Luis Fernando Mesa Email & Phone Number

Panamá, Panamá, Panamá

Panama

• Responsible for the management of the real estate of the business complex, controlling the operating costs, optimizing the maintenance and maximizing its profitability. In charge of the service management with all the.
• I have managed to reduce operating costs by more than 30% and consolidated the group of suppliers to keep the business complex in optimum operating condition.
• Through direct management with customers, we have completely reorganized the portfolio to guarantee less than 2% of accounts receivable over 30 days.

Panama City, Panama

• General Manager of the Company in Panamá. With offices in Panama City, David, Aguadulce and Santiago. 330 employees in charge. Dunbar International is a company dedicated to transport and logistics Securities in.
• Controlling operating costs maintaining and even improving the budgeted operating margins by 5%, despite the market dynamics and sales fluctuations associated to the industry.
• Consolidating the operation of the company to guarantee the promise of service to the clients and allowing to improve the participation in the market, until reaching the leadership in the sector.
• Participating actively in the structuring of the company's operational team as a support to the process of excellence in the service.

Panama City, Panama

• Contracted to provide consultant services to perform a detailed assessment of the company operation; creating a comprehensive list of opportunities, identifying risks and generating actions to optimize resources.
• Established the operating model of all areas of the company in order to determine the opportunities and strengths for improvement.
• Formulated the different budgeted actions to reach the goals in fulfillment of services and productivity

Bogota And Cali, Colombia

• National Operations Manager Bogota (Sep/10-Feb/12) Responsible for 4 Regional Operations and Service Management offices and a group of 2,000 people, with direct report from National Managers of ATM, Collections.
• Review the operating costs of the Regions under my responsibility, exceeding 25% of operating margins, despite fluctuations in sales resulting from strong competition in the sector.
• I was direct responsible for the reduction of the unionized groups to levels below 5% of the total plant workers by promoting and increasing the relevance of the Company Labor Collective Agreement and creating a policy.
• Increased operational productivity by up to 20%, based on practices of Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing and 5S.

Medellin And Bogota, Colombia

• Director of External Operations Medellin (Sep/02-Jan/06) and Bogotá (Jan/06-Jul/08), with groups of 100 and 400 people respectively. Responsible for the Transportation Securities for commercial and financial clients of.
• Increased operational productivity by up to 20%, based on practices of Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing and 5S.
• Actively participated in the process of certification under ISO 9000 and in subsequent confirmations and successful annual recertification

Medellin, Colombia

• Responsible for all the logistics of handling and transport of refrigerated products, using owned and third specialized fleet; 100 dependents. Alimentos Friko now is part of Operadora Avicola, the most important.
• Designed and implemented processes to Certified Deliveries and Cross Docking in largest group of supermarkets in Colombia (Grupo Exito)
• Participated actively in the process of certification of quality system ISO 9001 version 2000 and the system of safety HACCP as internal auditor.
• Managed a healthy balance in the creation of the fleet of refrigerated distribution between an owned and rented operated and outsourced. This allowed to control the distribution costs achieving a 20% reduction

Medellin, Colombia

• Cementos Argos is a Colombian cement industry company, with 51% share in the local market; it is the fourth largest cement producer in Latin America and the sixth largest concrete producer in the United States.Head of.
• Led the construction and commissioning of the Concrete Plant in Marinilla Antioquia, a US $ 2 million project with minimum variations on schedule and budget
• Promoted initiatives and implemented various control processes and improvements in production and transportation, which generated increases in productivity of 20% of mixed concrete deliveries.
• Created with the support of the Vice President of Operations the Dispatch Control Center, all the logistical processes of ready mix concrete and pumping services.