Alexandra (Zandi) Brehmer

Address: 122 Law St., Neenah, WI 54956
Email: zbrehmer@gmail.com
Phone: (920) 419-2413

Professional
A career in consulting consisting of marketing and strategy projects, ideally

Goal
with the opportunity to work on projects that have an international scope.

 

Education

 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh – Oshkosh, WI

Bachelor of Business Administration Graduation with University Honors: December 2008

  • Majors: Marketing and Spanish Minor: Global Business
  • Overall GPA: 3.806 Graduating Class, Rank in Major: 1st

Global University of Nevada Studies Abroad Consortium – Las Vegas, NV

  • Education Semester Study Abroad in Costa Rica – Fall 2006
  • Four-Week Study Abroad Experience in Japan – May 2008

Personal

Consulting experience (selected for competitive consulting practicum at UW Oshkosh) Highlights · Project management experience (see other experience described below) · Leadership (served as President of Student International Business Club) · Inquisitiveness (evidenced through independent study Market Research project) · Proficient in the Spanish language and culture; thrive in diversity (international experiences)

Work

Kimberly-Clark Corporation – Neenah, WI

Experience A Fortune 500 global health and hygiene company (Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups)

Distribution Data Entry Analyst (temporary position) January 2009 – Present

  • Run daily reports and processes in SAP/Excel to pinpoint system flaws and distribution errors
  • Provide daily and weekly figures for cost-analysis and definition of cost-savings opportunities
  • Support the Brand Deployment Analysts as necessary

Oshkosh Corporation – Oshkosh, WI

A Fortune 500 Corporation that manufactures specialty vehicles and access equipment

International Shared Services Finance Intern August 2007 – January 2009

  • Provide customer service to international customers and internal functional representatives, frequently communicating with Spanish-speaking customers and business partners
  • Manage export credit insurance policy; approve export credit lines, complete monthly reporting and ensure payment of premium on a timely basis
  • Perform daily finance functions such as customer payment remittances and applications, account credit/collection efforts, shipment releases and managing international freight bills

The Advance-Titan – Oshkosh, WI

A biweekly campus newspaper at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Advertising Sales Manager September 2007 – December 2008

  • Supervise four Advertising Sales Representatives
  • Manage national advertising accounts and prepare weekly ad billing and commission logs
  • Handle client/advertising issues or concerns as necessary
  • Managed 12 current accounts and sold advertising space to new clients increasing sales
  • Began as Advertising Sales Representative in August 2005

Todd Steven & Associates, Inc. – Oshkosh, WI

A service company specializing in custom support for individuals with disabilities

Office Manager/Team Leader January 2000 – August 2007

  • Supervised Office Assistant and assisted with daily staff supervision
  • Managed office and supplies, scheduled staff and clients and handled employee/client issues or concerns as necessary
  • Facilitated individualized service and support plans for individuals with disabilities
  • Maintained client confidentiality agreements and oversaw compliance
  • Began as Office Assistant in 2000 while in high school; promoted to Office Manager in 2004

Other Consulting Practicum – UW Oshkosh

Experience Invited to participate in consulting project offered as capstone course to select students

Fall Semester 2008

  • Member of a student team assigned a consulting project involving a new brand acquisition and transition with Miles Kimball, a local catalog company
  • Conducted primary and secondary market research to assess situation, explore opportunities and develop actionable goal driven recommendations
  • Presented final recommendations and deliverables to CEO and management in December

Marketing Research Project – UW Oshkosh

A research project conducted with college Marketing Professor and Associate Dean

May 2008 – Fall Semester 2008

  • Developed project focus; improve hiring practices with respect to recruiting salespeople
  • Reviewed literature and interviewed managers to gauge depth of hiring problems; why they exist, what tactics are currently employed by companies, etc.
  • Developed ideas on recruiting improvement through qualitative interviews with salespeople, managers, and recruiters
  • Evaluation: worked to refine construct definitions and develop survey measures. Expect to collect data this spring. Analysis will include correlations and regression with interaction effects

Marketing Research Experience – UW Oshkosh

Participated in a research course that sparked some of my interest in consulting

Spring 2007

  • Learned about the research process, specifically taking a fuzzy concept and converting it to an operational project
  • Conducted a semester project and presented in front of 30 professionals from 12 companies; project won Best-Project Award
  • Learned and practiced qualitative and quantitative research techniques and analysis (comfortable with Excel and SPSS for a variety of quantitative needs)

Honors & Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Honors Society Member

Activities

  • Sigma Mu Psi, Marketing Honors Society Member
  • Member of UW Oshkosh Honors Program, 2004-2008
  • UW Oshkosh College of Business Ambassador, 2007-2008
  • Northeast Wisconsin International Business Development Program Scholarship Recipient, 2008
  • President, International Business Club, Fall 2008