Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Fashion

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Triathlon

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Spanish

French

Foreign languages:
fluent: english (native)

Portuguese
advanced: mandarin chinese

published novels:
"equestrian under the influence" - travel novel

Published in 2015 in print and e-book format

I'm a young professional with experience in global project management and supply chain operations. Through my past roles, I had the opportunity to live and work in multiple global markets including the USA, Mexico, Spain, and Argentina. 

I am currently finishing my MBA in Luxury Brand Management at IFA - Paris, and will be returning to the United States in December to re-focus my career in the luxury goods sector in an operations or brand management role.

Wilmington, USA / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Integrated Supply Chain – Americas  

•   Argentina Site Transformation Project: Managed multi-stream project encompassing engineering, production, quality, compliance, financial controls, information systems, and import / export operations. Led status update meetings directly with Americas Vice President. 

•  Mexico End-to-End Planning Transformation: Engaged local manufacturing team to redesign the supply planning process to align with global standards. Workstreams included value stream mapping of current/future states, improving IT system usage, and reallocating planning activities 

•  Argentina Warehouse Transformation – conducted on-site strategic evaluation of warehousing and distribution at Argentina site, developing proposal and improvement plan for senior leadership for cost savings, compliance improvement, and operational efficiency. 

•  Exit of AZ&Me Program Fulfillment Vendor: Lead a 12 person team to transition customer service and logistics operations to a new third party contractor for the AZ Patient Assistance Program on-time and with minimal interruption to customer service (250,000+ patients enrolled).

Operations Excellence Project Manager

Mexico City, Mexico
Latin America Supply – 26 countries / 3 production sites

•  Led Forecast Accuracy Improvement initiative. Created performance benchmarks and calculated monthly accuracy metrics to create reports for leadership, driving improvement for 2,300+ SKUs. 

•  Managed stockout tracking and analysis; drove behavioral change throughout LatAm to ensure planners utilized new reporting systems to report and perform root-cause analysis of stockouts.

•  Volunteered to participate on a team project with factory operators to utilize LEAN tools to reduce packaging waste by 3% in packaging operations.

Supply Chain Support Associate - Latin America

Wilmington, USA
Integrated Supply Chain – Customer & Distribution Services

•  Managed a team of six customer service representatives, driving performance and development.

•  Identified a need for better cross-functional visibility across sampling processes; created an  interactive process-map tool of the US Samples business showing  functional interdependencies 

•  Developed and presented training to groups of 200+ sales reps on sample distribution technologies and processes; wrote communications for field sales force, internal stakeholders, and leadership.

Sample Management Specialist

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AstraZeneca

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Boston University School of Management

International Fashion Academy