L. Talarico

Passionate about leadership, operational excellence, and innovation in complex international environments. Creating efficient and collaborative solutions while exploring the potential of digital transformation

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Head of Sector – Soft Facility Management | Client Interface & Quality Control at European Parliament
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Team leader of two teams of professionals, including architects and engineers, overseeing day-to-day building management operations • Act as the primary interface with key stakeholders, leading client relations and quality control • Oversee multiple soft Facility management contracts (cleaning, waste, key and green management) across 19 buildings in Brussels

  • Project Manager at European Commission
    Mar 2025 - Oct 2025 · 8 mos

    ▪ Supporting the HR Digital Transformation strategy through data-driven tools. ▪ Impact assessments and KPIs monitoring for policy decision making. ▪ Data analytics with a focus on human resources and buildings, through statistical analysis, advanced reporting and dashboards.

  • FedEx (10 yrs 2 mos)
    • Manager Planning & Engineering
      Jan 2020 - Feb 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      ▪ Transport Network Design and continuous optimization ▪ Advanced data analytics and Reporting

    • Project Engineer
      Jan 2015 - Dec 2019 · 5 yrs

      ▪ Lead strategic business cases for the Intra-EU air network Integration after TNT Express acquisition. ▪ Intra-European and Intercontinental air schedule management including slots management and monthly capacity planning. ▪ Transport economics and network modelling to design and continuously optimize the multimodal transportation network for freight and parcels (hub expansion, opening of new gateways and regional sort centers).

  • Researcher at University of Antwerp
    Jan 2012 - Oct 2018 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    ▪ Development of decision models and algorithms in the following fields: operations research, optimization, risk management, transportation, logistics, scheduling, project management, multi-objective optimization and multi-criteria decision making. ▪ Research projects to increase safety and security within several companies in the security and transportation sectors.

  • Project manager at Az Spa (Auchan group)
    May 2008 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    ▪ Coordination of different projects for processes optimization and cost reduction in several areas such as HR, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing. ▪ Development of strategic business cases and coordination of the implementation phase for the opening of new warehouses and stores. Planning, Monitoring and Controlling of the main organizational variables.