Brenda D. Alvarez

Brenda D. Alvarez

Marketing & Product Dev. Manager at Granny's Poultry Cooperative Ltd.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Current
Past
  • New Business Coordinator, Specialty Brand at PepsiCo
  • Employee Services Coordinator at AT&T
Education
  • British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.
  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.
  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.
Connections
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Industry
Consumer Goods
Websites

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Summary

Life/Business philosophy: Identify the vision, work hard, consistently and passionately to get there faster and better than anyone. Execute tactics while never losing sight of strategy. Attribute and share success with everyone involved in the journey. It all comes back to fostering intellectual curiosity, hard work and passion to be better, to go higher, and to positively impact the business and people’s lives.

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Specialties:

Marketing/Brand: brand strategy and management, including KPI's performance, P&L, Innovation, Advertisement & Promotions, Interactive Media, etc.

Project Management: created and launched an umbrella brand across Mexico & Latin America that represents the Group's efforts in the Health and Wellness arena impacting cross-functional teams internally and external stakeholders.

New Business: launched 2 new categories for PepsiCo Intl. in Mexico: sweet bread and cold cereals under Quaker.


Brenda D. Alvarez’s Experience

  • Product & Marketing Development Mgr

    Granny's Poultry Cooperative Ltd.

    (Privately Held; Food Production industry)

    June 2009Present (6 months)

  • Category Manager

    Teligence

    (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2007February 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  • Health & Wellness Marketing Manager

    PepsiCo

    (Public Company; PEP; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2005September 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  • Brand Manager

    Quaker Oats

    (Public Company; OAT; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2003December 2005 (3 years )

  • New Business Coordinator, Specialty Brand

    PepsiCo

    (Public Company; PEP; Consumer Goods industry)

    May 2000December 2002 (2 years 8 months)

  • Employee Services Coordinator

    AT&T

    (Public Company; T; Telecommunications industry)

    October 1997May 2000 (2 years 8 months)


Brenda D. Alvarez’s Education

  • British Columbia Institute of Technology

    85% , Communication: Technical English , 20082008

  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.

    B Sc , Psychology , 20022007

    WES (World Education Services) assessed this degree and approved Canadian equivalence in 2007.

  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.

    MBA , Marketing , 20002002

    WES (World Education Services) assessed this degree and approved Canadian equivalence in 2007.

  • Universidad Regiomontana, A.C.

    BA , Communications , 19911994

    WES (World Education Services) assessed this degree and approved Canadian equivalence in 2007.

    Activities and Societies:
    Graduated with Honors

Additional Information

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Websites:

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Interests:

Management, Consumer research, Business/Marketing, Enterprising, Languages, Teaching, Boxing, Flamenco dancing, etc.

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Groups:

American Marketing Association (Toronto Chapter & BC Chapter)

  •    Women 2.0
  •    HAPPEN
  •    Mexican Professionals
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Brand ManageCamp
  •    CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS CONNECTS - SuperGroup!
  •    Toronto Chapter of the American Marketing Association
  •    BC Chapter of the American Marketing Association
  •    Online Events Academy
  •    Toronto Marketing Community
  •    Forrester's Consumer Forum 2008
  •    Marketing Canada
  •    HigherBracket.ca - Where your next $100K+ job is...
  •    Nutraceuticals World
  •    Nutrition Marketing and Public Relations

Brenda D. Alvarez’s Honors:

Graduated with Honors in University.
Two International Chairman Awards at PepsiCo one received from the worldwide CEO Indra Nooyi.


Brenda D. Alvarez’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests

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