Marco Zanette
Tech addicted and emerging markets enthusiast
Summer Fellow - Social Inclusive Distribution network for FMCG in rural areas of Africa
Clinton Foundation
June 2017
to August 2017
Paris, France - Lagos, Nigeria - Amman, Jordan
- Assisted the negotiation phase between Clinton Foundation and Unilever for a conjoint initiative aiming at the implementation of a social inclusive distribution model for FMCG in rural areas of Nigeria.
- Worked together with personnel of the Royal Development Fund of Jordan, analysing the budget and defining the road-map and milestones for a project addressing refugee camps in peripheral areas of Amman.
- Designed the entire financial model for the scale-up of business activities in Nigeria and West Africa, assessing current local operations and working jointly with the local manager in Lagos.
- Leveraged previous experience in digital solutions to initiate the implementation of a tailored software for Nigeria operations, working closely with the service provider, Ethiopian project management team, and Nigerian country manager.
Project Management Intern - International Digital Solutions
Deutsche Bank
January 2016
to June 2016
Frankfurt
Germany
- Conducted project management activities together with 6 international teams from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Poland, India, targeting digitalization initiatives and cross-country alignment of IT systems.
- Supervised the go-live of a key multi-million project based in Barcelona, supporting with testing and reporting activities, controlling Agile methodology implementations and keeping solid communication amongst team members and vendors.
- Engaged in the financial management of a project portfolio worth over 15 million €, controlling more than 20 budgets together with country managers and compliance with the department’s guidelines.
- Delivered specific researches focused on digitalization trends for banking sector, fin-tech booming and strategic responses of financial institutions.s
Business Development Manager
Rocket Internet
August 2015
to December 2015
Jakarta
Indonesia
- Headed content development department determining team structure, KPI dashboard and performed process optimization to achieve 100% team weekly and monthly targets, aligning them with global company benchmarks.
- Discovered a structural problem in the activation of customers, leading a team of 15 onboarders to actively engage and enlist 330 food vendors in a period of one month.
- Highlighted weaknesses in the company management strategy, developing and implementing several micro management practices including holding training workshops, communication activities between departments and HR activities.
