Andrea Ruiz Raets

- Project manage 4 developers as a Platform Product Manager.
- Simultaneously, started from scratch and lead a team of 4 pricing specialists in India, in charge of maintaining and optimizing pricing strategies and automating 75% of their processes.
- Spearhead development of automation tools for pricing, procurement, and sales processes.
-Successfully introduced two new platforms to manage company rates and margins and opened 3 new product lines and several new countries.
- Facilitate API on-boardings from suppliers and contribute to location projects.

• Successfully led procurement operations, negotiating +100 contracts with shipping lines, co-loaders, and agents to secure competitive rates and broad coverage in Spain, US, and other regions.
• Conducted benchmarking studies and pricing elasticity tests, providing valuable insights for strategic campaigns in collaboration with marketing achieving increases of 5-10% in bookings in certain lanes.
• Demonstrated expertise in margin management, strategically assessing and implementing measures to increase company revenues while maintaining competitiveness.

• Negotiating contracts for optimal rates and expansive coverage, while managing data entry to ensure accuracy.
• Proficient in conducting benchmarking studies, pricing elasticity tests, and executing strategic campaigns for impactful outcomes.

Assisted the finance department in ensuring supplier compliance during the company's public listing, focusing on due diligence, documentation, and anti-corruption measures.

Managed and curated critical customer information, pricing details, and discounts within the system, ensuring data quality, compliance and accuracy.

Orchestrated luxury trips for Chinese business investors exploring European opportunities, blending industry and partnership research with crafting itineraries, hotel bookings, transportation and exclusive experiences.

At Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, I researched politically exposed individuals, contributing to a compliance database for financial institutions.