French Male, 27 years old, GMAT 650, 5 years experience

Question

Hi,

I am a French male, 27 years, looking for an evaluation profile. I am planning to apply for Fall 2013 intake.

I have a 5 year work experience as follows:

I have been working for 2 years for the leading cooking oil seller in France as  a Junior Key Account Manager

Project : Develop volumes sold to regional customers and increase share of market in hypermarkets
 Responsibilities : Leader, Negotiation with central buying service
 Results : 2% increase in share of market and + 0,5% in volume for 2011 in spite of a difficult economic context
 Methodology : Optimization of the 4 P’s. Development of the range sold in stores.

I worked as an  Area Manager for Cadbury/Kraft foods (For 2 years)  in France and Luxembourg

Project : Develop business in super- and hypermarkets of the Area 
 Responsibilities : Leader of a team of 3 sales promoters
 Results : Growth of the business by 6% in a very competitive environment and an economic context hard to handle
 Methodology : Analysis and Diagnosis of the needs of each stores; Optimization of the 4 P’s

I worked as a  Project Manager at Galeries Lafayette  (Biggest French department store) (1 year)

Projects : Rethink the organization of a 3,500 square meters back-office surface (215 employees) /Remodelling of a commercial floor (2,500 square meters

Responsibilities : Project Leader
 Results : 65% Costs Reduction compared to forecasts; Creation of a new synergy between the different departments; Creation of surface for other projects (Confidential Projects)
 Methodology : Analysis and Diagnosis of the needs of each department; Internal Audit; Participative Management; Planning of the different actions; Competitive tenders; R.O.I. forecasts

Besides, my GMAT score is 650.

After my mba, I want to work in the consulting field, specialized in Marketing or even in the energy field.

My target schools are :

- UT Austin
- Georgetown
- Boston College
- University of Connecticut (UConn)

I would appreciate you give me others schools I could reach!

Thanks!

bryantmichaels · Answer

France is actually under-represented in US business schools, so I would encourage you to reach for top 10 schools. Your experience would translate well into brand management, which is a very ripe recruiting field for employers who visit b-schools for hiring. You might at least target 2-3 good schools in the top 10 such as Duke, UNC, Ross, and Northwestern (Kellogg) to be your "reach Schools."

camtip · Answer

Thank you for the reply!

I will probably not apply to UT austin and try to apply to duke instead.

I will apply no later than round 2, and will probably not apply to more than 4-5 b-schools. What 5 schools do you advise me to apply for? In other words what school could be my "safe school" ?

Here is my list :

- georgetown
- Boston college
- university of connecticut
- duke
- USC ( Marshall)

Any other list?

Regards

Cam

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bryantmichaels · Answer

That's a good list. BC and Conn would likely be your safety schools, Although McDonough should have a lot of interest in you since they value their international program and would benefit from having Western Europeans in the classroom.

camtip · Answer

Thank you!

I appreciate your help. I am still hesitating between duke and ucla but will apply for sure to georgetown, Boston college, UConn.

For the last school , usc, Unc, ross and emory would be in "competition"

Regards

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French Male, 27 years old, GMAT 650, 5 years experience

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