Robert Molnar
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Robert is a former McKinsey specialist with 10+ years of experience using data science to drive growth rates of over 12% per project. He has served over 15 Fortune 500 clients, delivered over 30 projects, and created more than five SaaS products. Robert looks forward to the opportunity of working with top-tier clients, leveraging his unique combination of business and technical knowledge to enhance revenue growth.
Career Highlights
Case Studies
Expertise
Work Experience
Owner | Independent Consultant | PM
Stratolytics Ltd
- Oversaw the rollout of an AI-powered platform for improving revenue growth at a major consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in Latin America.
- Served as a single point of contact for a client to roll out a regression-based promo optimization tool. Led a team of 5+ multidisciplinary experts and advised and trained 15+ client members.
- Advised on the strategy and built the go-to-market deck for an Eastern European data consultancy to enter the US market.
Director
WorldQuant Predictive
- Initiated, shaped, and marketed AI-powered products that solve significant business problems, primarily in CPGs and retail. Invented an investment portfolio built around a quant heritage.
- Organized a team of more than ten members, including data scientists, data engineers, subject matter experts, developers, and marketers.
- Contributed to landing the first Fortune 500 clients and taking the company from zero to more than $3 million in revenue in 1.5 years.
- Brought to market a marketing mix optimization product that was in production for over a year at a Fortune 100 company in the US, generating an uplift of $20 million yearly.
- Brought to market a price and discount optimization product at a leading pet food company in the US, improving return on investment (ROI) on discounting tactics at Amazon by 20%.
- Brought to market a sales coverage optimization product that enabled the sales team at a leading producer of veterinarian products to achieve a $70 million lift in sales by better organizing their sales force.
Head of Advanced Analytics
P3 Denmark (through Acquisition)
- Built the company's advanced analytics practice. Created offerings, acquired first clients, and set up processes for scaling. Helped bring the latest data science capabilities to major Nordics clients.
- Implemented a price optimization system at a major furniture manufacturer in Denmark and Sweden.
- Implemented a profitability prediction system at a significant business-to-business (B2B) service company.
Solution Specialist | Associate
McKinsey & Company
- Supported a world-leading cosmetics manufacturer with product portfolio recommendations in five major European countries, totaling over ten retailers.
- Created an assortment strategy for a Fortune 100 pharma company in the top five accounts in the US.
- Recommended a new product development initiative to a world-leading beer manufacturer to maximize demand souring from significant competitors.
- Advised a world-leading beverage manufacturing company on pricing and packaging strategies in Europe.
- Shaped and managed the implementation of a new generation of McKinsey solutions focusing on assortment optimization.
Senior Associate
I-Insight
- Created a churn prediction system for a Fortune 500 manufacturer of professional electronic equipment.
- Developed a customer segmentation and sales targeting model for a leading B2B company.
- Built a profitability model for a global leader in smart sensor equipment.
Advisor to Secretary of State
Ministry of Rural Development
- Created an econometric study proving that current schemes for absorbing EU funds were generating divergent trends in territorial development, i.e., a gap between rich and poor regions was widening.
- Created a data intelligence system measuring the absorption rate of EU funds across key regions in Romania week by week.
- Created more than five key reports for the European Commission about the state of agricultural development in Romania.
Education
Master's Degree in Economics
Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences - Aarhus, Denmark
Certifications
PRINCE2
The Chartered Institute for IT
Skills
Finance
Pricing, Revenue Management, Deal Analysis, Cost-benefit Analysis
Data & Analysis Software
Tableau
Other
Alteryx, Think-cell, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Portfolio Analytics, Project Management, Consulting, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Data Science, Marketing Mix Modeling, Demand Planning, Enterprise SaaS, Econometrics, IT Projects, C-suite, Optimization, Demand Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product Owner, Promotion, Customer Segmentation, Churn Analysis, Economics, Customer Analysis, Big Data
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