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Linette Boquin

Marketing & Brand Manager
Guatemala City

Summary

A dynamic marketing leader with 14+ years of experience with proven accomplishments in driving growth and increasing profits. Articulate and driven leader with high energy and engaging personality. Hardworking and results driven team builder with ability to motive teams in order to maximize performance and surpass business objectives.

Broad understanding of demand generation and sales, leading brand product launches & developing marketing assets to build brands in the Latin America market.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Brand Manager Home Appliances LATAM

Spectrum Brands
10.2021 - Current

Responsibilities:

  • Develop brand strategy for the region.
  • Aligned internal teams with brand guidelines, ensuring consistent representation of the brands across all countries and consumer touchpoints.
  • Develop collaborative product roadmap and marketing campaigns.
  • Analyzed competitor offerings to identify opportunities for differentiation and capitalize on unique selling points.
  • Managed budgets, ensuring efficient allocation of resources for maximum return on investment in marketing initiatives.
  • Established performance metrics to evaluate campaign success, making data-driven adjustments as needed to optimize results.

Achievements:

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams for successful product launches and coordinated marketing efforts.
  • Enhanced brand recognition by developing and executing targeted marketing campaigns as garment care and blenders campaign.
  • Brand awareness by creating and maintaining a consistent message & visual identity across all platforms.
  • Optimized social media presence to engage customers, resulting in higher online visibility and interaction rates.
  • Launch PowerXL in retail in LATAM market. Develop product assortment, marketing campaigns & assets, create digital platforms & social media process.
  • Mentored team members, for professional growth and development within the department.

Trade Marketing Manager Home Appliances CCA

Spectrum Brands Central America, Caribbean, EC, VE
08.2021 - 10.2021

Responsibilities:

  • Managed a cross-functional team to drive successful product launches and promotional campaigns.
  • Enhanced customer relationships by providing ongoing support, addressing concerns, and promptly resolving issues.
  • Achieved sales growth by identifying new business opportunities and implementing targeted trade marketing strategies.
  • Collaborated closely with sales teams to ensure alignment on goals, targets, and strategic priorities for optimal results.
  • Manage & execute marketing budget.

Achievements:

  • Successful product launches for black friday and holidays.
  • Develop strategy, define & plan product launches, develop marketing campaigns for F21.
  • Developed strong partnerships with key accounts, resulting in increased sales and market share.

Personal Care Trade Marketing Manager CCA

Spectrum Brands Central America and Caribbean
04.2017 - 08.2021

Responsibilities:

  • Brand strategy, product launches, develop & deployment of marketing campaigns, portfolio, price list, market share and S&OP for CCA.
  • POS execution, develop and implement retail marketing strategies to increase sell out.
  • Analyze P&L, strategy to achieve planing targets NS, GP and EBITDA in CCA.
  • Manage & execute marketing budget.

Achievements:

  • F18 NS +1% vs AOP, +10% vs AOP in EBITDA in CCA.
  • F18 NS $ +.7M in product launches, in & outs $ +1.3M +72% vs LY, develop other categories as female depilation +89.9% vs LY & men´s shaving +13.9% vs LY in CCA.
  • F18 develop 19 CCA SKU´s with UL for Puerto Rico not to depend on US inventory and sell direct from China.
  • NS +49% vs LY.
  • F17 increase NS $ +2.3M +18% vs LY in CCA.

Personal Care Marketing Manager Mexico

Spectrum Brands Mexico
04.2015 - 04.2017

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible of P&L, NS, GP, & EBITDA in Mexico.
  • Develop brand strategy for each client and channel, market share, portfolio and price list for Mexico.
  • Define product launches & develop-execute marketing campaigns.
  • POS execution, people management and trade marketing.
  • Manage marketing budget.

Achievements:

  • Increase F17 NS +23% vs AOP, EBITDA +13% vs AOP and +142% vs LY in Mexico.
  • Develop Coppel direct shipment business model, saving distribution expenses and increasing the GP. NS $ +2.7M YTD, becoming most important KA in Mexico, with a GP of 39%.
  • Develop new product strategy to increase GP in Walmart for F18 with a GP of 45%.
  • Remington #1 brand in share of market in personal care Mexico.

Personal Care Business Development Manager CCA and Mexico

Spectrum Brands Central America
01.2013 - 03.2017

Responsibilities:

• Develop new business, gain new customers, review product assortment, gain white spaces.

• Support KAM in countries to develop business identifying gaps in existing market.

• Strategy and tracking of the P&L kiosk channel.

Achievements:

• Launch and develop first Remington store in the world.

• Develop second Remington store, total of 16 kiosk and 2 stores.

• Grow kiosk channel in the region, NS represent the 10% of CA with a GP of 70%.

Personal Care Key Account Manager Sr. Honduras

Distribuidora Rayovac Honduras
03.2010 - 11.2013

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible of the P&L, NS, GP, and EBITDA in Honduras.
  • POS execution.
  • People management and S&OP.

Achievements:

  • Increase trend of NS, GP, and EBITDA in Honduras.
  • Create kiosk channel.
  • List new key accounts as Ladylee and Unicomer.

Merchandise and Guest Service (Internship)

Walt Disney World Company
08.2009 - 01.2010

Responsibilities:

  • Provided exceptional customer guest service by promptly addressing inquiries, ensuring a high level of satisfaction among clientele.
  • Responsible of stores exhibition, planogram, merchandise restock and inventory control.
  • Responsible of making closings and deposits of the day. Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
  • Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.

Achievements:

  • Contributed to a positive team environment by collaborating with fellow interns on group projects and presentations.
  • Gained hands-on experience in retail and expanding skill set.
  • Maintained accurate records of financial transactions for ease of reference in budget analysis or audits.
  • Developed organizational skills through managing multiple tasks simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines.

Education

Master of Science - Marketing

Central American Tecnological University, UNITEC
Honduras
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

Central American Tecnological University, UNITEC
Honduras
05.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Maranatha Adventist Bilingual Institute
Honduras
05.2001 -

Skills

    Strategic Marketing

    Brand Strategy

    Strategic Planning and Alignment

    Project Management

    Problem Analysis & Solving

    Teamwork & Relationship Building

    Adaptability & Flexibility

    Bilingual

Courses

  • Mouseters Degree Disney Exploration Series: Marketing (Tompkins Community Collage of New York, TC3)
  • Mouseters Degree Disney Exploration Series: People Management (University Tompkins Community College of New York, TC3)
  • Legacy Guest Service (Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL.)
  • Exploratory Marketing (Disney University, Orlando, FL.)
  • People Management (Disney University, Orlando, FL.)
  • Negotiation (UNITEC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
  • Emotional Intelligence (UNITEC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras)

Timeline

Brand Manager Home Appliances LATAM

Spectrum Brands
10.2021 - Current

Trade Marketing Manager Home Appliances CCA

Spectrum Brands Central America, Caribbean, EC, VE
08.2021 - 10.2021

Personal Care Trade Marketing Manager CCA

Spectrum Brands Central America and Caribbean
04.2017 - 08.2021

Personal Care Marketing Manager Mexico

Spectrum Brands Mexico
04.2015 - 04.2017

Personal Care Business Development Manager CCA and Mexico

Spectrum Brands Central America
01.2013 - 03.2017

Personal Care Key Account Manager Sr. Honduras

Distribuidora Rayovac Honduras
03.2010 - 11.2013

Merchandise and Guest Service (Internship)

Walt Disney World Company
08.2009 - 01.2010

Master of Science - Marketing

Central American Tecnological University, UNITEC
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

Central American Tecnological University, UNITEC
05.2001 -

High School Diploma -

Maranatha Adventist Bilingual Institute
05.2001 -
Linette BoquinMarketing & Brand Manager