Nicolás A. Kirkner Email & Phone Number

Argentina

• Responsible for Delivery Services for Global AccountsAt this position, I lead and coach company teams to deliver best in class services and products as part of the Agile Solutions requested by our customers.Our.
• Business Agility Lean Startup and Agile Teams (Scrum, Kanban) Corporate Scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe or customized Platform solutions as Jira Align & Jira Software Management 3.0 & OKRs
• ITSM
• … Show more Responsible for Delivery Services for Global AccountsAt this position, I lead and coach company teams to deliver best in class services and products as part of the Agile Solutions requested by our.
• Software Development
• DevOps

Argentina

• Head of Analytics Area for Commercial & Logistics (Offer-to-Cash).At this position, I lead the department and teams (10 members) that developed and deployed BigData and Analytics Solution such as:
• Logistic Control software to simplify offshore logistics and invoicing operations (Uruguay, USA & Canada) key to simplify cross border invoicing and reduce collection time.
• Analytics Desktop for USA Sales Areas (single point of access with real-time data and managerial reports) to… Show more Head of Analytics Area for Commercial & Logistics (Offer-to-Cash).At this position, I lead the.
• Analytics Desktop for USA Sales Areas (single point of access with real-time data and managerial reports) to simplify and eliminate Salesmen back office duties.
• Reshaped of Customer’s Orders Follow-Up Portal (400+ users over 20 countries) to improve customer service and transparency.
• Management Dashboard for Directors (single dashboard for all Economic, Commercial and Industrial KPI) to support Board Meeting’s Agenda and ensure data consistency and synchronicity for decision-making.

Argentina

• During these 3 years, I was responsible to run several Business Process Transformation initiatives for company-wide processes ranging from Offer-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay to Hire-to-Retire. My key achievements were:
• To establish the team (9 members), framework and tools to streamline workflows transformation as a business practice.
• Lead the team that developed an Analytics Dashboards to monitor worldwide the performance of Commercial Areas and Agents. This initiative improved the… Show more During these 3 years, I was responsible to run several.
• Lead the team that developed an Analytics Dashboards to monitor worldwide the performance of Commercial Areas and Agents. This initiative improved the adherence to process standards, a better pricing control and.
• Selected the technology and set-up a monitoring solution for the Procure-to-Pay process. More than 60.000 purchase orders became automatically monitored for all 120 company’s subsidiaries, reducing purchasing expenses.
• Guided HR Shared Service Center to migrate and standardize the global Hire-to-Retire practice. This action supported the cost reduction strategy by shifting the recruitment, on-boarding and payroll regional activities.

Argentina

• While consolidating my career, I transformed and expanded the IT Project Office into an IT Planning Department (6 members), orchestrating and integrating Project Office, Management Control and IT Resource Planning.
• Defined and ensured IT Managers adopt a simple and sound Project Management methodology to align regional focus and effort to IT global strategy.
• Managed the IT… Show more While consolidating my career, I transformed and expanded the IT Project Office into an IT Planning Department (6 members), orchestrating and integrating Project Office, Management Control and.
• Managed the IT budget (approx. $100 million) and monthly controlling supporting 9 IT Directors reporting to the CIO
• Planned resources (+500 FTE) for more than 50 projects simultaneously.
• Trained more than 40 Project Leaders and ensured adherence to the company’s project management methodologies. Show less

Argentina, Uruguay And Australia

• At this comeback to Tenaris, I was appointed Project Manager to deploy the SAP platform in Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and Australia.
• Supervised 16 people organized into two teams that completed the projects within time, budget and with user satisfaction (surveyed).
• Standardized and improved the rollout methodology making the work for the upcoming rollouts easier and less expensive.

VW Argentina - Plant Pacheco

• Led the development of web applications to manage complex supply chain processes such as:
• Impo/Expo logistics integrating customs and duties for car assembly parts (completely-knocked-down car), speeding up customs release of key parts for production line.
• Just-in-Time platform integrating VW key suppliers directly to the assembly line. The synchronization VW and the suppliers’ manufacturing lines reduced parts inventory (stock).
• Coordinated a SAP rollout project in collaboration… Show more Led the development of web applications to manage complex supply chain processes such as:
• Coordinated a SAP rollout project in collaboration with a Toyota subsidiary company (MTA Toyota Tsusho - seat assembly). Show less

Argentina

• Coordinated the design of new processes for Logistic Planning Area, conducted workshops to gain internal customers’ acceptance and guided the process modeling into the SAP solution.
• Led the rollout of one of the first e-commerce in Argentina -TenarisTracking®- tool for local and global business units including training and support to customers in Argentina, Chile, USA and Italy.
• Integrated companies’ different factories into the tool (Italy, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina) and… Show more
• Integrated companies’ different factories into the tool (Italy, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina) and developed a tracking solution to administrate foreign trade operations by Tenaris global offices. Show less

Argentina

• Senior Analyst for Controlling, Commercial Planning and Credit Departments in Ternium.
• Conducted the company business and financial budget, reporting the results quarterly.
• Performed the short and mid-term outlook forecast, analyzed the market and pricing trends.
• Reported and forecasted credit lines for international operations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences

Acquire skills to asses agro-industrial value chains, understand its business context, market forces and local features. Be capable to.

Advanced Management Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachellor In Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineer

Education record

Education record

Management Development Program, Business Management, Certificate

Pmp (Pmi), Project Management (Pmi)

Project Management PMI certification

Certificate, Executive & Strategy Training Programm

Certificate, Negotiation Course

Effective Negotiation technique

International Bachellor (Deutsches Abitur), Cience & Humanities, International Bachellor (Deutsches Abitur)