Vanessa Bolanos

Scaled a 26+ person organization, personally recruiting, onboarding, and developing the entire team. Led end-to-end client implementation and strategic initiatives across four countries, maintaining 100% business continuity through standardized process design.

Led supplier relationship management for a global manufacturing environment, developing commodity sourcing strategies that improved supplier collaboration and on-time delivery performance. Managed supplier contracts and cost modeling initiatives to drive optimization across a multi-million-dollar spend category.

Led the establishment of new Assembly and Test operations in Costa Rica during COVID-19, onboarding suppliers through remote processes and coordinating global tool installations, reducing support and resource escalations by 30%. Coordinated equipment installation and qualification across multiple factory ramps, proactively re-sequencing cross-site priorities to avoid critical-path delays.

Conducted operational and compliance audits across global business functions, identifying process gaps and strengthening internal controls, achieving a 30% improvement in operational integrity.

Developed enterprise risk maps, conducted operational risk assessments, and implemented business continuity strategies across Latin America, Israel, and the US. Led Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement projects that enhanced operational efficiency and reduced process variability.

Pioneered a first-of-its-kind demand-intelligence approach, visiting distributors' Top Accounts directly to capture early demand, improving forecast accuracy by 20% and uncovering over $1M in distributor fraud.

Master of Business Administration in International Management from the International University of the Americas, completed in 2014.

Licenciatura in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing from the International University of the Americas, completed in 1998.

Bachelor of Business Administration from Panamerican University, completed in 1994.