Karine Selma Laronze

- Search funding for projects (EU-funded grants), international partners and experts - Prepare proposals and selection meetings - Organisational, operational, financial, contractual and risk management of Twinning, ISF and EMPACT projects (EU-funded) with budgets ranging from €250,000 to €7.5 million - Communicate with and report to beneficiaries, contracting authorities and partners - Homogeneised and improved project organisation and processes - Created projects database and reporting tool

Management of the daily operations, support and supervision of 4 consultants to ensure work quality and compliance with the objectives as well as management of clients expectations: - Increased the efficiency and improved the results of a leading utilities company by defining the new organizational model and reviewing the performance objectives applied to assess managers - Developed and executed a business continuity process for an international services company No. 1 in its sector

Project management, support, supervision and mentoring of 3 junior consultants, presentation of executive documents and development of business: Responsible for the PMO aiming at the operations excellence of a multinational utilities company: increased productivity and reduced costs by 12% by standardizing processes, implementing improvement actions and continuous improvement; Increased the control on the results and projects progress of a department of a leading company in the services sector

- Reduced the purchasing costs of an international dermatological company by 10%: launched saving initiatives, homogenised processes and established a new purchasing area; trained 30 people in purchasing strategies and tools - Aligned the systems with the business needs in terms of customer satisfaction and efficiency by specifying the business requirements for a leader in the payroll services industry - Developed a strategic plan and designed a financial model (P&L) for a key international utilities group

- Developed and led the PMO to set up a tolling system project (hired as a consultant). Reported weekly progress to CEO and Directors - Created and coordinated the Operations working groups (+10 people involved) and liaised with the Systems and 6 other departments to ensure activities dependencies and deadlines - Defined the methodology, scheduled and coordinated the Trials Operations phase (+70 people involved), assisted by a team of 2 Operations people. Reported to the employer’s representatives

- Aligned the operational processes to the strategy of a major Colombian Pension Fund Administrator, applied commercial synergies with its parent company and increased efficiency by eliminating non-value added activities and implementing KPIs in the main macro-processes - Developed analysis models of flight routes to support the Management Control department of a low cost carrier as part of its strategic plan

- Market analysis of the toy industry worldwide - Marketing plan analysis and launch of a new product in the toy industry - Negotiations with international distributors - Partipation in the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair

Economics, Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Management