Milena Martin

Engineering Project Manager with 6+ years of international experience delivering industrial, R&D and product development projects across Spain, France, Belgium and Italy. Experienced in managing complex projects up to EUR 1M, high-volume project portfolios and cross-functional stakeholders from prototyping through industrialization and low-volume production. Engineering background in polymer and composite materials, complemented by international business experience and strong customer, supplier and team coordination skills.

Motivated by sustainable innovation, circular economy and bio-based materials, with exposure to carbon footprint, recycled content, environmental KPI reporting and ESG strategy. Proactive, structured and curious, with proven experience in training, workshop facilitation and multilingual stakeholder communication.

Engineering Project Manager at EC International Group (2025-01 – Present)

• Oversee a rolling portfolio of 20-50 distinct industrial projects each week, from rapid prototyping through low-volume production, for clients including Amphenol, Johnson Electric, Thales and Valeo.
• Lead 10+ concurrent priority projects, with individual budgets up to EUR 1M and more than EUR 2M in cumulative signed orders.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across Production, Logistics, Quality, Sales and customer teams, together with up to five suppliers depending on project scope.
• Deliver projects across Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Poland, facilitating regular customer, production and commercial reviews to manage risks, milestones and escalations.
• Ensure delivery against quality, cost, timing and customer satisfaction targets for rapid tooling, injection-molded components and industrialization projects.
• Developed project management standards, onboarding materials and operating documentation for new project managers, improving consistency and knowledge transfer.

Business Development Manager at Too Good To Go (2023-10 – 2024-06)

• Expanded adoption of a food-waste reduction platform across the Belgian retail market by acquiring 60+ new partners and achieving a 70% retention rate.
• Managed the full partner journey from prospecting, pitching and negotiation through onboarding, application adoption and post-sales support, with at least five prospect or client meetings per day.
• Supported the early development of strategic retail opportunities with Carrefour and Delhaize while maintaining a structured pipeline of independent accounts.
• Created an interactive national prospecting map adopted by the Belgian team to improve territory planning, prioritization and weekly field organization.
• Trained new team members and supervised a six-month intern, combining KPI coaching, onboarding and day-to-day mentoring.

Business Development Manager - Transport & Defense at BELGATECH by Abylsen (2023-03 – 2023-10)

• Managed 27 engineering consultants serving five major clients across the automotive, rail and defense sectors.
• Recruited five consultants within six months and supported onboarding, performance follow-up, mentoring and career development.
• Owned client relationships, account strategy, staffing and P&L oversight, including negotiation of project and commercial terms.
• Monitored project execution and consultant allocation, resolving delivery risks and maintaining long-term customer relationships.

Junior Project Manager at Alaya by Benevity (2022-01 – 2023-12)

• Coordinated long-term employee engagement and social-impact campaigns for European enterprise clients on a purpose-management SaaS platform.
• Designed, organized and delivered webinars for French-speaking clients, and created campaign content, training materials and user documentation.
• Collaborated across Marketing, Support, Client Success and Nonprofit Success teams to resolve issues and improve the customer experience.
• Contributed to process improvement, documentation and product/service development, including the launch of a new project in Switzerland.
• Performed data analysis and trained interns and new employees in a fast-paced international environment.

R&D Engineer - Polymer & Composite Materials at Hutchinson (2018-10 – 2021-08)

• Led an end-to-end R&D program in polymer engineering focused on lightweight foamed materials for aerospace applications.
• Prepared and evaluated approximately 30 experimental batches across 10+ formulations and conducted 50+ extrusion trials.
• Identified an optimized material solution for industrial-scale foaming through scientific literature review, experimental design, laboratory testing, material characterization and data analysis.
• Coordinated daily with six R&D and industrial stakeholders, managing planning, technical reporting and presentation of recommendations.
• Supported material industrialization and test planning, linking laboratory results with manufacturing requirements and future scale-up opportunities.

Specialized Master's Degree in International Business – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (2021-01 – 2022-12)

Engineering Degree and Master of Science in Plastics and Composite Materials / Industrial Engineering – IMT Nord Europe / ISPA (2018-01 – 2021-12)

Two-year intensive preparatory program in Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Sciences – Stanislas Cannes (2016-01 – 2018-12)