MB

Michella Botto Andrade

Vice President at Exceptional Ventures

United Kingdom

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President

    2024

  • Investment Manager

    2023 - 2024

  • Associate

    2022 - 2023

    Exceptional Ventures is an early-stage Venture Capital firm that invests in high-impact businesses focused on helping people live happier, healthier, and longer lives, while supporting a healthy planetary ecosystem.

2018 - 2021

  • Senior Product Manager

    2020 - 2021

    - Responsible for short- & long-term strategic marketing plan for L’Oréal Paris Make-Up Lips, the most challenging axe within the COVID context, and ESSIE, the fastest growing make-up brand of L’Oréal Spain. - Develop engaging consumer experiences by managing each brand’s portfolio - new launches, pillar product renewals and core catalogue reinforcement - and carrying out efficient marketing mix strategies. - Manage sales forecast and coordinate with the supply team to ensure stock maximization and launching plan. - Track spend to achieve financial targets as well as develop marketing input based on sales and pricing forecasts to establish brand budgets and financial goals. - Conduct and analyse market and consumer research to recommend optimal brand strategies to top management. - Managing 1 marketing assistant.

  • Ecommerce Specialist

    2020 - 2020

    - Design and execute the e-commerce strategies of all FMCG brands of L’Oréal tailored for each e-retailer and aiming for ROAS maximisation. - Optimise pricing, promotion, webpage visibility and asset selection for each strategy by working closely with the commercial and marketing teams - Negotiate value-added e-commerce agreements with e-retailers to accomplish the strategies. - Analyse campaign results, identify best practices and obtain relevant insights to strengthen upcoming campaigns.

  • Junior Product Manager

    2018 - 2020

    Lead launches and boost growth of products to reinforce the brand and the relationship with consumers. -Analyse consumers and market insights as well as the competitors strategies to make recommendations to management. -Propose and develop marketing mix strategies to offer consumers attractive and consistent experiences with the brand.

2016 - 2018

  • Commercial Planning Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    - Build and execute the commercial strategies in Ecuador and Costa Rica for Latin America’s leading direct sale beauty and fashion company. - Managing 1 commercial planning assistant.

  • Commercial Planning and Merchandising Assistant

    2016 - 2017

2015 - 2016

  • Information Technology Internship

    2015 - 2016