
Karen Ceron
Project Manager | Contracts & Budget Control
Salary / Daily rate
Gothenburg, Sweden
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Civil Engineer & Project Manager with 15+ years driving real estate development and contract management. Proven track record: doubled company assets, increased sales 10%, reduced project timelines 50%. Expert in stakeholder management, budget control, and strategic planning delivering multi-million dollar results.
Work experience
Project Manager
MECCFreelance
Dec 2019 - Present
6 years 11 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile · Remote
- Managed new contracts and achieve billing in 3 months the equivalent to everything billed the past year (2019-2020), thanks to client engagement, creating bonds of trust with customers. - Programming Coordinator, between Construction Team, Construction Management and our clients. - Validated constructive solutions proposed by Construction Company for the problems claimed by clients. - Followed up and maintain contact with the potential clients that have expressed interest in our services, clarify their doubts and conclude in a contract. - Created and managed the database of potential clients updated for each year, for the market to which our service is directed. - Led client relationships in order to ensure seamless and fluid coordination of work
Full-time parenting
Career Break
Dec 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year 1 month
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
RVC Corp
Feb 2007 - Dec 2018
11 years 11 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Deputy Manager of Investments and Development
Oct 2013 - Dec 2018
5 years 3 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- Increase between 5% and 10% of the company's sales volume in 5 years, thanks to the sustained growth of investment in real estate assets. - Reduce project development time by 50%, due to product standardization, also achieving economies of scale of up to 8%. - Responsible for the preparation of presentations focused on new investments to the Board of Directors. - Manage to reduce the decision-making time of the board thanks to proposing and implementing a proactive communication system - Propose the development plan to Real Estate Committee. - Develop and update the five-year plan of the Company. - Consolidation of a junior team to meet the company's goals, managing to open market in new areas and introduce products such as integrated kitchen.
Head of Investments
Feb 2010 - Oct 2013
3 years 9 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Led the investment process that allowed doubling the company's assets in 4 years. - Diversified the investment in assets, allowing to increase the presence of the company from 5 to 12 communes throughout the country. - Managed 10 projects with external partners in parallel, achieving a profit of more than USD 4 million in success fee. - Coordinated with the legal and architecture team the tasks and deadlines involved to fulfill the contracts with the land sellers. - Trained an autonomous high-performance team capable of generating new investment opportunities; know the market of the areas of interest; prepare presentations to the Board of directors; manage contracts and be a counterparty of external investors, achieving a correct validation of the work team structure.
Head of Management Control
Sep 2009 - Jan 2010
5 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- Responsible for the evaluation of projects, prepare reports to the board, both commercial and management; develop project management control tools and coordinate activities to make the purchase of land. - Standardization of evaluation form. - Preparation of standardized commercial reports, directly from CRM.
Management Analyst
Feb 2007 - Aug 2009
2 years 7 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- Responsible for the evaluation of projects, prepare reports to the board, both commercial and management; develop project management control tools and coordinate activities to make the purchase of land. - Standardization of evaluation form. - Preparation of standardized commercial reports, directly from the commercial software.
Professional Completions
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SIGRO
May 2006 - Oct 2006
6 months
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile · On-site
- Programming, supervision and control of field activities; preparation of payment statements and progress reports to the principal.
Education
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Civil Engineer
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Master's degree
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Finance Diploma
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Course
Licenses & certifications
Managing Project Risks and Changes
Issued: Mar 2025
Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
Issued: Mar 2025
Initiating and Planning Projects
Issued: Mar 2025