About Sara
Sara is the in-country analyst performing research for Euromonitor International in the Home & Technology industries in Italy, a cluster that includes Home & Garden, Consumer Appliances and Electronics, Home Care, Tissue & Hygiene, plus Toys & Games.
Based in Florence, Italy, Sara started her 26 year career working for Wal*Mart Global Procurement, in charge of sourcing and selecting European products and suppliers for import into USA, Canada, UK, Mexico, Puerto Rico. During the following 11 years of collaboration with Wal*Mart, Sara built her way up in management and developed expertise in identifying consumers’ trends and knowledge on a diverse range of product categories, as well as on retail dynamics, inventory monitoring and replenishment, alongside environment sustainability programs to assess and improve carbon footprint.
Curious by nature and a lifelong learner, in 2023 Sara completed the Executive Master in Management and the Online Certification Program on Platform thinking for Innovation at POLIMI Graduate School with a final Project Work titled “Home as a Platform – From investing in bricks to investing in a Data Hub”.
Favourite Quote
The Challenge of a Leader is looking around the corner…
and making the change before it’s too late to make the change
(Indra Nooyi, former CEO PepsiCo)