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Maria Kinkina
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Independent strategy consultant with experience at a top-tier management consultancy (Bain & Company), where she was consistently rated as exceeding expectations. Additional experience developing an internal analysis and strategy role at a growth stage non-profit.
I am a strategy consultant who loves to solve problems and to help her clients achieve their goals. I bring a generalist strategy consulting skillset, combining strong project and stakeholder management skills and the ability to structure and crack complex pieces of work and to translate insights into compelling stories that drive my clients to action.
Experience in retail and consumer goods, industrial goods and services, and financial services.
Project experience including:
• program management and transformation
• strategy and market analysis
• customer strategy, including customer experience design and customer profitability analysis
• advanced analytics strategy and op model design
• top-line growth, including key account management, pricing strategy development and sales optimisation implementation
• cost optimisation including procurement review
I am a strategy consultant who loves to solve problems and to help her clients achieve their goals. I bring a generalist strategy consulting skillset, combining strong project and stakeholder management skills and the ability to structure and crack complex pieces of work and to translate insights into compelling stories that drive my clients to action.
Experience in retail and consumer goods, industrial goods and services, and financial services.
Project experience including:
• program management and transformation
• strategy and market analysis
• customer strategy, including customer experience design and customer profitability analysis
• advanced analytics strategy and op model design
• top-line growth, including key account management, pricing strategy development and sales optimisation implementation
• cost optimisation including procurement review
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
Spanish
Good
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Independent Strategy Consultant
One More Consulting.
• Profile includes:
o Capabilities: strategy and market analysis; customer strategy incl. customer profitability analysis and customer
experience & feedback loops; commercial excellence incl. key account management, pricing strategy; cost
optimisation incl. procurement review; transformation program management & PMO; digital strategy
o Industries: retail (incl. online) and consumer goods; industrial goods and services; financial services
o Problem solving: strong analytical skills, including advanced modelling, primary and secondary research
o Team skills: easily adapts to different working styles; comfortable in high-pressure situations; strong coaching skills
o Communication: ability to synthesise and elevate insights; strong relationship-building and presentation skills
• Selected project examples:
o Customer strategy research for outdoor apparel brand
o IT strategy for European retailer; managed a team of independent consultants, reported to European CIO
o Digital transformation governance and PMO for European retailer, working closely with European CDO / CIO
o Capabilities: strategy and market analysis; customer strategy incl. customer profitability analysis and customer
experience & feedback loops; commercial excellence incl. key account management, pricing strategy; cost
optimisation incl. procurement review; transformation program management & PMO; digital strategy
o Industries: retail (incl. online) and consumer goods; industrial goods and services; financial services
o Problem solving: strong analytical skills, including advanced modelling, primary and secondary research
o Team skills: easily adapts to different working styles; comfortable in high-pressure situations; strong coaching skills
o Communication: ability to synthesise and elevate insights; strong relationship-building and presentation skills
• Selected project examples:
o Customer strategy research for outdoor apparel brand
o IT strategy for European retailer; managed a team of independent consultants, reported to European CIO
o Digital transformation governance and PMO for European retailer, working closely with European CDO / CIO
Program Management, Customer, Apparel, Online, CIO, Commercial Excellence, Transformation, It, Key account management, Management, Digital Strategy, Optimization, PMO, Procurement, Digital transformation, Research, Account management, Retail, Coaching, Project Management
2015 - 2018
freelance
Strategy Consultant
Bain & Company.
• Highlight: Developed strong generalist consulting skillset; consistently performed at top of cohort
• Selected project examples:
o Pricing strategy for a European PE-owned construction company; case managed under Bain's Accelerated
Transformation Program, designed to deliver rapid financial results
o Full transformation of a 60M employee UK IG&S company, including overall strategy and portfolio review, cost and procurement optimisation, customer profitability analysis, pricing review and commercial excellence improvement
o Customer strategy and digital analytics review for a UK online retailer
o Customer journey redesign and customer profitability analysis for a major European bank
o Strategy development with focus on online sales for a £50B+ revenue UK grocery store
o New product launch playbooks development for a global consumer goods company
• Selected project examples:
o Pricing strategy for a European PE-owned construction company; case managed under Bain's Accelerated
Transformation Program, designed to deliver rapid financial results
o Full transformation of a 60M employee UK IG&S company, including overall strategy and portfolio review, cost and procurement optimisation, customer profitability analysis, pricing review and commercial excellence improvement
o Customer strategy and digital analytics review for a UK online retailer
o Customer journey redesign and customer profitability analysis for a major European bank
o Strategy development with focus on online sales for a £50B+ revenue UK grocery store
o New product launch playbooks development for a global consumer goods company
Procurement, Optimization, Consulting, Sales, Analytics, Digital analytics, Transformation, Strategy development, Commercial Excellence, Development, Online, Redesign, Customer
2012 - 2014
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Head of Impact Assessment & Strategy
Teach For Bulgaria.
TFB is an education non-profit, part of the global Teach for All network; 20 staff, 70 teachers, 6K students
• Highlight: Proven ability to work as an internal consultant and in an operational role; developed a new role with limited
guidance and resources, regularly resolving roadblocks on the way
• Achievements included:
o Produced a global benchmarking study of Bulgaria's education policy as a consultant to the World Bank
o Developed TFB's impact assessment tools & streamlined student achievement tracking
o Led multiple primary and secondary research projects to inform TFB's strategy
o Produced regular internal and external impact reports used for data-driven decision-making and for fundraising
o Organized an annual 200-audience conference on teaching best practices
o Designed and delivered training programs for 50+ teachers; received excellent (90% positive) feedback
o Managed a team of interns, from recruiting to performance evaluations
o Developed TFB's talent development and performance evaluation program
• Highlight: Proven ability to work as an internal consultant and in an operational role; developed a new role with limited
guidance and resources, regularly resolving roadblocks on the way
• Achievements included:
o Produced a global benchmarking study of Bulgaria's education policy as a consultant to the World Bank
o Developed TFB's impact assessment tools & streamlined student achievement tracking
o Led multiple primary and secondary research projects to inform TFB's strategy
o Produced regular internal and external impact reports used for data-driven decision-making and for fundraising
o Organized an annual 200-audience conference on teaching best practices
o Designed and delivered training programs for 50+ teachers; received excellent (90% positive) feedback
o Managed a team of interns, from recruiting to performance evaluations
o Developed TFB's talent development and performance evaluation program
Research, Teaching, Fundraising, Training, Network, Assessment, Development, LED
My education
2008
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2012
Brown University
Bachelors, Sociology and International Relations
Bachelors, Sociology and International Relations
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