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Fernando Lopez

Fernando Lopez

Gothenburg, Sweden

Summary

Passionate professional with a proven ability to foster team growth and development. Skilled in building trust and collaboration across diverse stakeholders, including commercial areas, engineering, and global markets. Experienced in developing commercial offers and managing strategic partnerships.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Innovation Manager

CampX by Volvo Group
Sweden
09.2022 - Current
  • Delivered impactful results across two strategic programs—Accelerator and Venture Builder—by driving partner engagement and fostering new business model development.
  • Actively facilitated the exploration of alternative growth strategies with cross-functional technical teams, while successfully leading collaborative efforts to secure technology partnerships from external sources.
  • These experiences reflects a proven ability to manage complex partner ecosystems and align stakeholders, including OEMs, resellers, startups, to achieve revenue goals.

Head of Retail Business Development

Volvo Car Corporation
Sweden
12.2020 - 08.2022
  • Led initiatives to enhance business growth by facilitating the transformation of a retail network from a B2B to a B2C model, demonstrating agility in adapting to evolving market dynamics. Spearheaded cross-functional efforts, establishing clear objectives and KPIs to ensure measurable success.
  • Effectively managed resource planning and aligned business agendas across teams and departments, ensuring strategic cohesion.
  • This experience reflects my ability to lead complex, multi-functional teams and drive key transformations, aligning with NVIDIA’s focus on managing a sophisticated partner ecosystem to achieve revenue growth and market expansion.

Senior Strategist

Volvo Car Service Business
Gothenburg
12.2019 - 12.2020
  • Served as an internal strategy consultant dedicated to driving success within the Service Business sector.
  • Assisted management team in driving and implementing cross-functional strategic projects.
  • One of my significant achievements in this capacity was co-leading a project that identified cost-saving opportunities of approximately 30%.

Head of Commercial

Group Business Operation at Volvo Car group
Sweden
06.2018 - 12.2019
  • Led strategic initiatives: group strategy development, company integration/merger, and governance framework setup.
  • Collaborated with Volvo Car Group's leadership to define objectives and enhance commercial processes including portfolio planning, pricing strategies, and digital optimization.

Sr. Commercial Project Manager 90 Series

Volvo Car Corporation
Sweden
01.2017 - 06.2018
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, such as R&D, Product, Design, and Procurement, to seamlessly link product development and commercial strategy for successful launch of next-gen cars.
  • Effectively oversaw various commercial sub-projects ensuring the timely achievement of critical milestones in Pricing, Marketing, and PR.

Volvo Cars Leadership Global Graduate Program

multiple locations
08.2015 - 03.2017
  • Completed Volvo Cars Leadership program, gaining experience in diverse business units and developing strong leadership skills.

Product Manager for life cycle

Volvo Car Corporation
Multiple loc. SE/USA/MX
08.2015 - 02.2017
  • Crafted comprehensive business cases, negotiated with regional stakeholders to increase volume allocation, and creatively repurposed developments to optimize costs.
  • Demonstrated ability to make balanced trade-offs between product content and cost.

Intellectual Property Strategy analyst

Novartis Pharma AG
Switzerland
12.2014 - 07.2015
  • Led strategic analysis of pharmaceutical patent trends and supported senior patent attorneys in IP acquisition due diligence.
  • Developed expertise in patent research, project management, and due diligence.

Key account manager

J2 Sourcing
Sweden
09.2012 - 09.2013
  • Managed customer relationships and business development efforts for supplier consolidations and stock sales operations
  • Managed daily routines involving customer phone interactions, supplier negotiations, and business optimization support.

Sales and Marketing associate

Eli Lilly and Co
Mexico
01.2010 - 07.2012
  • Successfully positioned my territory in the top 5 and kept this rank for over a year.

Education

M.Sc. Intellectual Capital Management / Entrepreneurship and Business Design -

Chalmers University of Technology

M.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Exchange program with double degree) -

University of Rennes/ Monterrey Institute of Tech
France And Mexico

BSc. in Business and Economics with a major in Marketing -

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Upper Intermediate
B2
French
Elementary
A2

Timeline

Senior Innovation Manager

CampX by Volvo Group
09.2022 - Current

Head of Retail Business Development

Volvo Car Corporation
12.2020 - 08.2022

Senior Strategist

Volvo Car Service Business
12.2019 - 12.2020

Head of Commercial

Group Business Operation at Volvo Car group
06.2018 - 12.2019

Sr. Commercial Project Manager 90 Series

Volvo Car Corporation
01.2017 - 06.2018

Volvo Cars Leadership Global Graduate Program

08.2015 - 03.2017

Product Manager for life cycle

Volvo Car Corporation
08.2015 - 02.2017

Intellectual Property Strategy analyst

Novartis Pharma AG
12.2014 - 07.2015

Key account manager

J2 Sourcing
09.2012 - 09.2013

Sales and Marketing associate

Eli Lilly and Co
01.2010 - 07.2012

M.Sc. Intellectual Capital Management / Entrepreneurship and Business Design -

Chalmers University of Technology

M.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Exchange program with double degree) -

University of Rennes/ Monterrey Institute of Tech

BSc. in Business and Economics with a major in Marketing -

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

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