Candidate:

Ms. Latina Sales Manager

About Me:

I am a Sales Manager at a CPG company in Argentina (F500, resp: 62% of modern trade business, leading a team of 5 account executives).
Previous roles: Account management in healthcare (F500, 3 years), and supply chain & sales in P&G (promotions every 1/1.5 years approx, stayed there 5.5 years).

Schools:

Target School: Columbia

Considering: Kellogg SOM, NYU Stern

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: UCES

Undergrad Major: Marketing

GPA: 3.6

GMAT: 710

Age: 31,  Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino

Extracurriculars: Recruiting Team Leader | Volunteering: Covid Support to elders in my city during quarantine (2 years)

Work History:

Title: Sales Account Manager

Industry: Healthcare

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 1 mos

Title: Business Development

Industry: CPG

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 5 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

I was part of an M&A between a healthcare company (from England) and a CPG company (from the US), leading an area from scratch (brought clients, negotiated JBPs, and made several reports to track KPIs). Got me a promotion after 6 months.

Post MBA Goal:

Short-term: Consulting
Long-term: Exit consulting and return to industry (strategy/marketing, VP level)

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  • Admissionado | Odds Assessment: 25%

    Kudos to you for your promotions within the CPG space! In managing a team of 5 account reps, it appears that you may already have P&L responsibility (discretion over pricing and/or volume). If thatā€™s the case, youā€™ll want to highlight that as itā€™s a common currency in the CPG world that will resonate with the AdCom.

    As an Argentine applicant, youā€™ll be a relatively underrepresented international demographic. However, CPG is pretty well represented in LatAm applicants, with many applicants coming out of leadership development programs for P&G (like you!), Unilever, Colgate Palmolive, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Bimbo, Dannon, and Kraft Heinz. If you donā€™t come from a ā€œbig nameā€ like this with name recognition signaling potential for the AdCom, youā€™ll just need to work a bit …

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