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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

• Client service lead for Innovation, NPD, Brand and Comms, Brand Strategy, Customer Sat and shopper projects (ad-hoc and trackers) for multiple clients. Portfolio of clients responsible for worth ~1.5M p.a to the business. • Innovation leader within Kantar, responsible for the coordination and delivery of innovation projects within the Sydney office.• Involved on all stages of research, such as, methodology design, project management, data analysis, reporting and presenting recommendations to clients to support business cases, build innovation pipelines and develop go to market strategies.• Identified appropriate research methodologies for clients’ objectives, creatively considering options to improve approaches.• Team manager of 2 researchers (1 client manager and 1 client executive).• Key clients included Dyson, Woolworths, BAT, Allianz, Aware Super, Hasbro and Unilever.• Ran multiple training sessions (~30+ staff) in survey design, innovation, new product development & customer experience.• Selected to participate in the Kantar Leadership Development program 2019-2021.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

• Senior manager of research team, responsible of anticipating and adapting project schedules in order to meet client needs and capacity constraints.• Project delivery coordinator of medium and complex projects from start to finish, taking full accountability for quality of projects undertaken,• Involved on all stages of research, such as, methodology and survey design, link checking, project management, data analysis, reporting and presentation of results to clients.• Proactively identified solutions to manage scope-creep or cost over runs on current projects.• Identified appropriate research methodologies based on clients’ objectives, creatively considering options and improving approached based on experience.• Regular point of contact for clients across multiple projects at any given time. • Identified training and development needs for direct reports and created appropriate opportunities to meet these needs.• Coach and mentor junior staff from own/other teams on a regular basis.Achievements• Average improvement of 4% in gross margin and 20% in profit for projects within own team.• Worked in conjunction with other ISO managers within TNS to maintain the ISO accreditation from 2016 through 2018.• Successfully conducted multiple trainings for the whole Sydney delivery team, including survey design, data checking and customer experience analysis.• Nominated on a regular basis to start of the week.

Sydney, Australia

• Project delivery coordinator of multiple projects for different sectors, including brand and customer experience trackers, concept and product evaluation, and shopper understanding.• Involved on all stages of research, such as, methodology and survey design, link checking, project management, data analysis and reporting.• Regular point of contact for clients across multiple projects at any given time. • Team manager of 3 project managers with a focus on mentoring, coaching and developing others.• ISO manager and auditor for the team.• Member of the TNS social committee, organising corporate sports during lunchtime for the office.• Continually reviewed financial status of projects and addressed/developed plans around any issues.Achievements• Successfully coordinated and delivered projects for multiple clients.• Consistently improved gross margin and profit for key accounts.• Worked in conjunction with other ISO managers within TNS to maintain the ISO accreditation from 2014 through 2016.• Design and developed a monthly NPS one-page report for a utility client that was used for their KPI tracking.• Promoted to Senior Research Consultant in May 2016.

• Thorough end-to-end sensory project management with high level inputs and outputs.• Regular point of contact for clients across multiple projects at any given time. • Strong awareness of necessary costs for quoting projects.• Constantly provided new insights and product opportunities to clients.• Statistical data analysis, report writing and presentation of results.• Analysis and report of monthly tracking data for key clients.

• Manage and coordinate sensory quantitative and qualitative projects for several categories, including bread, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, recipe bases, muesli bars, confectionery and others.• Prepare research proposals for new and existing clients, including liaising with clients concerning the projects in hand.• Produce recruitment screeners and questionnaire design.• Statistical analysis, report writing and presentation of results.• Provide training to team members in area of expertise: new product development.Achievements• Successfully delivered projects for several clients including Coca Cola, Nestle, Colgate Palmolive, Goodman Fielder and others.• Increased annual revenue from key clients. • Nominated on a regular basis to start of the week.• Promoted to account manager in July 2012.

Lead, organize and analyse consumer and technical sensory studies, such as, sniff test, triangle test, repertory grid and holistic measure of design.Lead consumer segmentation and predictive modelling to set new directions to our brands and channels by the analysis of the data.Initiate and lead technology, capability and methodology development in three regions (Latin America, Greater China and AAI) in conjunction with the technology team located in Cincinnati, to deliver key business initiatives, including diaper design, diaper core formulation and plan experimental runs.Lead sensory design for new diapers in Latin America, Greater China and AAI, including new sensorial attributes development and qualification, such as perfume, softer materials and signalling.Lead the development of claims for global pampers initiatives in conjunction with marketing, and support of all the commercial exploitation with technical data. Direct coach and supervisor of engineers (project leaders), researchers and interns. Provide training and coach to new team members in area of expertise: technical and consumer qualification, sensory and design integration, and initiative management.Lead the Health, Safety & Environment program (HS&E) for the R&D Baby Care LA department, creating a vision on the safety program and drive it successfully in the department

Led Global Diaper Projects in three regions (Latin America, Greater China and AAI).Responsible of the analysis, design and development of new diapers, for local & international markets.Coordination of consumer and lab technical studies for fluid distribution trough the diaper. Successful delivery of design projects within budget and time parameters including meeting deadlines, financial targets and design objectives.Led Technical qualification of Global Diaper's Initiatives, by completing technical dossier and product recommendations, including diaper design, core formulation, plan experimental runs and support of all the commercial exploitation with technical data.Led, organized and analysed quantitative and qualitative Consumer research techniques, such as, Drivers Analysis and focus groups.Work as a team with other parts of the organizations: marketing, finance, quality, purchasing, and manufacturing.Leader of the Health, Safety & Environment program (HS&E) for the R&D Baby Care LA department, creating a vision on the safety program and drive it successfully in the department.

Production Optimization Engineer of the heavy oil fields Bare and Arecuna, located in the Orinoco Oil Belt (approx: 430 wells, 80 TBD).Analysis and diagnosis of failures in wells associated to the production of the Bare and Arecuna fields.Optimization of wells with artificial lift systems as Rod Pump, Progressive Cavity Pump and Electrical Submersible Pump.Elaboration of completion programs of wells with artificial lift systems included Rod Pump, Progressive Cavity Pump and Electrical Submersible Pump, as well as Steam injector's wells.Daily monitoring of the production of wells with artificial lift systems, as well as declining curves elaboration and analysis.Elaboration and monitoring of statistical indicators focused in artificial lift systems.Elaboration of management's budget for the Production Optimization Department.Experience in personnel management and work by shifts.

Evaluation of all equipment involved (distillation towers, heat exchangers, reciprocated pumps and control valves) in fractioned distillation process for stabilization of gasoline, in Cardon's Refinery. Elaboration of Diagnostics and recommendations in order to optimize the Process Plant Operation.

Project focused in the identification of a semi continuous reactor for a sulphuric dilution of acid in water, by means of the use of neural networks of the type FFN developed in the TOOLBOX OF NEURAL NETWORKS of MATLAB.Comparison of the behaviour of the neural model FFN with a neural model diagonal recurrent and a logic diffuse model.Comparison of the behaviour of controllers, implemented in the reactor, for regulating its temperature under a plan of simple retrofeeding, classical controllers (PID and PD) and a diffuse controller.