isabel pascual-olarte

managing director

About

Strategist, with particularly interest in offensive initiatives, market growth through innovation and product / market / company readiness to squeeze the maximum value of the company services and products Specialties: Business development, Readiness to launch, product development, brand, category & corporate marketing, commercialization strategies, SFE, operational excellence, in & out-licensings, interim management, project management

Country

switzerland

City

zurich

Industry

management consulting

Skill

strategy, business strategy, marketing strategy, business development, market analysis, pharmaceutical industry, segmentation, management, product management, management consulting, change management, sales effectiveness, crm, product development, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, cross functional team leadership, market research, competitive analysis, consulting, competitive intelligence, product launch, project management, market planning, forecasting, commercialization, business process improvement, new business development, negotiation, marketing management, go to market strategy, analytics, marketing, pricing, international business, sales, networking, global marketing, analysis, entrepreneurship, strategic consulting, start ups, p&l management, strategic thinking, corporate development, coaching, brand equity, portfolio management, project planning, operational turnaround

Experience

managing director

zarzia consulting s.r.o

2010-5 - Present · 16 yrs 5 mos

senior geographic principal, c and ee, middle east and africa

ims health

2008-12 - 2010-6 · 1 yr 7 mos

regional principal, central and eastern europe, consulting and services

ims health

2007-4 - 2008-12 · 1 yr 9 mos

Managing Director for Central / Eastern Europe and CIS. Head of operations for IMS Consulting in the region. Specialized in SF strategies, commercial sizing, structure and allocation of resources, forecasting. marketing mix optimization, launch and deployment of products and initiatives. Change management

corporate strategy director

lafargeholcim

2004-9 - 2007-3 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Strategy & Development, specialized in defensive / offensive resource allocation for sustainability and growth, inthe form of organic as well as M&A initiatives. Competitive intelligence expert

consultant

zs associates

2002-9 - 2004-10 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Specialized in marketing / planning / go-to-market strategies / readiness to launch and portfolio analyses. Ample experience in sales forces issues - incentive compensation /size, structure and organization / CRM

external consulting associate

isis

2002-6 - 2002-10 · 5 mos

Responsible for developing an implementable project to increase industrial competitiveness for external commerce on selected 3 sectors. ISIS is the governmental think-tank

current business manager, product design and developer manager

procter & gamble

1998-12 - 2001-11 · 3 yrs

Customer understanding (quali / quanti), product development management / product positioning / launch strategy / competitive intelligence / media and copy support / claim sustainability / regulatory support / trade presentations / B2C initiatives / presentations to press & journalists ... and much more

research associate

lab for molecular structure & bonding tamu

1996-8 - 1998-12 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Advance materials syntheses, research and development, in the field of multiple metal-metal bond with specific para & diamagnetic properties. Specialized in X-ray diffraction crystallography (powder & unique crystal). Contributor to various international chemistry magazines (JACS, Inorg. Chem, Organometallics, Acta Chem...). Referee for international chemistry journal