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México

Strategic financial leadership in the largest regional market, maximizing business performance through integrated planning and initiative analysis with a focus on ROI.Achievements:Redesign of the compensation model with a $20M USD budget, optimizing profitability and EBITDA. Successful launch of 'The Ordinary' and a new border channel, generating sales of over $30M USD. Management of a financial flexibility fund, driving improvements in profitability.

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Leadership in regional financial planning and analysis, managing budgets, projections, and P&L with a strategic focus on short, medium, and long-term objectives. Key collaboration with commercial teams to achieve corporate goals.Achievements:Three-year financial planning for Andean countries, increasing profitability by 12% and 21% in the first two years. Implementation of outsourcing operations, improving profitability and simplifying the organizational structure. Optimization of capital projects with ROI metrics, maximizing return on investment.

Provincia De Santiago, Chile

Financial consultant for the regional expansion of a company with $5M USD in revenue, leading its valuation and capital-raising process. I managed the creation of the operation in Chile as the first international market, establishing a replicable model for expansion into other countries.

Chile/Argentina

Leader in the business unit strategy, co-creating the long-term vision with the plant team. I managed the Finance and Administration organization, driving key results.Achievements:Capacity expansion planning with a $10M USD investment. Cost savings of up to 12% through benchmarking and efficiency programs. Oversight of internal controls and risk mitigation in compliance.

Colombia/Peru/Chile

Financial leader in logistics, optimizing costs to expand margins in the short and long term. I managed planning, forecasting, and analysis aligned with global trends and strong internal controls.Achievements:New supply chain model in Colombia, generating $3M USD in NPV over 5 years. Implementation of a logistics program with clients, achieving $1.2M USD in annual savings. Analysis of logistics costs, identifying savings projects worth $7M USD, with $1M USD in savings within 6 months.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Expert in product categories, driving commercial strategy and profitable market growth. I led multifunctional teams to maximize revenues and margins, efficiently managing forecasts and risks.Achievements: Generated $12M USD in incremental sales, accounting for 40% of the company’s growth, while maintaining healthy margins in a business exposed to exchange rate fluctuations.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Provide strategic financial support to business operations, ensuring that key decisions are backed by accurate financial analysis and aligned with business objectives.Achievements: Supported commercial teams in implementing business agreements with 100% of clients. Proposed a customer service model that reduced volume loss by 15%, generating operational savings of $300K USD.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Provide strategic financial analysis to support planning and decision-making, ensuring alignment of financial projections with short, medium, and long-term business objectives.Achievements: Optimized the control of the administrative expense budget across three countries, achieving savings of $2.6M USD.

Ingeniero Industrial

Operacion Bursatil, Finance, General