Administrative and Financial Director

• Mar 2022 - Present

Administrative Services Manager

• Sep 2016 - Jan 2022

Responsible for planning, organizing, directing, controlling and evaluating departments of finance, human resources, technology, regulatory compliance and security. Main Duties:Participate actively in strategic planning and implementation.Plan, administer and control budgets for contracts, equipment, supplies and insurances.Establish performance standards and prepare, examine and analyze financial information for senior management. Report any trends that are critical to the organization's financial performance.Develop and maintain cost finding, reporting and internal control procedures.Develop and implement policies, programs and procedures regarding human resource planning, recruitment, training and development and pay and benefit administration.Develop and implement labour relations policies and procedures and negotiate collective agreements.Direct the organization's quality, environmental, health and safety programs.Lead activities of analysis, implementation, operation and administration computer and telecommunications software, networks and information systems.Achievements:Deployment of administrative activities for opening Funza and Puente Aranda´s factories by performing contracts for public services, construction, insurances, occupational health services, general services and welfare for employees.I led different projects to ensure compliance with the legal requirements that apply to the operation:Renewal of Product Certificate according to the Colombian Technical Regulation for safety glasses.Development and implementation of electronic invoicing and payroll.Development and implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Show less

Financial Analyst and Budget Manager

• Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

Responsible for calculate manufacturing, distribution and installation costs, as well as in define sales prices for new products/projects and price and discount lists of rotation products, in order to achieve specified profitability. Monitoring and evaluation of savings plans effectiveness, KPIs and strategic initiatives. Coordination of the financial planning and budget process, analysis and correction of estimates. Evaluation and making recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets and other financial control functions to senior managers and other department managers.Achievements:Structuring of price and discounts lists of 100% of the rotation products in the automotive and industrial markets.Provided support in the negotiation process for architectonic buildings such as Bacata´s Building, Fontanar Shopping Center and Tocancipa Quala´s Factory.Development of a spreadsheet for calculating standard costs, trough definition of data capture mode and information use from Priority ERP. Show less

Logistics Manager

• Apr 2013 - Oct 2015

Responsible for supply chain through acquisition, storage and supply of raw materials, supplies and parts, as well as in production planning and control, guaranteeing the optimization of materials and the appropriate inventory management, in order to obtain alignment of internal operations, and reduce cycle times and operating capital.Achievements:Application of the "Theory of Constraints" in the company's production planning, achieving an inventory reduction of 35%, improving the flow of production and establishing the methodology for defining delivery dates according to the capacity of the plant and demand.Develop and implement the purchasing policies of the company:Obtaining savings on purchases of imported raw materials of 25% vs. local purchases as a result of the development of international suppliers in 2014.Obtaining extensions of 30 days in accounts payable agreements with international suppliers contributing to the cash flow of the company. Show less

Planning Chief

• Sep 2010 - Apr 2013

Responsible for scheduling and production planning according to customer requirements, ensuring the provision of information and tools needed for manufacture, delivery in alignment with schedules, effective utilization of plant capacity, optimization of the consumption of raw materials, production targets and appropriate inventory management. Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of departments of Development, Planning and Control of Production and Raw Material Warehouse.Achievements:Implementation of ERP systems (Production and Purchasing modules).Reduction in the scheduling and production planning cycle from 3 days to 1 day by integrating the Development Planning Process. Show less

Scheduling Engineer

• Nov 2006 - Apr 2010

Quality Auditor

• Feb 2005 - Aug 2005

Quality Trainee

• Jul 2004 - Feb 2005

Quality Trainee

• 2004 - 2004