Diego Andres Acevedo

Experience

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  Saint-Gobain

  Dec 2008 - Jul 2009

  Staff Manufacturing Engineer

  Lead the Lean Manufacturing project focused on off line production section, setting up improvements on the production rate, and create the operational standards documentation including KPI's for this section.

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  Constructora IC Prefabricados

  Jan 2010 - Oct 2010

  Senior Procurement Analyst

  • Improve supply chain process to reduce building materials costs by making vendors payments on time, speeding up invoice accounting process and doing large negotiations for the entire project, reducing building delays.• Follow up to contractors progress, make the weekly payment report and evaluate them. • Budget adjustments according to real material requirements to expedite the project costing process.

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  International Management Assesors

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2014

  Business Consultant

  • Run consulting projects to improve work systems and upgrade business processes with an average of 2.5 ROI. • Do business performance assessments to identify improving opportunities in the way companies run. • Create solving strategies to exploit and profit from improving opportunities detected.• Show financial benefits derived from the strategies and activities generated by the consulting firm. • Highlighted Costumers: Belleza Express – Tecnoquímicas – Ecopetrol – Transmasivo – Tecnología Textil – Extractora Sur del Casanare. Show less

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  AM-COMCERCIAL RD

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2013

  General Manager

  • Run a corporate restructuring process looking for a financial turnaround and generate profit in a year time term. Create a new warehouse staff and logistics management, with procedures and controls to avoid cash and products leaks. • Implement new sales KPI´s and SPIFF Sales Incentives aligned with revenue, financial and marketing brand goals, creating tools for the sales manager to improve their team performance and increase revenue on nontraditional categories by 25%. • Make an accounting purge to get a better financial control of the company and generate new P&L, balance and Cash flow statements on time. It helped to view projected business performance and accomplish a better debt structure, reducing financial costs in 20%. Show less

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  Atomica Consulting

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  Head Of Operations

  • Lead strategic and operational consulting projects focused on creating quick wins on sales or financial goals for a specific product or brand division by means of big data analysis and innovative activities.• Important achievements: Increase Revenue by 45% in 12 weeks for a specific pharma brand, Increase of 38% in medical prescription for core business brand categories. • Do feasibility studies using innovating methodologies like Canvas Business Model, Design Thinking, Lean Startup and make the whole launching plan for new business unit projects or Startups. • Highlighted Costumers: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Corporación Impa-Doel, Farmaentrega. Show less

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  Fundición Centroamericana S.A (FUCASA)

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

  Sales Manager

  • Lead the sales and operations team implementing a results oriented working environment, through the design and execute of Key Performance Indicators focused on customer satisfaction and stakeholders financial goals. • Put into action a new commercial management system by integrating technological tools such as ERP + CRM + Social Media, helping to improve customer relationships and sales opportunities follow up, increasing revenue performance in 2017 by 16% and breaking historical sales record for the company. • Launch and administration of digital channels like web site and social media networks, creating a better brand awareness. Show less

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  Iridian

  Feb 2019 - now

  Lead strategic and technology consulting projects focused on digital transformation and operational effectiveness. Important achievements: Increase Service level by 20% in 8 weeks for an insurance company.Highlighted Costumers: Seguros Universal, Dominican Republic, Andrés Carne de Res.

  • Business Developer Director

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Digital Transformation Officer & Sales Manager

    Feb 2019 - Feb 2023