Bernardino Montoya

Experience

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  Philip Morris International

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Responsible for the Development of New products for the Andean Cluster Countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia), Liaise with the different Marketing areas such as Brand Managers and Market research towards the interpretation of Consumer insights for further development of Product concepts that will fit consumer need of the different markets, coordinate the prototype manufacturing process, liaise with market research groups towards performing different consumer tests to validate product concept developments, Specify and make available the new product development specifications, coordinate all internal panel activities, coordinate the product management task such as the maintenance of product specifications. Show less

  • Supervisor New Product Development Andean Cluster

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Product Development Coordinator

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Product Development Analyst

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
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  Philip Morris International

  Nov 2010 - Nov 2018

  Responsible for the tobacco blend maintenance of product portfolio brands.Implement and give followup to product related productivity initiatives. Responsible for the Management of the International Brands Blend Portfolio in collaboration with the different Brand Building Groups toward alignment to Brand Long Range Plans.Coordinate the proof of concept and deployment of the different blend related productivity initiatives. Management of the portfolio of Casing and Flavor Specifications, Provide technical support to world wide Tobacco Primary Process regarding Solution preparation, Solution application and / or solution handling.Carry out productivity / complexity initiatives that enable optimization of the Standard Variable Cost (SVC) of the solutions applied to the Tobacco, as well perform rationalization exercises towards reduction of complexity at manufacturing centers. Support Flavor Development group activities as subject matter expert and project leader in subjects related to optimization of manufacturing complexity, qualification of new ingredients for casing solutions, introduction and assessment of new tobacco processing technologies, implementation of casing and flavors related productivities, Assessment of the effect removal of ingredients for the development of ingredient free products. Support New Product Development Department in the managements of development blend concepts and Cut filler specifications in the Product Life Cycle Managements Systems (PLM). Training period towards familiarization with different tobacco grades, blending techniques and stemmery process introduction.

  • Manager Manufacturing Productivities

    Dec 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Senior Blender

    Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Senior Blender

    Nov 2014 - Nov 2016

  • Supervisor Flavor Technology

    Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Sr. Engineer Flavor Development & Specs

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Blender STA

    Nov 2010 - Nov 2011
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  BAT

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Tobacco Heated Products Senior Product Manager

    Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

  • THP Product Developer

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2020
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  JTI (Japan Tobacco International)

  Aug 2022 - now

  Leaf and Blend Manager