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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Revisit the business models and strategic plans for a specialty coffee shop and a small healthy drinks brand - formalizing processes, metrics and timelines.Thorough analysis of the supply chains to build more robust systems with consistent and reliable sourcing, optimizing the key stages of the process and establishing reports and performance trackers.

Rochester, New York, Us

Supported the Brand Marketing, Trade Marketing, DTC, eCommerce, Hospitality, Market Research and Growth/NPD teams as a strategic partner and subject matter expert to reach brand and business goals while delivering savings.Researched, vetted and onboarded new agencies, learning about best practices, industry trends and innovations, to have the best in class and most competitive partners in the roster.Collaborated with DTC building for the first time a robust tech toolbase to adapt to the online shopping/e-comm trends of the pandemic and acquire vital consumer data.Helped build Category Strategies in collaboration with the Center of Excellence using benchmarks, white papers, spend and historical data.

Cupertino, California, Us

Transcription and editing of high priority content providing strong cultural awareness and language specialty.Quality control and data validation for lyrics and music metadata. Reporting behavior, recurring errors, patterns and other data mapping cases to provide feedback to the system administrators and the vendors delivering transcriptions.Creation of guidelines, glossaries and other reference materials for internal and external use. These resources ultimately contributed to the higher quality deliverables and less rework from vendors and provided best practices for internal teams.

New York , Ny, Us

Supported the Facility Management Strategic Sourcing team at Gap, Inc. on two high-profile and strategic RFP’s. Processed and managed spend data, vendor and stakeholder communication, contracts reviewing, savings reporting, scenario building and data analysis, as well as creating and detailing decks presented to higher management.

San Francisco, California, Us

Coded responses of open-ended question surveys used for data analysis. Utilized Google Analytics to create detailed reports of website user behavior. English to Spanish translation and QC of surveys and questionnaires. Moderated focus group studies and translated and summarized the answers/findings.

Des Plaines, Illinois, Us

Opened the Mexico City office - IDL’s Latin America headquarters along with the LATAM Business Manager.Built the Sourcing Strategy and Processes/Systems for the Latin America operation from scratch.Started vendor and partner base from zero, and procured its growth and development, through my previously established network and knowledge of the region.Worked with brands like Apple, Nike, Merrell and Starbucks, as well as their creative agencies, making their retail projects come to life through Project and Production Management.Managed Contract Manufacturing in Mexico and overseas and conducted in-plant Quality Control of high-end fixtures, displays and furniture from design/drawing review through post-production. Oversaw the logistics/execution of installation, repair and maintenance services, sometimes deploying country-wide rush installations completed in 48-72 hrs, managing guidelines and expectations of various retail chains and reporting back in real-time.Provided Client Service support for new business opportunities in Mexico, opening the client portfolio and reporting to account managers in the US headquarters.

Battle Creek, Michigan, Us

Responsible for Strategic Sourcing for the Marketing Category; specialized in Point of Sale Materials and Merchandising tools for the Shopper Marketing Team.Developed tailor-made point of sale and exhibition tools to support the Sales and Marketing Teams' year-long initiatives.Led and supported sourcing efforts for global savings projects: POS Displays, Print, Media, Advertising Agencies, Market Research and PR Agencies, Promotions and Premiums. Achieved this by building strong relationships with stakeholders, providing an efficient communication line between client and vendor, and demonstrating the added value of Procurement.For the POS Displays category I conducted audits in vendor’s facilities as well as field audits with the Shopper Mkt and Merchandising people, sometimes bringing our vendors along, to better understand the landscape and come up with solutions efficient in every way and much more innovative than our competitors’.Launched an e-bidding tool supported by a proprietary software to streamline the day-to-day purchases as part of the Print sourcing project.

Battle Creek, Michigan, Us

Sourcing efforts of various goods and services, servicing areas such as HR, Facilities, IT, Logistics, Legal.Drove Latin America Spend Categorization and Standardization Project, which would serve as a base to identify savings and improvement opportunities ($1.4M in projected savings). Coordinating and mediating communication and data sharing among all the countries in the region.Conducted sourcing processes from the RFI/RFP launch all the way to contract structuring, awarding, implementation, maintenance and performance oversight.Savings tracking and reporting for global cost savings projects.Led supplier and market reviews, vendor management, contract management and daily procurement operations (P2P).

Battle Creek, Michigan, Us

Supported the MRO/Capex Buyers with daily Procurement opsPurchase Order generation and management, materials and invoice receiptsConstruction of Performance Indicators to evaluate suppliersVendor communicationSAP Reporting

Malvern, Pa, Us

Supported the Packaging buyers and Planning team with Orders, Forecasts and Inventory, as well as invoicing, vendor communication and sample management.Participated in "Corrugated Packaging Standardization" Kaizen project as an organizing team member and we were able to reduce the number of unique parts for a product line by 7% (~$32K savings).

Quality inspection and reports of Ready to Ship product.

Master Of International Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering

Iv Facoltà Di Ingenieria, Ingegneria Gestionale

Certificate, Environmental Horticulture