Manuel Ancizu

Experience

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  Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Navarra / Eurovías S.L.

  Jul 2000 - Jun 2001

  Project Manager - Euro Implementation in Small & Medium Enterprises

  - Project consisted of providing advice to 250 companies and business of various sectors of activity to achieve optimal alignment of their operations and systems in the change to euro currency.- Answer queries and Faqs for companies and individuals about their doubts related to the introduction of the Euro in their business.This job allowed me to develop strong communications skills, to learn how to address people, how to ask and answer questions and how to adapt the message to each type of audience. Show less

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  Spanish Embassy - Office for Economic & Commercial Affairs

  Jul 2001 - Aug 2002

  ICEX Traineeship - Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade

  - Advice to Spanish companies interested in doing Business in Mexico, attending trade shows and commercial events, supporting entrepreneurs in their trade missions and expanding the network of contacts in the country.- Elaboration of several Market Research, such us “Guide to export to Mexico” or “The Vinegar industry in Mexico”. Some of them can be found on the internet.It was a good start of a multicultural experience in Mexico during 5 years.

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  Cacesa - IAG

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

  Operations Project Manager in Mexico

  - Working at IBERIA Airlines warehouse located in Mexico City’s airport customs facilities, I coordinated import - export shipments Spain - Mexico, both courier and cargo parcel. - Market research regarding the logistics sector in Mexico and search for partners, analyzing viability of installing a subsidiary in the country.- Elaboration of a manual of operating procedures, order tracking and quality control, enabling to standardize processes and increasing a 30% the efficiency in deliveries. I learnt how important is to have clear procedures in big organizations to assign activities and to set a baseline from where to establish targets and metrics of improvement. Show less

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  Henkel

  Apr 2004 - Nov 2005

  Sales and Operations Planner for Mexico and Central America

  - Production planning of liquid products and promotions, starting with 500 tons per month and reaching 4.500 tons in two years. 40% of sales volume was concentrated on the last three days of the month and, therefore, sales forecasting accuracy was key to manage production requirements to factories all over the month and to control stocks efficiently.- Leadership in production reassignment within Henkel’s factories in Mexico, which led to a 15% cost saving for the company. I managed to combine the reduction of volume allocation in some factories and the investments and ramp-ups in others at the same time, achieving a smooth transition without impact on customer service and on-time delivery. - Development of a cross-functional project with sales department, factories and logistics that led to both increase customer service reliability and reduce 10% the finished goods’ inventory. I learnt that successful supply chains are all about committed people working together in coordination. Show less

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  Siemens Gamesa

  Jan 2006 - now

  - Pipeline of 2.5 GW of six Offshore projects in France.- The area and the team are responsible for the overall leadership of quality management of the project (from Sales phase to Handover to Project completion, transversal functional leadership across different organizational hierarchies, cultures and matrix dependencies) and the compliance of SGRE’s Procedures, providing advice and support for implementation to the stakeholders involved.- Customer interface during negotiations and project execution. Show less - Create and develop the Quality Management in Projects and Customer Contract Documentation teams from scratch, which have become a high-performance diverse team fulfilling our mission through risk management and standardization (processes, tools and templates, both internal and external to customers) as core values for a solid consistent governance. - The area is responsible for the overall leadership of quality management of the project and Customer Contract Documentation (from Sales phase to project completion), transversal functional leadership across different organizational hierarchies, cultures and matrix dependencies). - Qualified member of Global workstreams to harmonize and standardize company culture, global processes and IT landscapes as a result of the merge between Siemens and Gamesa.- Lead auditor of (among others) Project Management in ON SEA projects (including financial approach). Through an audit checklist, this allowed to obtain data and understand Project management status in the region and establish action plans for improvements. The results were presented to ON SEA Executive Committee. Show less - Leadership of Sales & Operations Rolling Forecast (S&OP) for Europe+Latam region, involving cross-functional coordination to drive scenarios, simulations and business cases providing medium-long term visibility to supply chain and identifying key decision milestones for Management according to forecasted demand, critical paths, capacity constraints and economics.My ability to understand the global picture, the interactions among the different elements/people involved and their impact in P&L and Balance Sheet are very relevant to lead these activities.- Operational Risk management of components with low stock rotation; the main objective is having a healthy stock and controlling/reducing the obsolete materials' latent risk of negative impact in P&L and balance sheet. Important not to generate obsoletes and to look for creative solutions to use these components. Show less - Planning Project Manager being part of the team accountable for Program development and implementation phase of new products G10x 4,5 - 5 MW and Offshore. The main goal was to synshronize processes for a smooth transition between design phase, manufacturing and installation on-time of the first units.- From 2011-2012, this assignment also implied leading a cross-functional international project with colleagues from Gamesa China to define and deploy the planning of 4,5MW wind turbine’s introduction in a wind farm in China. - Tender Project Manager, in charge to release execution plannings for an entire project (from the start of contract obligations for Gamesa until the final takeover of the wind farm) and acting as a liaison between the project and the sales department. The position had a broad interface to both internal and external stakeholders, with participations in contract negotiations with customers and due diligence process with consultant agencies. Show less - Starting as a Procurement Specialist, I was promoted in 2007 to Procurement Manager, overseeing supply chain, on-time delivery and working capital performance indicators in our factories of Europe, China and USA. Demand was higher than capacity in years 2007-2008 and it was my responsibility to efficiently allocate vendor’s production to our factories (scarcity management).- Procurement Department’s leader in interdepartamental task force, whose team working and actions led to an 80% reduction in products with quality problems between years 2006 - 2007.- Leadership in designing and implementing an automatized procurement system MRP, acting as a key user of the process; this project enabled to pass from working with several disconnected excel files to employing a unique and standard source of information in SAP within the company. Show less

  • Commercial Program Manager in Global Wind Energy Projects

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Head of Projects Quality Management - Wind Energy Offshore Projects - SE&A region

    Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Head of Projects QM and Customer Contract Documentation - Wind Energy Onshore Projects - EMEA

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2021

  • Supply Chain Program Manager Europe + LATAM

    Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Planning New Products and Tender Project Manager

    May 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Procurement Manager

    Jan 2006 - Apr 2010
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  Manuel M. Ancizu Beramendi

  Nov 2019 - now

  Key Note Speaker/Guest Lecturer/Blogger/Podcast

  Topics: Sustainable Projects, People&Projects, Leadership, Governance, Standardization, Risk Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals- Lectures: University of Navarre, IE Business School- Webinars and Courses: Project Management Institute, Global Initiative por Positive Impact, Mexican Institute of Project Management (IMDP)- Articles: Project Management Institute Madrid, Project Management World Journal, linkedin- Podcast guest

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  Inesdi Digital Business School

  Jan 2022 - now

  Professor

  Professor in Master of Digital Project Management

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  EAE Business School

  May 2023 - now

  Visiting Lecturer

  Visiting Lecturer: "Making ideas come true, agile and sustainable"https://www.eae.es/en/EAE is an international business school that champions innovation as a means to meet the need of people and companies to stay relevant in an ever changing world. More than a business school, EAE is a global ecosystem of professionals and entrepreneurs that foster sustainable employability through training, research and innovation. We are international. We are a 1958 school with a 21st century spirit. We are explorers. We are change. We are innovation. We are challenge. We are global. We are close. Show less