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Sharon Marenco

@sharonmarenco

Sustainability and operations leader with 9+ years advancing climate action, stakeholder engagement, and measurable impact.

El Salvador

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a sustainability-focused role where I can lead operations, coordinate stakeholders, and drive measurable climate impact—combining partnership development, data-driven KPI monitoring, and capacity-building to strengthen donor-funded and community-led programs.

I’m an international development, sustainability, and operations professional with 8+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, capacity-building initiatives, and community-led programs across Latin America and international remote teams.

My work sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and impact. I coordinate multi-stakeholder networks, manage international collaborations, facilitate learning and knowledge-sharing processes, and build systems that improve accountability, visibility, and delivery quality. In my current roles, I lead sustainability initiatives, monitor KPIs and impact metrics, strengthen partnerships with organizations and community actors, and support strategic decision-making across distributed teams.

I also bring a strong process-improvement background. I reduced loan processing time by 50% through workflow redesign and compliance strengthening, improved organic fertilizer production efficiency by 20%, maintained high reconciliation accuracy in market and financial reporting, and developed supplier–client environmental compliance frameworks adopted regionally.

I’m particularly interested in roles where I can lead operations, sustainability programs, partnerships, and process improvement initiatives that deliver measurable environmental, social, and organizational results.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product & Operations Analyst

Current

Safe Harbor Financial

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Served as Lending Operations SME, defining requirements with Product and leadership.
Mapped lending processes, identified operational bottlenecks, and recommended scalable automation and process solutions.
Improved and developed workflows, SOPs, dashboards, and KPI tracking across cross-functional teams. Reduced loan processing time by 50% through workflow redesign.
coordination.

Loan Processing Workflow Design Regulatory Compliance Risk Scoring Financial Modeling Automated Dashboards Executive Reporting Process Optimization

Current

Operations & Sustainability Manager

Current

Virtue Ally

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Coordinated sustainability initiatives and stakeholder engagement across remote teams, supporting partnership development with community actors. Facilitated internal learning and capacity-building programs and monitored KPIs to inform strategic decisions.

Sustainability Program Management Stakeholder Engagement Partnership Development Capacity Building KPIs Climate Action Remote Team

Market Research Analyst

Harlem Loft Inc.

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023 (7 months)

Produced financial and market reports to support strategic investment decisions. Maintained high-complexity databases with 100% reconciliation accuracy for forecasting models and improved reporting to strengthen compliance and data reliability.

Market Research Financial Reporting Database Management Forecast Modelling Data Reconciliation Compliance Reporting

Environmental & Sustainability Consultant

KPMG

Mar 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Supported environmental and social assessments using international standards (IFC, DFI) and coordinated stakeholder consultations. Developed monitoring frameworks and impact tracking tools and delivered training workshops to strengthen knowledge sharing.

IFC Standards Environmental Assessments Monitoring & Evaluation Impact Tracking Sustainability Reporting Training Facilitation Sustainability Strategy

Consul Technical Assistant

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Eu Cooperation

Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 (2 months)

Ensured 100% compliance in sensitive diplomatic documentation and improved administrative efficiency by optimizing workflows. Coordinated with EU-based offices and multinational stakeholders to accelerate request processing.

Diplomatic Documentation Compliance Management Workflow Optimization Administrative Support

Environmental Awareness Educator

Healthy Company

Feb 2022 - Dec 2022 (10 months)

Designed sustainability workshop materials and delivered sessions that influenced internal policies on environmental responsibility. Led educational programming to improve staff understanding of sustainability practices.

Workshop Development Training Delivery

Sustainable Business Process Manager

Bokashi Organic Fertilizer

Aug 2017 - Mar 2022 (4 years 7 months)

Implemented circular economy projects to reduce waste and improve resource efficiency, including a 20% improvement in organic fertilizer production efficiency. Developed supplier-client environmental compliance frameworks adopted regionally and led sustainability initiatives supporting agricultural and environmental outcomes across Latin America.

Circular Economy Organic Fertilizer Production Environmental Compliance Sustainability Impact Tracking

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

SDGAcademyX

Human Rights and Social Exclusion

2026 -

SDGAcademyX program Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion (HR001).

Universidad Católica de Murcia

MBA, Business Administration

2022 - 2023

Grade: 9.3

Activities and societies: General Management (6 ECTS), Marketing Management (6 ECTS), Financial Management (12 ECTS), Sales Management (6 ECTS), Operations Management (6 ECTS), Human Resources Management (9 ECTS), Teamwork/Leadership/Negotiation (9 ECTS).

MBA studies covering general management, marketing, financial management, sales management, operations management, and human resources management. Completed with a GPA of 9.3.

EADIC

Environmental Footprint and Carbon Accounting

2022 -

Carbon & Environmental Footprint Calculation course covering environmental sciences and related quantitative methods.

Oxford Climate School

Climate Change Science

2022 - 2023

Climate Change Science course at Oxford Climate School.

IBM Institute

Sustainable Business

2022 -

Sustainable Business program at the IBM Institute focused on management and administration topics.

INCAE Business School

Business Strategy and Sustainability

2021 - 2022

Sustainable Strategic Transformation program at INCAE Business School focused on business, administration, and law topics.

Universidad Albert Einstein

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

2013 - 2020

Grade: 7.6

Activities and societies: Focus areas include calculus, statistics, operations research, manufacturing processes, automation, engineering economics, quality management, occupational safety, and operations management.

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering covering applied mathematics, engineering sciences, operations research, industrial processes, and managerial decision-making. Completed with a GPA of 7.6.