Stéphanie Maroc
Junior European Category Manager - Personal care, Colgate/ Palmolive Europe
Graduated with a Master's degree in Management of the International Affairs with honours (top student) at IAE Aix Graduate School of Management, I am currently working for Colgate Palmolive Europe Headquarters in Geneva.
I have a deep knowledge in International marketing/trade and international market development since my work experiences in Barcelona (Spain), Luxembourg, Chicago (USA) and Cape Town (South Africa).
Well-organized and highly motivated individual with good interpersonal skills. I always strive to achieve a very high standard in whatever is undertaken, I am flexible and ready to gain experience in a dynamic and international environment.
If you have any opportunity corresponding to my profile, feel free to contact me on my email stephaniemaroc1@gmail.com
160 contacts- New Product Launches PCP (Liquid Hand Soap & Bar Soaps)
- Europe Business analysis
- Coordinate projects according to business needs
- Meetings & Presentations Support
- Reporting
2010 - 2010Marketing Functions :
- Create catalog to promote the products (Core brands and Connoisseur brands) & the company (English/ French)
- Web site updates
Commercial functions:
- Market studies of West African countries (Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria), Indian Ocean islands (Reunion, Comoros, Maurice Island and the Seychelles) and the Caribbean islands.
- Search of distributors in the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Reunion, and Maurice Island.
- Negotiation of a distribution in Cameroon from A to Z (Prospection, quotes dispatch, regular commercial correspondence, business trip of our future partner, presentation and tasting of our wines, preparation of a 20’ container ($50.000) for a market test during Christmas).
- Launch of the brand NAMAQUA (biggest producer of wines in SA in terms of volums) in Cameroon.
- Negotiation of a distribution with a wine merchant’s chain in Reunion (prospection, quotes dispatch, dispatch of wines for tasting, initial appointments)
Marketing Functions :
- Create fliers to promote the products & the company (English/ French/Spanish)
- Generate all the text of the web site (French/English/Spanish)
- Creation of the tasting for all the champagnes (English/ French/ Spanish)
Commercial functions :
- Sales development in France (Planned tasting in South West of France, data base development of all the wine merchants)
- Participate to Class export in Reims
- Organize the participation to the London international wine fair in Excel in May (To meet potential distributors in UK)
- Development of the social and business network (VIADEO, LINKED IN)
- Seek distributors overseas (South Africa, China, USA, UK, Spain, Poland...)
- Found distributors in USA, Canada (exclusive distribution agreement), China.
- Enrolled commercial agents for India
- Canvassed abroad and sought an exclusive distributor agent in the Netherlands (More than 20.000€ Income in 3 month)
- Realized the company sourcing in China (40% of savings)
- Controlled the entire production
- In charge of customer relations abroad
Gained experience on working with children, in which seriousness, patience and creativity were essential
Total Immersion in the American culture and linguistic progress