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  • Le 27 janvier 2017
Name: Prachi Sharma
Current Position: Supply Chain Performance Analyst, Nike
About my company: Retail of athletic footwear, $30.601 million, 10,001+ employyees
Degree earned at Audencia: International Master in Management 2015
Nationality: Indian  
Residence: Amsterdam - The Netherlands
 
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My work
My role: Supply Chain Performance Analyst. To create full visibility to higher leadership on the performance of the Direct to Customers Business. Leading Reporting Automations and Process Improvement initiatives.

Soft skills: Team player/open mindedness/ creativity and adaptability/effective presentation skills to stakeholders/good interpersonal skills/ability to develop key internal contacts/influence individuals and functional areas across the organisation in order to accomplish team objectives.
Hard skills: Strong analytical skills, reporting expertise/understand IT processes involved with amending systems/expert in excel and working knowledge of reporting tools such as Retail, BW, COGNOS, Tableau.

My company: Highly active and sporty environment. Inter-personal interactions are highly promoted. International, open and fast-paced culture.

How it started: I applied for an internship at Nike specifically because of the brand and the working environment. My competitive advantage was international exposure and experience. There was perfect match of skills and competency to the job description, the dual degree experience of management and IT, plus the practice of working with international teams.

My world
Culture shock: Struggle of transforming from an ‘Indian’ to an international graduate. Letting go of the habit of assuming! Like one of my favourite professors from Audencia always said “The word Assume comes from Ass+U+ME” Hence, LETS GO!

Fun fact: I have learnt how to speak bad words in nine different languages. So nobody can mess around with me! :P Something that always fascinates me is to see how people from different parts of the world can be so similar.

Why choose an international career?
Being an international student, an international career is the right fit for me. Better opportunities and growth prospects to work in different countries.
I was hired for my international experience, right skills and competency, plus my attitude to take up challenges. After the internship I was offered a permanent job, in the same department as my dedication and efforts were recognised.
 
Audencia Careers says
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