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Venezuela

Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Responsible for global operations at an American startup company of +250 employees, in charge of a team of +175 persons and in continuous growth who executes key tasks of the company's core business. Member of the Leadership team of the company

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Private consultancy to a consumer goods company, such as imports logistics, financial planning andanalysis, pricing, tax planning, reporting, among others

Bogotá, Colombia

As Finance Director / Administration Director / CFO I was responsible for affiliate’s administration, P&L, treasury, cash flow, accounting, reporting, business plan, accounts receivable, accounts payable, internal and external audits & supply chain among others of this French pharmaceutical multinational. Member of affiliate’s board of DirectorsAchievements: Enhancements on business plan process, travel and expenses policy, accounts receivable follow up process/tools and vendors assessment among others to obtain double digit sales and profits growth for two straight years, reaching for the first time the € 10M sales milestone in a fiscal year for this young affiliate (5 years in the market)

Bogotá, Colombia & Caracas, Venezuela

As Finance Manager / CFO I was responsible for affiliate’s administration, P&L, treasury, cash flow, accounting, reporting, business plan, accounts receivable, accounts payable, audits & supply chain among others of this US based pharmaceutical multinational. Member of affiliate’s board of Directors (Colombia & Venezuela)Achievements: Close follow up with key customers in Colombia to control accounts receivable levels due to a specific situation on institutional channel, in order to protect this business of +$40M Design of special strategies to manage Venezuela’s complex economic situation

Caracas, Venezuela

As Finance Manager / CFO I was responsible for affiliate’s administration, P&L, treasury, cash flow, accounting, reporting, business plan, accounts receivable, accounts payable, audits & supply chain among others of this US based pharmaceutical multinational. Member of affiliate’s board of DirectorsAchievements: Active role on company’s strategy to clear affiliate’s debt with intercompanies, related to product invoices not paid by the Venezuelan government institution which controls payments in Foreign Currencies. Two of my direct reports were promoted to regional roles

Caracas, Venezuela

Responsible for affiliate’s sales and expenses planning and follow up, as well for accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, treasury, pricing and products importation processAchievements: Active role in the Global Standard Design Project, specifically on the system migration from AS400 to SAP, Purchase to Pay and Accounts Payable (Mexico, Colombia, USA, 2012). Participation in three Short Term Assignments (STA) related to regional business plan and pricing. Two times winner of EMBU (Emerging Markets Business Unit) CFO Award

Caracas, Venezuela

Execution of cost reduction projects in two important Venezuelan corporations leaders on their respective area, achieving strong results and making them sustainable over time

Caracas, Venezuela

Responsible for administration, P&L, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, banking relationship and payroll of 34 employees from an outsourcing pharmacy service for two private clinics

Caracas, Venezuela

Procurement and Logistics of the materials and delivery for the construction of 200 social interest housing in El Diluvio, Zulia state

Caracas, Venezuela

Responsible for monthly official sales and expenses information for Commercial VPDevelopment of special projects directly requested by company's President, related to commercial and administrative areas

Caracas, Venezuela

Active participation on the regional supply chain project, working along with the logistics department, using mathematical models to estimate real cement demand, maintenance planning for cement plants, cement and clinker storage capacities, critical transportation routes (land and sea)

Caracas, Venezuela

Development of tools (mainly in Excel) to improve the productivity of sales and commercial consultants Design of new and dynamic tools to report company's sales and accounts receivableDevelopment of important skills in complex and advanced Excel formulas, databases , pivot tables, programming in Visual Basic, Access, SQL Server

Mba, Master In Business And Administration, Coursed Full-Time Between October 2009 And September 2010

Civil Engineer