Maria Inês Messias
About Maria Inês Messias
Maria Inês Messias is the Trade Marketing Manager for Gillette at Procter & Gamble in Madrid. She has a diverse background in marketing and sales, with experience at various companies and a strong educational foundation in business and marketing.
Current Role at Procter & Gamble
Maria Inês Messias is currently serving as the Trade Marketing Manager for Gillette at Procter & Gamble. She has been in this role since 2020, operating out of the Madrid area in Spain. In her position, she focuses on overseeing trade marketing strategies for the Gillette brand, ensuring effective market penetration and customer engagement.
Previous Experience at Procter & Gamble
Before her current role, Maria worked at Procter & Gamble as a Sales Account Manager for the Beauty Categories - Proximity Channel from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure in this position, based in the Barcelona Area, Spain, she was responsible for managing sales accounts and developing business strategies for beauty product lines.
Early Career and Internships
Maria Inês Messias has had a dynamic early career with diverse roles at various organizations. In 2017, she was a Marketing Project Coordinator for Partners for UN in Manhattan, New York, and served as an intern at Showroom Seven / SevenHouse PR during the 2017 New York Fashion Week. She also gained experience in 2016 as a trainee at Michael Page in Lisboa, Portugal, focusing on Healthcare & Life Sciences, Marketing & Commerce, and Hospitality & Leisure sectors. Her initial career steps included a summer trainee position at Nestlé in 2015 in the Infant Nutrition Retail & Pharma Sales division, also in Lisboa, Portugal.
Educational Background
Maria Inês Messias holds a diverse educational background. She earned a Master's degree in Marketing from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE in 2018. In 2017, she completed a Postgraduate Program in International Business at the Manhattan Institute of Management. Additionally, Maria participated in an Erasmus Program at Lancaster University from 2014 to 2015, studying Business Administration and Management. Her academic journey includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, obtained in 2016. Furthermore, she attended a Summer Intensive Spanish course at COLÉGIO DE ESPAÑA and a Summer Course in English language at Love to Learn, Peterborough, England.