Jorge Barría Email & Phone Number

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

Leading the Finance Division of Soprole, overseeing all aspects of finance functions including Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Capital Allocation, Treasury, Accounting, Taxes, Risk & Compliance, Finance Capabilities Development, Finance Digital Transformation and Board Relations. Reporting to Soprole´s CEO and with dotted lines to Fonterra´s Global Consumer and Foodservice Finance Director. - Member of Soprole´s Leadership Team, contributing with financial leadership and strategic direction, leading the company to achieve record EBIT growth.- Implemented working capital optimization program, delivering more than USD 20 million incremental cash (improvement of 13 working capital days).- People focused leadership, building a Finance team with world class engagement (first quartile of Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey).- Implemented Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as the main strategic and tactical management model, delivering improved forecasts, service level, internal communication and a strategy driven decision making process.- Continuous Improvement program leader (based on McKinsey´s RTS methodology), delivering more than USD 15 million in annual savings.

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

Leading Soprole´s IS/IT area with the objective of aligning the company´s technology and operational strategy. In charge of network, information security, technological infrastructure, communication, projects, helpdesk and systems including SAP, WMS and Mobile Sales Platform. In house team of 30 people with full P&L responsibility. Reporting to Soprole´s CFO. - Implemented a collaborative and business driven IS projects pipeline to ensure strategy alignment and ROI maximization. - Warehouse Management System implementation and ramp up for Soprole´s National Distribution Center. - Master Data Management processes and system integration with Fonterra´s corporate systems based in New Zealand. - Kept IS total spend flat for two years through efficiency projects and negotiations with IS/IT vendors.

Auckland, ., Nz

•Leads Fonterra’s Business Performance Management Framework implementation•Main responsibilities include the redesign of the monthly performance tracking process, moving from accountant language/backwards looking to business language/future focused; integration of Monthly Reports with Quarterly Forecasts and Quarterly Reviews, defining consistent metrics and templates; providing business and finance insights through the development of analytical tools and methodologies; integration of requirements from CFO and CEO through constant interaction with Business Units’ finance teams and Group Finance•Main achievements include 1) reduction of 10 working days in the issuing date of Fonterra Management Report to Fonterra Management Team and the Board, material improvement in its quality integrating strategic targets tracking, forecast information and business insights from each of the Business Units, and reduction in its size from 60+ pages to 15, 2) improvement in quality of analysis through the development of tools for Group Finance, such as Trend Analysis, Financial Dashboards, Forecast Tracking and others, 3) development and implementation of an external financial benchmark methodology, 4) definition of a Product Category Analysis standard across Fonterra’s Business Units.

Auckland, ., Nz

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

• Lead Soprole’s annual planning process (Capital Plan, Business Plan, Budget, Forecast) and measures actual performance vs targets, identifying key drivers and recommending and articulating initiatives to improve results.• In charge of several financial and control processes, such as Capex execution, cost analysis, management reports, and others.• Support initiatives from different parts of the business through the development of business cases and financial analysis.• Main achievements include the development of a robust forecasting process, implementation of portfolio analysis for the consumer business (36 SKUs delisted, commercial actions with an incremental profit estimated of USD 1.3 million), development of business cases for material projects (margarine plant, distribution center), improvement of USD 1.2 million in Working Capital through the redefinition of payment terms to suppliers, implementation of cost reduction initiatives with an estimated impact of USD 1 million per year, and earthquake insurance recovery of USD 3.4 million.

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

• In charge of Production Planning, Raw Materials Planning, and Raw Milk allocation• Lead Soprole’s S&OP process with an 18 month horizon.• Main achievements include the integration of Prolesur to S&OP process, improvements in DIFOT indicators through the implementation of enhanced scheduling and planning initiatives, and capacity analysis and modeling to support volume growth and innovation agenda of the company for next years.

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

• In charge of production scheduling of UHT and Fresh Products Plants.

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

• Succesfully implemented the SAP module for raw milk collection and payment.

Santiago, Vitacura, Cl

• Participates in the implementation of KPI and performance of the company.• Works in the budgeting process as business analyst.

• Participates in projects of process design, benchmarks and general management

Amp, Advanced Management Program

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Industrial Engineer, Finance, General

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