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Rotterdam, ZH, NL

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Crafting strategy for the team including R&D focused innovation priorities, objectives & key results, budget structure, project pipeline, and ways of working (established the “Foundry Playbook”)
• Building enabling partnerships internally & externally around our R&D focused innovation priorities, delivering a win-win arrangement for both parties (focused on accelerators, investors, CVCs, research organizations)
• Co-leading Unilever’s participation in the 100+ Accelerator to accelerate sustainable innovations (see link below to learn more)
• Leading & energizing team towards delivering, measuring (ROI), and communicating value back to the business*Developing skills to take on COO-type roles or Program Leadership roles in the future

Rotterdam & London

• An action-packed 7 month sabbatical cover, focused on building my Strategic Operations expertise:
• Crafted the narrative on the program’s unique value propositions, hand-in-hand with current partners and agencies, in order to engage new internal and external partners - deliverables included a new MASTER Narrative.
• Designed & optimized the user journey of how our internal audiences (Unilever employees) gain value from the TRANSFORM program - deliverables included a new one stop internal website to guide employees on how to engage.
• Built & tested the pathway to build new partnerships - deliverables included both the HOW (strategy & tools) and the WHAT (attending external events & sourcing potential partners)
• Explored future business models to scale impact to social enterprises, corporates, donors, investors, professionals and academics - deliverable was a co-designed global/local operating structure to take to pilot phase

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Led a 1000+ person global brand community, embedding purpose-first & one-team culture, cascading strategy in collaborative & innovative ways (testing new virtual facilitation tools and pioneering annual 4-day.
• Facilitated agile process to turn strategy into action; managed transition to agile ways of working on global team, including acting as first Product Owner & SCRUM Master + choreographed global business planning rhythm.
• Partnered with cross-functional business teams to lead brand transformation of products & recipes, including embedding our plan to reinvent food through the Future 50 Foods and improved product transparency

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

• Launched new premium line of products, implementing new promotional & in-store strategy, secondary display, and PR/media
• Designed & activated national promotional program across 20+ retailers driving incremental $6 million to Knorr business
• Managed operations including sales forecasting, budgets, promotional planning, customer team communication
• Ignited & led team culture initiatives to create increased connectedness across cross-functional team including onboarding program for all new team members, monthly cooking sessions to ignite foodie mindset, and fun.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

• Manage Leadership Team of 15 people to execute plans for recruitment, employee engagement, and meeting sustainability goals aligned to the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development
• Key team accomplishments include hiring 40+ Enactus full-time employees, connecting 15 sustainability organizations at Unilever to build one strategy, working to solve Global Goal 2: Zero Hunger with a project grant.
• Enhanced global partnerships in key Enactus countries – during rotation in Brazil, built an integrated program between the Unilever Future Leaders Program, Enactus and Unilever’s sustainability team to improve value.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• 4-month international rotation as part of Unilever Future Leaders Program
• Led cross-functional profit savings project – built action plan to improve profit by 15 percentage points in three years
• Built digital asset playbook with media partners (Google, Facebook) to influence more innovative & efficient promotional tactics
• Led packaging transition of product portfolio – overcoming tight deadlines and identifying process improvements

Minneapolis, MN

• Target Associate Shopper Marketing Manager, Minneapolis, MNJanuary 2015-December 2015
• Developed Shopper Marketing program planning process including performance reporting to inform programs and help stakeholders secure further investment; leveraging in-depth interviews with cross-functional team to.
• Led Personal Care programs including In-Store Beauty Consultant program, Dove Men+Care Father’s Day program & Always-On NCAA Men’s Grooming program including a first of its kind experiential grooming event in.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

• Part of the first class of the North American Unilever Future Leaders Program (NA UFLP) 2013 - rotating over three years through various Sales and Marketing roles.Breyers Assistant Brand Development Manager April.
• Developed & implemented core strategies for greater consumer engagement, product-differentiating claims, packaging redesign, innovation and reformulations to better combat category pressures on the US’s #1 selling Ice.
• Embedded Unilever Sustainability mindset in brand teams through monthly learning sessions, engaging over 30 team members

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

• Part of the first class of the North American Unilever Future Leaders Program (NA UFLP) 2013 - rotating over three years through various Sales and Marketing roles.Northeast Grocery Division Sales AnalystDecember.
• Drafted action plan to grow Ice Cream share; secured over $2 million of incremental trade funding to support brands
• Redesigned analysis and reporting processes; improved efficiency by 50% and trained teams on improvements
• Leveraged retail experience, creating planograms specifically for urban markets & pitched to senior leadershipRetail Sales Representative July 2013-December 2013
• Serviced 22 NYC grocery stores; filled 290 priority voids (out of 3,000 nationally), sold in 100 innovations, and created over 150 secondary displays, promoted to host executives (i.e. NA President and Global Sales.
• Designed tools that all US city-based sales representatives can use – i.e. Unilever brand one pagers with key selling points

Co-creator & executor of an annual fast-paced hackathon to accelerate action on projects to deliver the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development by 2030. Living my personal passion around partnership, this event brings together the members of three like-minded organizations - One Young World, Enactus Alumni, and the Circle of Young.

I love sharing my experience and/or hosting positive impact events; open for more opportunities (message me)!Topics: Living with purpose, leading with strengths, the impact of self-reflection & continuous growth, accelerating innovation, building diverse & inclusive networks, creating & nurturing internal culture, SDG #17 case study, how to take action.

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Leading development of 1st Camp 2030 program including virtual pre-event leadership development series, in-person 6-day SDG innovation hackathon, and post-event support for top ideas to flourish. This includes executing the event in September 2022 live in New York.

New York, NY

• Built Alumni Advisory Group for Enactus, taking on the role of co-lead to connect and activate alumni network
• First year accomplishments include greater alumni engagement through launch of alumni booth and reception at competition, 8 local chapters across the US and Alumni of the Year award
• Continuing to work with partners from Kraft-Heinz, Pepsico and Wells Fargo to build fundraising efforts, host consistent local chapter activations and develop a mid-career recruitment model

Strategized the implementation and led the transition to a new brand on campus and in the community

• Coordinated a record number of grant applications for our team, receiving over $21,000 in funding.
• Redesigned the system to gain efficiency, cut down on paper waste, and create documentation on processes.

Saint Augustine, FL

• Led four projects focused on creating sustainable change in the community. Worked with different demographics and focused on finding solutions to meet their needs. Black Heritage Xperience - Project Leader 2011-2012
• Launched a new tourism business to conduct tours, sell merchandise, and create micro-franchises in the community with $2,700 in start-up funds.
• Led a marketing team in designing a website, social media presence, and advertising campaign.Pie in the Sky - Project Leader 2009-2012
• Partnered with a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide resources and needed services for the impoverished Town of Hastings, Florida.
• Led a marketing team in designing a website, commercial, and brochure that reached over 2,100 people and brought increased recognition to Pie in the Sky’s services.
• Wrote and received $4,200 in grants from Lowe’s and Florida businesses as part of an on-going effort to encourage tourism and revitalize the city. Conservation Cadets - Project Leader 2009-2010

• Represented my team at both Regional and National Expositions in 2012
• Presented to over 100 CEOs and Vice Presidents from Fortune 500 companies and 3,000 observers
• Presented at the National Association of Chain Drugstores to over 100 executives

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

• Worked cross-functionally to identify eight opportunities to reduce waste and complexity within the innovation process. The opportunities are being adapted into the current innovation gate documents for the US.
• Uncovered inaccurate Business Waste forecasting within innovation process and implemented a template to be used when launching projects. Relevant to the strategic focus on doubling Unilever’s sales over the next ten.
• Generated North American Business Waste reporting to ensure accountability, proactive management of inventory, and reduction of inventory write-offs equivalent to 1% of turnover.
• Implemented user-friendly reporting guidelines and trained new team member on daily and monthly processes.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

• Managed a project to launch an internal bolt-on tool to Projetech’s customer database (Salesforce.com) by working as a liaison between the software company DreamFactory and Projetech.
• Researched best practices and created how-to guides to assist with the transition to a new system for employees to log time, expenses, and create project plans.

North Palm Beach, FL

During my brief internship with the Finance Department in North Palm Beach, I gained some valuable experience in the field of accounting. I worked on journal entries and general ledger proofs and worked with the Munis accounting system.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Attended networking events to publicize the company, helped set up and coordinate events, and assisted with office reorganization.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance

Activities and Societies: Rotaract President, Faculty Senate Sustainability Committee Voting Member, Flagler College Student Ambassador.

3-Credit Course, Marketing, A

Studied abroad in London during the Summer of 2011 and completed a course in Marketing.