MARIA CARRASQUILLO, Senior Marketing Manager, Jarden Consumer Solutions
Maria Carrasquillo, Senior Marketing Manager for Jarden Consumers Solutions Latin America, is a highly experienced, results-oriented individual. In her current role, Maria is responsible for marketing operations & strategies and to guide the marketing in-country mangers for more than 8 different countries. She strategically partners with product managers in the planning, development and implementation of brand strategies and new product initiatives. She leads the communication development of several brands such as Oster, Sunbeam, Bionaire and FoodSaver in the Latin American markets. Maria has extensive experience with the development of campaigns and works closely with agencies to produce quality for multiple brands materials applicable to the different markets across the region.
Prior to joining JCS, Maria was a Product and Merchandising Manager for Whirlpool Corporation where she worked with Whirlpool’s global factories to develop products tailored specifically for the Latin American markets. From 2000 to 2003, Maria worked in Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi as a Regional Account Manager supervising Hewlett Packard’s advertising initiatives in Latin America and managing multimillion dollar advertising budgets.