Lauren Kaplan Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Growth Ops Advisory is an HR consultancy helping companies achieve extraordinary performance. We know that business success is driven by people performance, so we bridge the gap between business goals and the level of performance needed from teams to reach them. Through our Ownership model, we lead HR as a strategic function. In Advisory, we guide leaders with insights to drive change. At Growth Ops, we turn organizational challenges into opportunities for exceptional growth.

Helping entrepreneurs succeed by removing the financial friction of starting and running a company.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Managed multi-disciplinary teams for project implementations for thirteen client projects and two internal projects, spanning all of The Advisory Board’s mid-cycle consulting services. These included onsite presentations and executive updates across all levels of management, including front-line managers and corporate executives. While many engagements focused on revenue recovery strategies and aligning to best practice operations, I had the opportunity to work with innovative clients looking to instill lasting, cultural change among their administrative employees and physician staff. This work included aligning incentives and mindsets among various stakeholders as well as developing personalized communication strategies for engaging physicians.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Assist MIT Professor Charles Fine in researching, synthesizing, and editing case materials for a new course: Operations for Entrepreneurs.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

This is a highly unique class among the MIT Sloan course curriculum. It teaches top management perspective by using the case method to put students in the role of a CEO facing a major adversity - a problem so out of the ordinary that it may threaten the company's future, the CEO's career, or both. Further, the company almost always has some limited resource - time, money, or talent. As the TA, my role is to recruit the CEO's and facilitate the case writing process, to ensure students have the resources to create actionable presentations, and to assist with the overall execution of the course.

Beaverton, Or, Us

12 week internship with the Supply Chain Innovation team at Nike. My key project included the investigation and testing of a core demand-supply optimization model that spanned over $1B worth of inventory.

New York, Us

Responsibilities: coordinating intern hiring and summer projects, coordinate demo day events and speaker series, create and maintain mentor database, and facilitate interaction between start ups and mentor network. Participated in selection process for start ups and hired interns.

New York, Us

Hale & Hearty Soups, founded in 1995, sellsfresh, home-made soups, sandwiches, salads and salad dressings sold through 23 company owned NYC retail stores. The wholesale department, accounting for nearly half of the company's soup production, distributes soups across the tri-state, New England, and Mid-Atlantic regions. Duties included but were not limited to*:• Policy & Procedure - oversee general policies. Implement any changes necessary when growth dictates change. • Production planning - determine rotation and weekly production schedule for the wholesale department • Inventory - manage levels, research discrepancies, and reduce waste through promotional and production planning initiatives • Pricing - track price changes in key ingredients & determine customer price changes• Trade Shows - coordinate all aspects of the trade show (logistics, staffing, presentation)• Bill Review & Approval - approve all supplies, shipping, and service bills related to sales and distribution• CRM Program Administration - Perform customization, updates and maintenance on the program; manage user capabilities; conduct continuous training for program users• Training - Compiled training manuals for the warehouse, sales, and office teams. Conduct all introductory and ongoing training for the office. Oversee warehouse and sales training. • Office Management - set goals and delegate responsibilities to the office team. Serve as the team's direct supervisor. • Marketing - develop point-of-sale material; manage inventory; determine and maintain qualifications for customer to receive marketing support *See resume for key achievements

Manufacturer of women's specialty swimwear, beachwear, cruise apparel, and specialty jeans. Soft goods are sold in the US through retailers, catalogs, and online merchants. Small international market. Duties included but were not limited to: administrative support to the division president by conducting research, preparing statistical sales reports, and maintaining a comprehensive calendar of meetings and deliverables.

Mba

Bsba, Operations, Entrepreneurship

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