Alejandro Peralta Email & Phone Number

Samborondón, Guayas, EC

Ecuador

I’ve been providing strategic insights as an advisor to stay sharp and keep contributing while searching for a long-term position where I can bring maximum value.My current focus includes advising businesses on:- Market Expansion: Identifying and unlocking new sourcing and trading opportunities in emerging markets across Latin America.- Cost Optimization.

Ecuador

• Created a new commercial sourcing operation from scratch in 2022 and elevated Barry Callebaut from being one of the lower-ranked Ecuadorian exporters to the prestigious position of #1 exporter in Ecuador within a.
• Responsible for the commercial management, cocoa futures hedging, customer relationship and strategic activities of Barry Callebaut Ecuador.
• Daily hedge of the Barry Callebaut Ecuador´s physical purchased volumes, requested fixations and GTC orders executions.
• Management risk positions that come out of the trades for Barry Callebaut Ecuador business streams.
• Monitor the book execution and all physical aspects of the flow.
• Responsible for closing new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract's requirements with the business operations (supply chain verification).

Latin America

• Manage price and trading risks for clients
• Perform physical commodities brokerage
• Perform futures, options and hedging brokerage
• Manage administrated futures accounts
• Conduct daily market research
• Provide diverse consulting services in Latin America

Ecuador & Peru

• Set up Cocoa and Coffee operations in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Responsible for the sourcing and global delivery of 25,000 MT of cocoa beans from Ecuador and 5,000 MT from Peru for 2019/2020 crop cycle.
• Daily reconciliation of futures vs. physical position.
• Handle procurement cycles, lead times and purchasing requirements for Agroforce in a timely, satisfactory and cost-effective manner.
• Actively participate in team problem solving, manage workstreams and complete understanding of the stakeholders management.
• Support complex international projects working with diverse teams and cultures worldwide.

Mexico

• Responsible for the overall management, customer relationship, strategic and operational activities of SMS and the Commercial Division.
• Responsible for closing new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract's requirements with the business operations.
• Create, forecast, implement, develop and evaluate different Ecom´s projects.
• Support complex international projects working with diverse teams and cultures worldwide.
• Negotiate prices with exporters, follow-up with them for on time product procurement.
• Developed negotiating strategies and positions by studying the integration of new ventures with the company strategies and operations; examining risks, financials and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.

Brasil And Peru

• Explored the Brazilian territory and conducted a feasibility study in the cocoa market (Bahia, Pará and Rondônia) to implement and set up a new cocoa operation from scratch.
• Trading systems set up, inventory, purchases and sales management software implementation.
• Daily reconciliation of futures vs. physical position.
• Responsible for local and global sales. Establishing client base, designing pricing formulas, fixing on call purchases/sales on the cocoa exchanges.
• Established rules, procedures, plans and corporate forecasts to strengthen the organizational structure based on department-functional groups.
• Research for new business opportunities for the company in Peru and Brazil.

Peru

• Responsible for the sourcing, trade and export of 8,000 MT of cocoa beans and their hedging on the New York Futures Exchange.
• Trading systems set up, inventory, purchases and sales management software implementation.
• Daily reconciliation of futures vs. physical position.
• Coordinated projects involving various areas achieving a 90% effective in measuring results.
• Created parametric periodic reports to identify potential business, developed an operational manual and created a department of internal audit and inventory.
• Support complex international projects working with diverse teams and cultures worldwide.

Peru

• Set up the Cocoa operation in 2012 from scratch.
• Responsible for the sourcing, trade and export of 2,275 MT of cocoa beans and 241,500 bags of green coffee.
• Managed with the trading team the basis position for cocoa and coffee worth up to 50 M USD and its hedging on the New York Futures Exchange.
• Trading systems set up, inventory, purchases and sales management software implementation.
• Support complex international projects working with diverse teams and cultures worldwide.
• Negotiate prices with exporters, follow-up with them for on time product procurement.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

• Examined the financial material for the monthly Investment Committee Meetings and the Treasury meetings.
• Analyzed and reviewed the financial information done by the analysts of the department before publishing them and presenting / displaying them at the Investment Committee Meetings.
• Participated in presentations of banks, companies and financial institutions directed to the Chief Investment Officer to evaluate the different opportunities and risks undertaken by the Treasury of Rhode Island and.

Nicaragua

• Guaranteed the fulfillment of the sales plan for the corporative channel, executed sales forecasting, customer visits, presented sales plans, followed throughout deal closure and drove metrics in customer satisfaction.
• Established strategic alliances with real estate companies to promote telecommunication services.
• Designed proposals of value to corporative clients in order to satisfy their necessities regarding telecommunication services.
• Created personalized plans with back office staff in order to give a better support to clients, in the scope of legal operations and contracts.

Master Of Science (Msc), Entrepreneurship And Business Innovation

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Diploma, Financial Instruments And Markets

ITAM is a private, secular, non profit Mexican institution of higher education. Its mission is to contribute to the comprehensive.

Mba, Financial Management

Activities and Societies: JWU Toastmaster InternationalFounded in 1914, Johnson & Wales University is a private, nonprofit, accredited.

Ba, Industrial Engineering

Established in 1983, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (National University of Engineering) is a public higher education institution.