Elisabeth Wesse

As a Global Strategy Transformation Office Project Manager I collaborate with local executive staff to formulate and implement West Markets' global strategies, encompassing EU, Russia, Africa, Australia/NZ, and LATAM. I manage an application of local strategy plans by managing Transformation Offices and Project Management Offices (PMOs). I have made these impactful changes in the last 18 monts: • Increased Strategy Implementation rate by 30% • Boosted efficiency of Strategy Implementation by 20%

Responsible for three departments: 1. Strategic Project Management Office (PMO) Established and led a team of Senior Project Managers managing cross-functional project teams 2. User Experience (UX) Established and managed the UX department and its strategy Set up and tracked UX KPIs via an NPS - Net Promotor Score tool 3. Amway Business Opportunity Led the development and improvement of selling the Amway Business Opportunity through selling tools and smooth processes

In this role I orchestrated annual strategic planning, arranged workshops, and facilitated global executive visits. In addition, I led local Strategic PMO and secured European/African implementation strategy. I was able to make an impactful difference, such as: • Reducing local resource investment by 30% through localising and prioritising application of global strategy. • Increasing efficiency by 40% and saved executives time by improving local annual strategic planning process.

During this time, I focused on strategic projects in Europe and Africa. I created and supervised European/Africa PMO, UX, and Business Opportunity departments including Senior Project Managers. My efforts were recognized by senior management and I was promoted from Strategy and Planning EU/Africa Manager to Senior Manager Strategic Projects Europe/Africa in 2015. During this time I increased Strategy execution efficiency by 50% through optimization of company resources and closely tracking budget spends.

Managing the Beauty portfolio meant that I would oversee end-to-end operations for multiple regions such as Europe, Africa, and Russia. I had managed regional portfolio strategy, product launches, and relaunches of merchandise. I also monitored and tracked KPIs to establish objectives and future plans. Collaborated on Global Headquarters' marketing plans by providing regional perception and solutions. I Improved staff/resource efficiency by 10% by restructuring Beauty Portfolio team.

At Beiersdorf, I orchestrated end-to-end project planning operations from market research, establishing business cases, sales analyses, procuring resources, and defining responsibilities to creating budgets. I also supervised strategic projects such as corporate cost-saving and supply chain developments. Furthermore, I managed risk assessments and escalation, and prepared decision documents. I also facilitated monthly reporting to senior executives and implemented project management software solutions.

Bachelor in Marketing