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IRENA offers services for all the security issues their clients might face such as expatriate staff and mega-projects protection or crisis management. Their affiliates and network allow them to offer services throughout America and Europe.Main responsibilities:- defining new strategies based on financial and operational data and making recommendations to the Board of Directors.- managing the daily office operation and solving administrative issues creating value to the company.- optimizing costs of services in an effective way analyzing processes and controlling budgets.Achievements:- Financial planning led to restore cash flow in 3 months and create 2 related companies.- Reporting time reduced by 65% automatizing financial data collection using MS Excel.- Implementation of risk management for tender participations led to win +10 contracts in 2 years.- Tax annual forecasts resulted in a positive net income for all entities for the last 4 years.- 52% decrease in extra hours costs and improved results by 34% implementing KPIs in HR Dept.- Negotiation with stakeholders turned them into assets with reliable relationships.

Main responsibilities:- Defining and implementing strategies that will lead the company to fulfill its objectives.- Head of Traffic and Logistic Department.- Improving the international supply process and planning.- Developing the international brand positioning.- Managing projects of major importance for the development of the company.Achievements:- Led the strategic development of each department with short and long term initiatives, +81% growth in 3 years. Team x10 developing new offices abroad.- Introduced products in 10 new countries, international sales x4 in one year and featured the largest customer of the year for 2 consecutive years.- Negotiated and signed up to 1 million USD in contracts with multinationals (PEMEX, Alstom, Suez, Vepica) as manager of a new line of product and trained more than 400 clients and employees.- Reduced 70% of import costs and 50% of delivery time to customers by creating the Traffic and Logistic Department, certified ISO 9001:2008.- Optimized international procurement planning leading to JIT inventory management and a 4 weeks reduction on import transit time using SAP.

Since 2003, IMEX INTERNATIONAL develops and comercializes several brands of tequila around the world. The last one, Tequila Calle 23 was chosen as Best New Product 2010 in Great Britain.Main responsibilities:- Managing the daily operation.- Implementing financial and fiscal strategies.- Analyzing and reporting the production and sales activities of each brand to respective investors.- Performing administrative and legal procedures with the government agencies (SE, SAT, INAMI, CRT ...) and stakeholders.Achievements:- Corrected 100% of accounting to present accurate financial analyses and reports to investors.- IETU/ISR/IVA provisional declarations in 0 by developing fiscal strategies.- +37% operational cash flow by implementing an internal financial control.- PWC audit 100% successful by creating a inventory valuation file.

Main responsibilities:- Helping foreign companies to invest in the Nuevo Leon State (Mexico).- Managing the relations with shelters, governemental agencies, industrial parks, etc.- Elaborating customized economic and social studies.Achievements:- Establishment of more than 30 foreign companies in the State of Nuevo León (1 billon dollars investment, creation of 4,800 jobs).- Benchmark of the best international practices from public agencies to attract foreign investors.