Angel Vivas

Experience

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  BASF Panama, S.A.

  May 2003 - Jun 2018

  Operations Manager for Central America and the Caribbean

  Acted as Head of Operations for the sites in Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic andPuerto Rico along with extends business support for the Distributors in Nicaragua, El Salvador,Honduras, Belize and Guatemala covering areas such as Supply Chain, Procurement,Warehouse, QC, R&D, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Production, Customer Service andDispensers.• Responsible to design and implement policies to promote company culture, vision, mission andoversee operations to keep business on track.• Controlled company costs, and introduced tactical initiatives to address issues and other losses• Planned, directed, Corporate Facilities Planning and Construction department goals andobjectives while coordinating and developing policies, procedures and processes.• Ensured the involvement of Operations personnel, headed Projects, formulated & convertedstrategy into business plans while executing it and making staff accountable.• Strategized all project functions and devised short, medium- and long-term investment plans insites to meet market demand; managed business operations with focus on top & bottom-lineperformance and determined company’s mission and strategic direction.• Developed business case and planed the approval of the construction of a new manufacturingsite in Panama City in Central America.• Managed design, construction & commissioning manufacturing sites for concrete and cementadditive based on financial analysis and capital return.• Led integration projects and develop mergers and acquisitions at operations levels. Show less

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  PAX S.A

  Jul 2018 - now

  Business Executive | Member of Board of Directors

  Act as Head of Business Executive, Market Strategy, Customer Experience, Team Builder,Operation Officer, Decision Maker and Market Driven Innovation.• Oversee the operations of the company and make sure that the company’s goals are met.• Coordinate with company executives and sales & marketing professionals to review currentmarket trends in order to propose new business ideas that can improve revenue margins andfinance professionals.• Interface between board & employees, represents the company to major suppliers, customers,professional associations and agencies to secure long-term and fruitful business propositions.• Successfully executes Board’s vision of companywide performance, revenue and bottom-lineimprovement by organizational restructuring and diversification leading to tremendous growth incompany revenue & profit.• Coordinate, plan & implement changes to technology, machinery, equipment, processmethodology, quality assurance, control systems, finance professionals and reportingprocedures.• Explore M&A opportunities, feasibility study and financial forecasting; study organizations paststrategies and align future strategy with the groups’ strategic intent.• Benchmarked over 10% of the market share and EBIT in the first year of operations Show less