Jorge Erazo

Experience

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  British American Tobacco Central America and Caribbean

  Jan 2005 - Feb 2009

  Earlier management roles

  • IT Lead for Finance on the Regional Americas SAP implementation for Caribbean and Central America.• Led the overall migration of Master Data for all the functions into the new ERP.• Managed the design, build and deployment of a regional procurement platform.• Implemented Technology projects in the Operations area covering factories in Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica (e.g., Factory and warehouse automation, Product Integrity and Traceability & Production control).

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  British American Tobacco

  Mar 2009 - Jul 2016

  • Participated in one of the largest SAP implementations, when BAT opted for a single global SAP instance, with more than 180 markets in a 2 and half year’s period. • Led the integration of regional Finance and HR systems in Americas, to the global SAP template.• Provided support to the Finance teams in the adoption of the new ways of working, while defining business requirement documents and managing the delivery of solutions to manage the country specific needs. • Delivered solutions for the Procure to Pay process for Brazil’s deployment, including the “electronic invoices” (Nota-Fiscal) for Vendors in SAP.• Subsequently expanded my role to both Finance and Operations, as I led a regional team spread across the Americas responsible for system adjustments, during the stabilization period following the global SAP instance deployment in BAT. Show less

  • Regional IT Manager for Finance

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2016

  • Regional IT Project Delivery Manager - Corporate Functions

    Mar 2009 - Jul 2013
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  BAT Global Business Services

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2020

  • Led the Global Continuous Improvement team for BAT's global Shared Services operation, delivering efficiencies accounting for more than 190K annualized hours and £3m of cash flow impact. Working with functional sponsors to drive end to end process improvement supported by data-driven approaches.• Developed the strategy, set the governance and established the infrastructure for managing the deployment of the Change / Transformation portfolio across Finance, HR and Procurement functions, delivered through a diverse team of Lean Six Sigma Black Belts located in 3 sites: Costa Rica, Romania and Malaysia. • Directed the global deployment of digital interaction centers and other tools to increase workforce collaboration and productivity for all the 3 GBS’ sites. Show less • Managed the relationship between the regional Shared Services center in the Americas and key stakeholders on the end markets.• Collaborated closely with the General Manager to shift the role of the site, from a Service Provider into a Value Creation partner. Increased the Customer Satisfaction in 6pp, with record rating of 89%. • Drove the Digital Transformation agenda for the site, identifying and introducing new business relevant technologies. • Deployed capability building programs and a process automation team using RPA and Office365 tools, that created 11% of additional capacity.• Supported and guided the creation of Analytics’ teams and provided the tools for their deployment (Alteryx and Power BI). Show less • Double-hatted as the Global IT Business Partner looking at the Procure to Pay systems and the Head of IT responsible for the Finance and HR shared services center for Americas.• Coordinated with local, regional and global teams the move to Cloud operations, ensuring proper migrations with zero business disruption in a highly technology dependent operation. • Deployed global IT programs on the P2P space, focused on the automation of the end-to-end processes with upgrades on SAP, the Vendor Invoice Management module, OCR and e-Invoicing platforms, which resulted on increased productivity & higher Straight Through Processing rates. Show less

  • Global Continuous Improvement Manager

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Regional Head of Business Relationship Management – Americas

    Apr 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Information Technology Manager for Regional Shared Services - Americas

    Aug 2016 - Mar 2018
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  Private Consulting

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2022

  Technology and Digital Transformation Consultant

  • Responsible for advising on scope, vendor selection & negotiation, implementation approach and team setup for SAP Implementations.• Responsible for developing a Digital Transformation roadmap based on current state assessment and aligned to business strategy and opportunities observed.• Identification of process improvement opportunities across multiple businesses & functions.

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  Intel Corporation

  Jan 2022 - now

  Supply Chain IT Source to Pay Sourcing Solution Owner

  Responsible for partnering with the Supply Chain business function leaders, broader IT and across the Supply Chain IT organization to aggressively drive Ariba roadmap for digitization and adoption in Procure to Pay processes.