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Luisa Cerrato

Luisa Cerrato

Project Manager
Horgen

Summary

Project Manager with experience coordinating cross-functional projects, managing stakeholders, and tracking milestones and dependencies across international and technical environments. Strong analytical background with experience in project reporting, KPI tracking, and process improvement. Experienced in working with cross-functional teams to support project delivery and drive results.

Overview

4
4
Languages
3
3
Certificates
15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Project & Program Management

Independent
2021.01 - Current

Coordination: Coordinate 10+ community-based projects and career-return workshops, managing cross-functional teams, stakeholders, timelines, deliverables and operational requirements.
Partnerships: Manage sponsor acquisition and procurement activities for fundraising initiatives, including partnership negotiations, vendor coordination and donor logistics.
Operations: Facilitate team meetings to clarify responsibilities, confirm next steps, and maintain project momentum. Coordinate 8–10 internal and external stakeholders, track deliverables, and support budget execution and project documentation.

Project Manager & Business Analyst Consultant

Alstom
2022.01 - 2023.01

Planning: Developed and executed a comprehensive project plan covering timelines, milestones, task dependencies, resource allocation and budget requirements, supporting on-time and within-budget delivery.
Coordination: Coordinated technical deployments of predictive algorithms across engineering and operations teams, aligning resources, priorities and dependencies to support delay-reduction efforts.
Impact: Performed financial-impact modelling and budget-risk analysis, identifying predictive-algorithm applications with an estimated €5.5M in savings over eight years through reduced operational delays.
Reporting: Built MS Excel performance dashboards, tracked project KPIs, and facilitated weekly status, risk, and leadership reviews, translating project updates for executive client stakeholders.
Documentation: Maintained project documentation across planning, deployment and reporting activities, applying Agile and Waterfall methodologies to support structured project execution and progress tracking.

Team Coordinator & Lead

Google via Vaco
2020.01 - 2021.01

Coordination: Coordinated priorities, deadlines, and dependencies across a 12-person team, tracking 500+ weekly deliverables to support consistent and timely execution.
Performance: Monitored operational KPIs and performance trends, contributing to a 15% improvement in team performance through structured tracking and follow-up.
Improvement: Identified workflow inefficiencies and supported process improvements that increased operational efficiency by 20%.
Collaboration: Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to clarify priorities, resolve operational issues, and maintain alignment on deliverables and quality expectations.

Content Analyst

Google via Vaco
2020.01 - 2020.01

Quality: Reviewed 300+ data items daily for machine-learning training datasets, applying established quality standards and maintaining a 96% quality benchmark compared with a team median of 90.5%.
Improvement: Consistently completed 100% of assigned review tickets and supported additional workload while maintaining quality standards, identifying recurring content issues and contributing to process refinements.

Career Break & Professional Development

NA
2015.01 - 2019.01

Relocation: Managed international relocation. Coordinated timelines, documentation, and cross-border needs. Achieved English fluency through immersion.
Development: Completed technical web-development credentials and continued independent professional training, strengthening digital skills and maintaining professional development throughout the career break.

Investment Specialist

Poste Italiane Spa
2012.01 - 2015.01

Portfolio: Managed €15K in client portfolios weekly. Assessed risk profiles, objectives, and performance in a regulated financial environment.
Advisory: Advised clients on investment options and portfolio adjustments, addressing concerns and aligning recommendations with changing objectives and market conditions.
Presentations: Prepared investment strategy proposals and growth presentations for senior leadership.

Education

Master's Degree - Data Management & Business Analytics

EDHEC Business School
Awarded Best Student Award

Bachelor - Institutions & Financial Markets Management

Bocconi University

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Project Planning

Project Delivery

Cross-Functional Coordination

Risk Management & Mitigation

Schedule & Milestone Management

Budget Management

Project Documentation

KPI & Progress Tracking

Agile

Waterfall

MS Office

MS Project

MS Excel & Dashboards

Jira

Asana

Analytical Thinking

Stakeholder Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Organization

Accountability

Problem Solving

International & Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Certification

Google Project Management Professional Certificate, Coursera

Timeline

Project Manager & Business Analyst Consultant - Alstom
2022.01 - 2023.01
Project & Program Management - Independent
2021.01 - Current
Team Coordinator & Lead - Google via Vaco
2020.01 - 2021.01
Content Analyst - Google via Vaco
2020.01 - 2020.01
Career Break & Professional Development - NA
2015.01 - 2019.01
Investment Specialist - Poste Italiane Spa
2012.01 - 2015.01
EDHEC Business School - Master's Degree, Data Management & Business Analytics
Bocconi University - Bachelor, Institutions & Financial Markets Management

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Languages

Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Elementary (A2)
German
Beginner (A1)

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