Marina Stark

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Registration: 17.11.2023

Specialization: Data Analyst / Product Analyst

A Product Analyst based in Boston with 5+ years of hands-on experience in data analysis and product marketing, specializing in B2B, FMCG, and retail. Proficient in SQL, Excel, Python, and Tableau, effectively applying these tools to analyze both internal and syndicated market data, resulting in extracting strategic insights and enhancing product value. Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without restriction.

Agile Data Visualization GitHub Jira Python Scrum SQL Tableau Confluence pandas scikit-learn Trello A/B Testing Microsoft Office Strategic Management Product Management Data Analysis

Portfolio

Product Manager Assistant

Secured a significant 3% contract discount and safeguarded company interests by detecting a fraudulent partnership by cross-referencing import data with external databases, enhancing market strategy and customer insights. ● Increased customer loyalty, facilitated payment processes, and optimized repeat orders by introducing a regular report on 25 products for key clients, contributing over $540k in monthly revenue. ● Participated in company conferences to foster client growth and retention, contributing to expanding our client base and nurturing existing client relationships

Product Analyst

Decreased daily ad hoc inquiries by 75% by initiating a unified regular report consolidating critical data across 4 distinct departments. ● Streamlined and expedited the specification signing process by leading the document digitization. ● Conducted profit and loss (P&L) analyses, formulated pricing strategies for current offerings to meet client requirements, and developed demand forecasts for new products by leveraging sales trends and market insights to inform market strategy.

Product Manager

Achieved a 2.5x increase in the margin profitability of existing products and added 3 new products, showcasing strong category management and portfolio acceleration. ● Built a Supply Chain system from scratch and led 86% of total procurements in 6 categories by communicating effectively and closing deals with international suppliers. ● Reduced excess and obsolete products by 12% by modeling and optimizing procurement, sales, and transportation planning, displaying effective demand generation and market intelligence.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Analysis

Joins

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit‑learn

Tableau

Microsoft Office

Data Extraction

Data Analysis

Marketing Analytics

Data Visualization

Dashboards

Pivot Tables

A/B Testing

Product Management

Strategy Management

Product Discovery

Product Roadmap

Prioritization

Decision making

Leadership

Documentation

Cross Functional Collaboration

Confluence

Jira

Trello

GitHub

Agile

Scrum

Work experience

Senior Product Analyst

12.2021 - 08.2022 |Cotton Club

Top-3 FMCG manufacturer of hygiene products (wet wipes, cotton pads, cotton buds) in Eastern Europe. ● Generated a 2.5% boost in brand revenue by identifying and seizing a lucrative opportunity in the night hand care cream niche, forecasting business metrics, and collaborating cross-functionally with marketing and product teams. ● Optimized product range (100+ CPG products), researching real-time market insights and A/B testing. This led to strategic and data-driven launches of 6 new products and innovations per year. ● Delivered a 30% reduction in non-performing inventory and packaging surplus. ● Discovered underperforming products in specific sales channels and retail groups, and deployed actionable channel strategy with limited edition offers, which led to incremental sales of 4 SKUs.

Product Analyst

11.2020 - 12.2021 |Cotton Club

● Decreased daily ad hoc inquiries by 75% by initiating a unified regular report consolidating critical data across 4 distinct departments. ● Streamlined and expedited the specification signing process by leading the document digitization. ● Conducted profit and loss (P&L) analyses, formulated pricing strategies for current offerings to meet client requirements, and developed demand forecasts for new products by leveraging sales trends and market insights to inform market strategy.

Product Manager

12.2018 - 11.2020 |ChemPartners

Professional chemical distributor with 1000+ clients in 20+ countries, top 100 ICIS worldwide. ● Achieved a 2.5x increase in the margin profitability of existing products and added 3 new products, showcasing strong category management and portfolio acceleration. ● Built a Supply Chain system from scratch and led 86% of total procurements in 6 categories by communicating effectively and closing deals with international suppliers. ● Reduced excess and obsolete products by 12% by modeling and optimizing procurement, sales, and transportation planning, displaying effective demand generation and market intelligence.

Product Manager Assistant

10.2017 - 12.2018 |ChemPartners

● Secured a significant 3% contract discount and safeguarded company interests by detecting a fraudulent partnership by cross-referencing import data with external databases, enhancing market strategy and customer insights. ● Increased customer loyalty, facilitated payment processes, and optimized repeat orders by introducing a regular report on 25 products for key clients, contributing over $540k in monthly revenue. ● Participated in company conferences to foster client growth and retention, contributing to expanding our client base and nurturing existing client relationships.

Educational background

Economics

Till 2018

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Economics

Till 2017

University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Management, Business Strategies (Masters Degree)

2018 - 2020

Higher School of Economics

Languages

RussianAdvancedEnglishAdvanced