The candidate has over 10 years of experience successfully managing projects across various industries. They have a proven track record of delivering results on time and under budget, including implementing SAP systems, developing business solutions, and leading strategic projects that improved processes. The candidate emphasizes skills in effective leadership, solution-driven problem solving, managing risk, and enabling business continuity and cost savings through project management.
My experience in IT Applications Management with over than 20+ Years of experience and a Unique IT/ Software Applications like SAP & Oracle. My capability of preparing successfully planes within its goals and missions for the organizations from my sector and achieving before the deadline.
I may serve as team member on operations to deferent management areas or steering committees with strategic partners may have line management responsibilities.
My professionally in preparing the business solutions and consultations to the organizations as their business need. And providing restricted plans regarding to the development process and organization strategy.
I also have experience and skills on working within a complex environment with demonstrated capabilities in organizing and presenting complex qualitative and quantitative solutions for any type of business cycles, with Ability to work and contribute effectively in teams composed of colleagues and client members.
Specialties:Strong Analytical & Technical skills
Ability for Solving Complicated Problems.
Achieving Projects Successfully within its goals & missions.
Expertise and Experience in Complicated Environment.
Ability to work effectively under pressure .
Core Industry Business Solutions.
ERP Solutions & Implementations
Oracle ERP & E-Business Suite.
SAP ERP & All-In-One.
A Supply Chain professional with 17 years diverse experience in various aspects of Supply Chain Sales/Marketing within Petrochemicals and Oil & Gas industry. Keen understanding of business priorities, genuine team player committed to managing operations and projects flawlessly while contributing to revenue-producing activities.
My experience in IT Applications Management with over than 20+ Years of experience and a Unique IT/ Software Applications like SAP & Oracle. My capability of preparing successfully planes within its goals and missions for the organizations from my sector and achieving before the deadline.
I may serve as team member on operations to deferent management areas or steering committees with strategic partners may have line management responsibilities.
My professionally in preparing the business solutions and consultations to the organizations as their business need. And providing restricted plans regarding to the development process and organization strategy.
I also have experience and skills on working within a complex environment with demonstrated capabilities in organizing and presenting complex qualitative and quantitative solutions for any type of business cycles, with Ability to work and contribute effectively in teams composed of colleagues and client members.
Specialties:Strong Analytical & Technical skills
Ability for Solving Complicated Problems.
Achieving Projects Successfully within its goals & missions.
Expertise and Experience in Complicated Environment.
Ability to work effectively under pressure .
Core Industry Business Solutions.
ERP Solutions & Implementations
Oracle ERP & E-Business Suite.
SAP ERP & All-In-One.
A Supply Chain professional with 17 years diverse experience in various aspects of Supply Chain Sales/Marketing within Petrochemicals and Oil & Gas industry. Keen understanding of business priorities, genuine team player committed to managing operations and projects flawlessly while contributing to revenue-producing activities.
GMS Internacional es una empresa dedicada a la externalización de servicios técnicos tales como gestión ambiental industrial, gestión y coordinación de riesgos laborales, gestión de la calidad, geoservicios, así como servicios más específicamenta ambientales, tales como evaluaciones ambientales estratégicas (ISA), evaluaciones de impacto ambiental, análisis de suelos contaminados y otros.
Highly accomplished Management Professional with over 15 years experience directing organizational staff, software development, system design, and change initiatives. Cohesive team builder and leader with demonstrated success in identifying and cultivating top talent. Proven ability to train and lead cross-functional onsite and global teams. Consistent record of motivating teams of both direct and indirect reports to ensure corporate objectives and tight delivery deadlines were met and exceeded.
• Execute Business Transformation activities across horizontals and verticals of the organization.
• Develop Performance Comparisons and benchmark scenarios, Develop Gap Analysis, Analyze Drivers, Prioritize & Develop Strategy and Monitor Change, Analyze Business Processes, Assess IT Strategy and Applications, Identify Pain Points, Implement Best Practices, Design High Level Technical Requirements, Develop Business Process Model and Techno-Functional architecture roadmap based on Organization Structure and Governance Model, Lifecycle Management for identified Processes / Systems, Automation – Re-engineering – Integration & Innovation
Elaine M Biggs.PMO.Program Management Office.Program Management Directorebiggs
Enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO) hands on leader with a track record of driving global large-scale enterprise strategic initiatives. Proven experience in creating from start-up and optimizing an enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO) with a global portfolio of business, manufacturing, technology and IT projects, applying project management, risk management and continuous improvement best practices to reduce risk and deliver outstanding financial results. Reduced project delivery time by over 20% and cumulatively contributed over $483MM cost savings to profit and loss.
1. I have over ten years’ experience in local, regional and global project management and am confident I can cut costs,
improve project success rates and reduce risks to your bottom line. I have delivered exceptional results at PepsiCo
Concentrate Division and McDonalds, and as well has having relevant project management and business experience, I feel
my qualifications also give me a distinct advantage.
Key Skills
Using Project Management to reinforce Business Strategy and Vision
Leading strategic projects to obtain business continuity, budget saving, innovation and automation of processes.
Projects I have worked on the RFP’s leadership for a SAP Latam Implementation and the implementation of a
new POS technology for Latam.
Being an effective leader and delivering a compelling vision, purpose and direction for others in project and
business work.
Gaining the trust of end-users, empathising with their pain points, develop solution-driven strategies and
executing win-win solutions through the Web Portal to communicate with over 2000 users.
Using Project Management to provide a more comfortable work environment.
Analysing problems to find actionable and pragmatic solutions through projects like the BI platform, and
achieving significant time and error improvements.
Enhancement of the user experience with easy-to-use applications. Through the automation of a production plan
to support a 500% increase in batches as well as the Web Portal to support 2000 users.
Saving time and therefore money to PepsiCo's Concentrate Division through different projects. Through the
tools I implemented I saved 150 work hours in Quality, Logistics and Finance Departments.
Excellent Communicator & Team Player
I have presented to Senior Management in previous roles and am confident and capable of leading multicultural,
multi-country working teams on shared business goals, for example, technical teams in Sri Lanka, India and
Pakistan.
Skills & Qualities
I saved companies’ budgets through managing projects, including planning, analysing, scheduling, coordinating and reporting.
I enabled the effective management of Business Cases through leading multiple projects simultaneously.
I manage the project master schedule to achieve it on time and on budget.
I leveraged resources through leading multi-disciplined teams, manage conflict and establish priorities.
I prevented project deviations through effectively managing risk and opportunities.
I provided better understanding of technical topics through presentations to senior leadership.
Personal Profile
Contact meMarcela
Ramirez
https://ar.linkedin.com/in/marcelaramirez
marcelaram@gmail.com
+549 1137637132
Chaco 117 5th B - CABA
2. Work History
2013-2015, Compass Group at Argentina
Compass Group is a British multinational leader in food and support services around the world. It has a subsidiary in
Argentina that provides services to the most important companies in the country.
2015, SAP Technical Leader for Argentina and Chile
My role was the SAP Technical Leader for Argentina and Chile, managing the supplier for the integration development
between SAP and Legacies
Key Achievements
I implemented risk and budget saving strategies through leading the RFP (ITT) process to select the System Integrator. The
scope was the SAP implementation in Argentina and Chile, simultaneously. Vendors invited were Deloitte, Cap Gemini, Neoris
and GrupoAssa.
I reduced data entry errors and provided information consistency through the Legacies Integration with SAP. Tecfood, Payroll,
AFIP, Web Portal, MrComanda.
2013 - 2014, Senior Project Manager
My role was Senior Project Manager for executing strategic projects.
Key Achievements
I created a portfolio-minded culture and implemented appropriate tools through the definition of the Company Project Portfolio
within the Business.
I reduced risks, saved budget and leveraged resources through the execution and implementation of Strategic Projects in
Argentina. My experience included electronic invoicing and Web Portal Projects
2010 – 2013, McDonalds (Arcos Dorados)
Arcos Dorados is the biggest and most important franchiser from McDonalds, with presence in 14 Latam countries. My role
was Restaurant Technology Platform Regional Program Manager.
2010 - 2013, Restaurant Regional Program Manager
I managed and administrated various projects to implement the new technology for all the Latam Restaurants, by managing
different Project Managers and multi-country suppliers.
Key Achievements
I drove standardisation, innovation and budget savings through leading the implementation of the Restaurant Technology Platform
across Latin America, including:
o Infrastructure (12 servers UAT & Production environments). Interacting with multicultural and multi-country teams (Sri Lanka,
India, Chicago and Mexico).
o Implementation of a business solution to consolidate information. This was also the standard solution for the rest of the Globe
(USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan).
o Point of Sale solution in Argentina (first country of the project).
I successfully built the team and ensured high organisational effectiveness and a motivated working team.
2007 – 2010, Nakara Agribusiness
The main objective was Lucerne production and shipping to Buenos Aires. My role was Director.
Key Achievements
I provided a competitive advantage through developing the Business Case for Lucerne production and commercialisation
I reduced risks by implementing warehouse processes for the Buenos Aires distribution centre.
2003 – 2007, Pepsi Cola Manufacturing Co. Of Uruguay (Concentrate Division)
The PepsiCo plant is located in the Free Trade Zone in Colonia, Uruguay. It produces concentrate for PepsiCo beverages for
South-eastern Asia, Central America and Mexico. My last role was IT Manager and BackOffice Regional IT Leader
3. Qualifications
English: Advanced
Portuguese: Intermediate
UBA Engineering – Bachelor in informatics (75% completed) Buenos Aires (1987-1993)
Project Management Institute – PMP Buenos Aires (2009)
Coaching and Leadership Cesar Grinstein (CEPAO) - Uruguay (2006 y 2007)
PLM – Project Lifecycle Methodology Pepsi – New York (2006) y Uruguay (2007)
SOX Pepsi - Uruguay y Purchase NY (2006)
Objectives setting and 360 evaluation workshop Pepsi – Uruguay (2005 y 2006)
Managing a world-class IT department AMA – New York (2003)
Business Intelligence Microstrategy - Buenos Aires (2002)
Client Oriented Sales Inlumine – Chile (2002)
Microsoft Project Buenos Aires Software (2001)
Professional Certification in e-business IBM – Argentina (2001)
iSolutions (Project Methodology) Cemex – Monterrey (2001)
Workshop EBU on Wheels IBM – Argentina (2000)
Interaction with Difficult People Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
Adding value to the Client (Microsoft) Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
Professional Certification in e-business IBM – Argentina (2001)
iSolutions (Project Methodology) Cemex – Monterrey (2001)
Workshop EBU on Wheels IBM – Argentina (2000)
Interaction with Difficult People Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
Adding value to the Client (Microsoft) Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
2005 - 2007, IT Manager and Back Office Regional IT Leader
My role was to manage the local IT Department and administrate various projects for BackOffice across the Latam plants,
with focus on ERPs (MFG-PRO and SAP)
Key Achievements
I provided business continuity leading across Latin America, the ERP’s migration project roll-out and participated in the Business
Case (SAP) definition with a previous Mapics (Infor) & MFG/Pro evaluation.
I achieved the “Well Controlled” qualification for IT auditing (KPMG) and achieved a 20% improvement in our budget (I incurred in
a 20% budget under run which I was able to apply to unbudgeted expense).
I implemented various tools, achieving weekly savings of 40 hours in Quality, 70 hours in Logistics and 80 hours in Finance
departments.
I automated the Production Plan generation supporting a 500% increase in batches.
I implemented a tool for Plant Asset Management which reduced the spare parts inventory by 20% and significantly improved
efficiency in Production Planning through the integration of the Engineering Plan and the Production Plan.
2003 - 2005, Information Delivery Regional Manager
My role was to execute Business Intelligence projects locally and participate in global ones.
Key Achievements
I implemented Business Intelligence projects, achieving 50% time savings in data entering and reducing data entry errors to 0.
I implemented an ERP in Venezuela to supply the Andean market.
I consolidated the IT budget for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and Argentina, and achieved savings of 20% in Consulting
expenses.
2000 – 2003, Neoris Argentina – Customer Relationship Manager
1997 – 2000, HSBC Group - Maxima – Project Leader
1993 – 1997, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Marketing Supervisor