration and convergence around standards and audit approaches in the global fresh produce industry; support driving industry alignment around a common set of guiding principles and establishing an “Ethical Charter,” which will help form the basis of industry efforts to monitor and improve conditions for workers in fresh produce supply chains; and benchmark third-party compliance mechanisms for Mexico and US markets.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Develop and implement compliance training programs for suppliers in Walmart’s global supply chain. These programs provide training to suppliers on Walmart’s social, environmental, and health and safety standards for manufacturing merchandise sold at Walmart.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Support Walmart Chile and Walmart Mexico establish their sourcing strategy from women owned suppliers. Six-month special assignment.

• Lead creation and direct social responsibility and supplier development program for diversity suppliers; SMEs and women-owned businesses in Central America. • Oversee a $50 million annual sales and multi-country business driven by up to 600 SME suppliers.• Interdepartmental liaison, negotiator and coach for and on behalf of up to 600 SME suppliers.• In-depth knowledge on supplier-related processes: merchant negotiations, supplier on-boarding, compliance and setup, use of information tool retail link, joint business planning, supply chain and replenishment.• Small supplier development expert and ambassador • Leverage on private/public alliances• International multilingual spokesperson on women economic empowerment, SMEs and supplier added value chain. Spoken at Council on Foreign Relations, New York City; LAC Flavors, Buyers Trade Mission Costa Rica, among others.Accomplishments:• Awarded Best Social Responsibility Practice in Latin America, category: Value Chain by Cemefi (Mexican Center for Philanthropy) in 2010 and recognized by business magazine Rumbo Among the 8 Best Social Responsibility Programs in 2012• Positioned Walmart as a reference on SMEs and women economic empowerment issues in Central America• Trained over 2,500 SMEs executives in Walmart procurement process and management skills in the last 3 years• Walton Institute alumni

Global, Us

An organization dedicated to strengthening a community of Guatemalan business leaders, academics and university students with the goal of changing lives through entrepreneurial action.

• Developed speaking, reading and writing skills in the English and French languages.

• Coordinated media communication strategy • Spokesperson for Guatemalan, Salvadorian and Honduran markets• Provided overall direction for executive speechwriting• Organized corporate and media events, and coordinated agenda for foreign visitors, VIP and Board Members• Served in boards on behalf of WalmartAccomplishments:• Media-relationship builder; held first ever media meetings and tour• Positioned the company as a reference when consulting over market trends and consumer behavior

• Prepared industry, market, economic and operation analysis for Board of Directors for decision-making• Directed the Annual Report for shareholders for three consecutive years

Guatemala, Guatemala, Gt

Taught Sales Management courses for Business Administration majors.

• Collaborated closely with Sr. Consultant and former Vice Minister of Finance of Guatemala on reengineering the Immigration Processes of the Immigration Department• Researched and documented best practices of Immigrant Visa Processes in Mesoamerica

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), International Business

Minor, French Language And Literature

Diplome, Cours De Civilisation Francaise

Diplome High School, Elementary Education And Teaching

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