Levi Alvarado

Bio

Before joining the MBA I worked in a key sales and strategic international position in Mexico where I acquired some fundamental skills useful for strategic planning. These include:
1. Communications skills: Confident and experienced at presenting to groups up to, and over, 300 people. I have delivered training on software, companies’ analysis, international negotiation; pitching strategic plans and new managerial ideas.

2. Relationship management: Built long-term relationships with companies and overseas governments. I ensured punctual and proper resolution on the issues rose resulting in the successful closure of a number of key deals.

3. Analytical skills: Performed sophisticated quantitative and qualitative analysis on market, financial, economical and accounting data as well as contracts of a number of companies and industries.

4. Entrepreneurial: Opened an English school in Mexico City for children without access to bilingual education. The school was the first of its kind in the region; managed penetration strategy, marketing and sales.

5. Negotiations skills. Get discounts on corporate purchases and ensured long term relationship with software providers.

During my MBA I did a consultancy project for Syngenta AG. With a market research as a team we defined a possible routes to market and quantified their financial impact for an innovative crop protection service, based upon robust primary research.

I did my internship at IntelliQ in London, the project was a market research where I have to define the characteristics of a new product the company is about to launch along with the marketing strategy based upon its customers’ needs and wants.

Currently

Works at:: SERVICIO DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA , Mexico’s Treasury
Location in:: Manchester, United Kingdom

Levi has worked/studied in

Mexico
United Kingdom

Levi speaks

English
French
Spanish

Levi has experience in

Arts
Education
Financial Services
Government/Public Service
IT
Technology

Work

2009 – 2010 (Jul – Jul)	Deputy Head of Division – International agreemen SERVICIO DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA , Mexico’s Treasury , Mexico Negotiated with companies and governments the best way to price international operations. Created and led a cross-functional team of six people with diverse. Led the team to do research and data analysis, business and financial modelling, as well as relationship management. Negotiated discounts on corporate purchases and ensured long term relationship with software providers (S&P, Bureau VanDijk, Reuters) by keeping a good relationship with our providers. Developed a plan to unify the operations of the department, and identified areas of opportunity where the overall process could be changed to enhance productivity.
2007 – 2009	Head of Anticipated Pricing Agreement Procedures SERVICIO DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA , Mexico’s Treasury, Mexico , Mexico Managed a number of projects from its inception, design, team building, data analysis, and delivering the expected outcome. Built written reports to be used as the basis of the company’s analysis, and make public presentation to either small groups (15 people) or large audiences (+300) Analysed and assessed companies’ risk based on their debts and capability to pay them, and compared them to the overall market. Prepared a training programme that unified the research and data analysis of the area.
2005 – 2007	Head of Economic Analysis Department SERVICIO DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA , Mexico’s Treasury, Mexico, Mexico , Mexico Built Excel risk models to identify irregular activities by Large Corporate Taxpayers. Programmed Excel models to use on a daily basis to manage large amounts of information in order to understand past activities and make financial forecast. Analysed financial reports, contracts, and economical issues. Generated reports about companies under review based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of their financial data.
2003 – 2005	Analyst - International Audit SERVICIO DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA , Mexico’s Treasury, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico , Mexico Collected and collated data from Standard & Poor’s database, (US) Securities and Exchange. Commissioned, OSIRIS, and RoyaltyStat to generate Excel templates. Researched hard to find data that was difficult to identify in common databases.
2002 (Jan – Oct)	Sales Manager FABRICACIONES INGENIERIA Y MAQUINARIA , Mexico Focused on customer service and satisfaction. Kept close relationships with new and existing customers through regular communications pre- and post sales. Led the implementation of a marketing strategy for the new products that were offered. Identified potential leads for business development opportunities where the company could introduce its new products.

Education

1998 – 2003

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY

Economics (Bachelors)

Clubs

Not a member of any clubs

Achievements

IntelliQ, Market Research Summer Internship 2011, Define the characteristics of a new product the company is about to launch along with the marketing strategy based upon its customers’ needs and wants
Freelance photographer (Current) For special events, magazines and newsletters, undertook a photography exhibition in 2007
Producer of the CD’s : “Alégrense! (2007), and “Grandioso” (2008 and 2009) Project managed the live and studio recording
Project manager of a humanitarian group’s trip to Zambia, Africa (2008). Managed the trip schedule, finance, contacts in Zambia, and translation
Founder of the English School CEDLEX Iztapalapa (2008) Entrepreneurial project to establish a school that would not only make profit, but also help the community where it was established.