GURMEET CHADHA, Business Development Partner - India and South Asia
Gurmeet is a global retail business development Practitioner, Consultant and Trainer. She has more than fifteen years of experience working with companies like Nestle India, Coca Cola India, Walmart Canada/India, TPG, Samsung International division. She has more than nine years of global experience in corporate training.
Gurmeet has knowledge and experience in Store Operations Excellence, joint retailer-supplier Category Business Planning, Shopper Marketing and Inventory Management. She specializes in retail category management process with focus on consumer insight & market management. She led Shopper marketing, Customer/Channel Management and Business Process Re-engineering projects in retail and CPG industry.
Contact Gurmeet directly at gurmeet@cmkg.org
OSCAR IBAZETA, Business Development Partner - Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador
Oscar has 14 years of experience in leading companies in the Retail industry in Peru including many accomplishments in the business development area, where he always managed to keep his teams engaged and motivated.
He developed the Portal Peru-Retail as a way of sharing his knowledge and insights of the Retail Industry in Peru through training and research projects. The ultimate goal is to turn Peru-Retail into the go-to organization for retailers in Peru.
Oscar also works as a consultant for many companies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, participates regularly as keynote speaker in different retail Conferences, writes weekly articles for the “Apuntes Retail” blog in the news media “Semana Economica” and collaborates with articles for the Diario Gestion newspaper.
Contact Oscar directly at oibazeta@marketingynegocios.com.pe
PATY LOPEZ Business Development Partner, Mexico
Paty has a degree in Business Management from the TEC College of Monterrey, Mexico, 3 Masters Degrees (Including an MBA from Texas A&M International University) and many years of experience in category management, trade marketing, and customer business development. She worked at Procter & Gamble for over 10 years in the areas of trade marketing, category management, as well as key account manager for different channels (including cash & carry, pharmacies, self-services, proximity and club stores).
Paty has also worked with Analyse2, a software development company that offers shopper-centric solutions for FMCG retailers and suppliers. Paty is currently co-founder of the first blog in Spanish dedicated entirely to category management, elcatmandehoy.com. She is also the General Manager at CATMANDOO.MX, a company dedicated to “end-to-end” category management.
Contact Paty directly at paty@catmandoo.mx
MICHAEL MACHADO Business Development Partner, United States
Michael is Sales and Marketing professional with over 20 years of successful leadership in Retail. Particular expertise in Strategic Consulting Sales, Database Marketing, Online and Offline, Acquisition and Retention, Customer Centric Selling and relationship building. Thought leader on global development and emerging business models. Michael is an Expert in Data Analytics, Consumer Insights, Shopper Marketing and Multicultural Marketing.
Michael has worked in Leadership roles with companies like the Tribune, World Marketing, MoneyGram and The Category Management Association where he led Latin America, educating and promoting both best practices and category management process for retailers, manufacturers, service providers and distributors. Michael also served as Chair of the Multicultural Marketing Special Interest Group for the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing.
Contact Michael directly at michael@masmarketinggroup.com
MAXIM MOROZOV Business Development Partner, Russia
Maxim Morozov is a well known expert in Category Management in Central & Eastern Europe, focusing on the region of RCIS. Career background includes retail industry, marketing and consulting (Nielsen), Merchandising software (IBM). Maxim has 9+ years in sales experience of large-scale consulting and software implementation projects to leading Retailers in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe (Leroy Merlin, Auchan, Metro, X5 Retail, Magnit etc), delivered number of corporate and industrial workshops in Category Management in Russia, Baltics, Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia.
Maxim's expertise includes the following skills and knowledge: category management, space management, assortment management, Lifecycle pricing, promo management, markdown optimization, Store clustering, Replenishment, Shopper marketing, Retail management, omni-channel, e-commerce, sales, forecasting.
Contact Maxim directly at catmanbox@gmail.com
JUAN FELIPE VEGA Business Development Partner, Colombia
During his 10 years of experience in marketing, Juan Felipe has led many projects in trade marketing and strategies execution in shopper marketing with many recognized brands like Bimbo, FEMSA and Nutresa on his portfolio.
His accomplishments span across different accounts and regions in both planning and marketing strategies and include a successful track record in the creation and implementation of point of sale campaigns. Juan Felipe collaborates with many influential new media in Colombia, including P&M Magazine and La Republica Newspaper, amongst others.
Juan Felipe is currently the Academic Director of the Category Management & Shopper Marketing Conference in Colombia, created with the goal to elevate the profession’s standards in Colombia.
Contact Juan Felipe directly at jfvega@v2vcolombia.com
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