Accomplished and results-oriented profession with experience in a variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Consulting (streamlining, process improvements, reengineering, ABC, etc), with extensive experience of leadership as Cost & Budget Control and Contract Administration, spanning many functional areas, seeks new challenges and opportunities with a dynamic international firm or company. Record of successful leadership includes Cost & Finance Management, Contract Management and CAPEX Project. Background includes promotions to positions of increased responsibility, a record of successful Teamwork experience, and performance in Costs, SOX procedures, Budget and Forecasts, Contracts Documentation & a Major Business Portfolio Management, supporting Operational and Corporative Business Units. Wide exposure to International and multi-cultural Work Environments, with ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Exxon Mobile, Total (Among others). Customer and Goal-oriented, with high Ethical Standards and Commitment. Strong Organizational, Time, Energy and Management Skills. Fluent in English and Spanish and Spoken Italian and Portuguese. Willing to travel, with an ample International and Domestic travel experience.
Plant Manager @ Puerto La Cruz – Venezuela
MACUSA, a focused enterprise of High-Value Just in Time Management, Quality and Production Management to the Cars Assembled Industries for the Mitsubishi & Hyundai brands in Venezuela, is a 62 US$ Million annual revenues Company which employs approximately 170 people.
Reported Plant’s Operational and Administrative Status to the Board of Directors.
• Directed the efforts of a team of 8 including Coaching and mentoring all team members.
• Organization structured with 8 Department Managers supervised, total of 170 employees.
• Developed and maintained manufacturing costs structure model by product type in order to report variances in prices, units and quality issues that could arise between MACUSA and Client.
• Monitored Operational and Maintenance expenses and collecting (income of 21 US$ million / year after taxes).
• Applied best practices on supply chain process with national and foreign fabrics suppliers in order to achieve Mitsubishi & Hyundai quality standards.
• Successfully Managed and took part of negotiations with Plant Labor Unions. From abril de 2008 to enero de 2011 (2 años 10 meses) PZ Contracts Coordinator / PZ Downstream (Upgrader) Budget Supervisor / PZ HQ Budget Coordinator @ Barcelona, Anzoategui, Venezuela
Petrozuata, C.A., a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.), is a $2.5 billion vertically integrated Oil Company which produces 120,000 Syncrude Barrels / Day, extracted from the Largest Heavy Crude Oil reservoir of the world (Orinoco Heavy Crude Oil Belt) at Venezuela.
PZ Contracts Coordinator – Commercial & Sales Management (Aug 2006 – Sep 2007).
PZ Downstream (Upgrader) Budget Supervisor – Finance Management (Jul 2003 – Aug 2006).
PZ Headquarters Budget Coordinator – Finance Management (Jul 2000 – Jun 2003).
• Promoted to the position on Internal Job Postings for PZ Sales Contracts Coordinator in Aug 2006 and tasked with providing support for Petrozuata in management of Costs for Demurrages, Claims with our external clients.
• Managed Prices of Crude Oil for Cargoes, Responsible of Storage Site for Emergencies, SOX Procedures, Six Sigma Projects, KPI’s.
• Contributed & Developed Major Synergy Projects between Petrozuata, Petrolera Ameriven, OCN and Sincor while improving the level of savings in Scale Economy, among all Companies, resulting in $ 10.3 million captured since May 2005 to October 2007.
• Successfully handled and coordinated the company budget (Business Unit, Production, Transportation and Upgrader) using the common templates and the internal system which included the data.
• Corporative Budget ($19.1 Million Annual spend) in areas such as Information Systems & Technology, Legal Affairs, Human Capital, Commercial Oil & Crude Storage & Sales, Internal & External Audit, General Services, Security, Health & Environment (SHEA), Public Affairs & Sustainable Development and Corporative Security.
• Directed the efforts of a Team of 2, which included coaching and mentoring all team members.
• Active Participation in the preparation of some Petrozuata Business Plans.
• Upgrader Budget (US$42 Million Annual spend in OPEX and US$13 Million in CAPEX). From julio de 2000 to septiembre de 2007 (7 años 3 meses) Senior Consultant / Consultant @ Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
KPMG Consulting, is an accounting and consulting International Firm, which commercialize High Standards in Accounting and excellent methodologies to improve your process in Consulting, at Venezuela and Abroad.
Senior Consultant (Jul 1998 – Jun 2000).
Consultant (Jan 1997 – Jun 1998).
• Learned a wide knowledge of Supply Chain Management, Business Process Improvement, Customer Relationship Management and Activity Based Costing (ABC) which were implemented in manufacturing, banking and service businesses.
• Implemented the ABC methodology for controlling Credit Process and Liability Accounts costs in banking sector.
• Developed the Purchase, Treasury, Sales and Inventory procedures according to best practices for telecommunication (Movistar) and retail (Tiendas REX) companies using Business Performance Improvement (BPI-which is a KPMG methodology).
• Supported project KPMG managers in developing business proposals for potential customers. From enero de 1997 to junio de 2000 (3 años 6 meses) Plant Engineer @ Charallave, Miranda State, Venezuela
Tejidos Los Ruices, C.A., is an industrial laundry and clothing manufacturing company belonging to the group Ovejita with the same name as marketing and sales brand which is recognized as the biggest company for babies and children’s clothing in Venezuela.
Developed the following main responsibilities: control of plant operations, inventory control for chemical and color products, industrial safety, quality control for raw material and finished goods, personnel management and management reports to Plant Manager (company billing). From enero de 1996 to diciembre de 1996 (1 año)
Executive MBA in Business & Enterprises Management, MBA @ Universidad Metropolitana (VE) From 1997 to 2000 Bachelors of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering, Engineering @ Universidad Católica Andrés Bello From 1986 to 1995