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Nashville, Tn, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Helping communities, schools, and organizations become organized and mobile-friendly!Squarespace for mobile apps. 6000+ apps built by people in 125+ countries. Make a mobile app for your business, organization, community, project, etc. All in 15 minutes, with no code, entirely from your phone. Learn more: www.onespotapps.com🚀 August 5, 2021: Joined Alchemist Accelerator (www.alchemistaccelerator.com)🚀 July 2022: Joined MassChallenge Accelerator (https://masschallenge.org/)

Delivering freshly roasted coffee right to your doorstep!-Composed sales/marketing plan and conducted financial analysis, sourced coffee and re-designed supply chain channel to fit with brand strategy, and developed website resulting in the creation of an original coffee brand and e-commerce business-Produced engaging social media and email marketing content resulting in a strong customer following-Established successful partnerships with other businesses/partners to increase sales and provide cross-marketing promotional activities (Example- Snack Magic, Instagram Influencers, Alexa's Apothecary, etc.)-Created user-friendly mobile App using Onespot development software to drive sales goals and a faster checkout experience

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

MassChallenge, headquartered in Boston, is a leading-edge global accelerator. One of the biggest points of differentiation between MassChallenge and other programs is their zero equity model where they offer resources and support to selected start-ups in return for zero percent of the company. Since its launch in 2010, MassChallenge companies have raised a collective ~$12 Billion in investment funding.

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The Alchemist Accelerator is the top B2B venture-backed accelerator focused on accelerating the development of seed stage ventures.

Salisbury, North Carolina, Us

Support the continuous improvement of retail processes in order to support the evolution of Food Lion business strategies. Achieve controllable expense goals, drive organizational change by providing financial guidance, analysis, and strategic guidance. -Responsible for the development and maintenance of Food Lion Retail Engineered Labor Standards using a predetermined time methodology (MOST).-Vetted startups and provided insights as to whether or not new technology aligned with Food Lion business strategy-Ensured that all business users are educated on how to fully utilize the benefits of the labor planning and other tools used to manage productivity and payroll expense-Conduct studies in operations to maximize process flow and spatial utilization.-Interact with Directors, VPs, and SVPs to provide expert opinion on labor allocation decisions and impact studies (for example: remodel work, Self-checkout).-Acted as an organizational consultant on corporate initiatives and strategies

Salisbury, North Carolina, Us

-Created cross-merchandising plan of Halloween Candy and General Merchandise to increase sell through of In/Out items-Developed Summer Candy program for beach stores yielding incremental sales of 300k -Partnered with key vendors for Valentine’s Day and negotiated 100% markdown coverage of new, innovative items

Salisbury, North Carolina, Us

-Grew Front End Candy sales 7% and margin 4% over last year with emphasis on promotional planning, cost reduction and increased assortment.-Facilitated and executed Front End Category review and saved 100k in closeout fees, reduced reclaim by 1.5% and created market relevant candy planogram.-Maintained the 18% growth of gift card sales in 2018 whilst resolving fraudulent activities that arose. As a CMP Analyst, I personally manage and oversee the multi-million dollar portion of the company that is Front End Candy. From pricing analysis to planogram and assortment, I manage everything FE Candy. Through daily financial analysis and strategic planning, I have managed to maintain consecutive sales growth within the categories of Mint, Gum, and Confection Candy. As an analyst I have also had the opportunity to not only work alongside large companies like Hershey's and Mar's Wrigley, but to create strong relationships with them as well. From the gift card side, I work with one of the biggest gift card vendors to plan and execute promotional activities with some of our biggest card partners like Xbox, Amazon and Home Depot.

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

Repaired 25+ computers, smart boards, and projectors daily to decrease troubleshooting needs by 50% Led panel installation project across business school resulting in access to 30+ Apple and implementation of new and efficient classroom reservation system

Collaborated with a 4-person team to develop a multi-media recruitment platform targeted to the attract diverse millennial talent, urging them to apply to Steelcase- Researched and analyzed practical recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies for Steelcase to implement and increase diverse applicant rate by about 35%- Recommended a 60k budget to fund campaign across social media platforms {Twitter, Facebook, Instagram}, job boards such as {Jopwell, Glassdoor}, and various universities in the area.

Santiago, Cl

Created 100+ new company contacts via B2B recruitment events and cold calling over a 4 month period hence expanding companies client pool Translated 50+ international documents from English to Spanish and increased communication between American companies and Kiteknology

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Researched, conducted competitors’ analysis and presented 500 page analysis to CEO on strategies to better penetrate health food market and sector

Masters In Business Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Spanish, International Business, Global Trade And Commerce, Business Spanish And Law, Latin American Politics