Agustin Cuevas

Experience

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  Maersk Line

  Aug 2000 - Nov 2011

  Responsible to develop and control new business units for Maersk Line and to maximize profitability of shipping services within the West Coast of Southamerica.Accounted for driving execution of cost reduction initiatives and accelerate implementation of revenue generation plans.New business units implemented had an estimated additional revenue of USD +13 Mill per year and cost reductions initiatives had an estimated impact of USD +10 Mill per year.Superuser of SAP and responsible for training staff in IT systems related to Operations and Finance.Company income of USD 150 Mill per year. Show less Accounted for Cost Control in Maersk Line within West Coast of Southamerica, including responsibility for Intermodal activities, Procurement and implementation of SAP system in Operations.Responsible for company budget and cost reporting to Headquarter and Regional office.Cost reduction initiatives had an estimated saving of USD +10 Mill per year.Leading directly a professional team of 6 white collars and dotted line teams of 10 white collars in Chile, Peru and Ecuador.Company Income of USD 150 Mill per year. Show less Responsible for cost control process and cost reduction for Maersk Line in Central América, including reporting to Headquarter and Regional offices for cost development and forecast - including budget.Cost reduction initiatives had an estimated saving of USD +50 Mill per year.Leading directly a professional team of 5 white collars and dotted line 20 white collars remotely in different countries along Central America. I led restructuration of the professional team in order to adapt it to deliverables asked for Regional Directors.Superuser of Cost Control IT systems at company and responsable for training of Operations and Finance staff. I made training for +100 colleagues along Central America in several IT systems related to SAP and in-company systems.Company expenses of USD 1000 Mill per year. Show less Accounted for intermodal businesses and integration of company acquired by Maersk Line (P&O Nedlloyd).Responsible for Operations department in Chile during OPS Manager absence.Accounted for company budget to be reported to Regional office (this was an own initiative, because in the past this was part of Finance department) and cost forecast.Cost reduction initiatives had an estimated saving of USD +2 Mill per year.Leading directly a professional team of 15 white collars and dotted line +100 blue collars.Company income of USD 60 Mill per year. Show less

  • Financial Business Partnering Manager

    May 2010 - Nov 2011

  • Procurement, Cost Control and Intermodal Manager

    Apr 2008 - Apr 2010

  • Cost Control Manager for Central America

    Mar 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Deputy Country Operations Manager

    Jan 2005 - Mar 2006

  • Deputy Capacity Manager - East Coast of Southamerica

    Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

  • MISE (Maersk International Shipping Education) International Management Trainee

    Aug 2000 - Dec 2002
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  Laranja Lima Textil

  Dec 2011 - Apr 2015

  Head of Finance and Operations

  Responsible for execution of operations and financial strategy in family business in textile industry.Accounted for imports of supplies from China (the whole supply chain processes starting from exploring new vendors, sourcing, negotiation, follow-up of production, financing, transportation and custom documentation at destination) totaling +10 containers per year.Lean Six-Sigma methodology applied in finance (payables and receivables and credit card flow) and operations processes (cutting fabrics, outsourcing sewing and forecasting demand through S&O).Responsible for administration duties such as hiring, salary payment, incentive bonus structure and other issues related to Brazilian HHRR regulations.Accounted for cash flow, taxing matters and accounting process (outsourced).Leading a professional team of 15 white collars.Company income of USD 5 Mill per year. Company belongs to my family. Show less

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  Navis

  May 2015 - now

  Senior Project Manager and Account Manager for Services in Latin America and Caribbean. Responsible for project evaluation, planning, execution and control of implementation of software Navis N4 at different port terminals. In addition, supporting customers in IT projects and process improvements of port terminal operations. Resource management of a regional pool of professionals. Commercial proposals for Services to existing customers. I led projects for implementation of advanced technology for port terminals in Latin America. Show less Accounted for planning, execution and control of implementation of Terminal Operating System (TOS) SPARCS N4 for port terminals along LATAM scope. All projects executed within scope, time and budget. Projects implemented in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Brazil. Responsibility includes resource management of a pool of professional along Latin America, budget management based on different customer profiles and stakeholder management involving C-level. In addition, consulting to customers in relation to IT, project management and Port terminal operations ensuring successful execution of all projects under my scope.Other tasks include forecast analysis, prospect of new customers, elaboration of proposal for customers, closing deals, budget and Regional super-user of a new CRM system. Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Oct 2018 - now

  • Executive Officer

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Project Manager

    May 2015 - Sept 2018