Experience

Distiller

• Spain
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  DISTILLER is a leading company in the field of industrial waste treatment and management, focused on solvent recovery using distillation / rectification and waste water treatment. The company has plants in Barcelona and Soria and employs more than 70 employees. My tasks as Chief Operations Officer, being responsible for the daily operations of the company, are: Management and coordination of the 2 plants of the company leading 50 employees, establishment of the performance goals, allocation of resources, direct execution of operating policies to support company objectives and analysis of new projects. It is important to highlight: •The design and implementation a new ERP that allowed to obtain KPI’s that are improving the efficiency of the plants. •The profitability increase in both plants by a detailed study of the profit margins of all the products managed and a by a better planning of the production. Show less



Grupo Riera

• Deputy General Manager

  • May 2007 - Dec 2013

  Riera Group is a group of companies focused on managing and developing investment projects, on managing public private partnerships in sports centers and shopping malls, and on construction. Data 2008 (250 employees, Sales: 85MM€) Data 2011 (55 employees, Sales: 8MM€). The main company of the group was in a bankruptcy process from December 2008 to September 2010.My tasks as Deputy General Manager and member of the board for the companies of the group were: definition and fulfillment of the strategy, corporate development, coordination of cross-functional working teams, development of financial models and planning, budget follow-up and periodic presentations, development and implementation of viability plans, liaison with investors, banks and public administrations, and leadership of a sports center business unit. To emphasize: •Realized the strategic definition, the financial models, the feasibility plan and the negotiation with the creditors that allowed the main company of the group to leave behind a 30MM€ debt bankruptcy process achieving an 80% approval from more than 400 creditors. •Led the restructuration of more than 40MM€ debt in 15 companies of the group in Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Romania.•Achieved break-even in first year of operations on the sports center business unit (yearly sales 1MM€).•Established processes and developed KPI’s and a balanced scorecard to obtain accurate information of the company performance. Show less

• CIO & COO

  • Nov 2002 - May 2007

  My tasks as CIO and COO leading a team of 12 employees were: the roll out of new projects and analysis of new business opportunities, due-diligences, international expansion, feasibility studies, purchasing negotiations, equity raising, project finance, liaison with investors, banks and public administrations, project management and corporate development. To emphasize:•Diversified the group by creating a public private partnership sports center business unit, 5MM€ investment.•Internationalized the group by opening and managing branches in Budapest, Bucharest and Lisbon to develop real estate investment projects, 35MM€ investment.•Analyzed more than 200 investment projects, including a 240MM€ due-diligence aimed to buy a Portuguese company, and realized more than 30 investment proposals.•Realized feasibility studies of sports centers for several public administrations.•Designed and implemented an organizational restructuration within the group affecting all workforce. Show less



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Feb 2001 - Nov 2002

  Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. •Designed and implemented a strategy to migrate bank's information systems from multiple units to a single platform, thereby improving total knowledge management. •Led a team of 4 employees on complex projects with tight deadlines; continuously delivered results before deadlines in addition to helping other work teams complete their schedules. •Designed, developed and tested a Customer Relationship Management software in a leading Bank. Show less