Functional Skills
Restructuring / Turnarounds
Business Planning
Forecasting / Projections
Go-to-market Strategy
Process Design / Re-engineering
Software Skills
Microsoft Office
Sector Experience
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Retail
Travel & Hospitality
Languages
Spanish
Italian
English
Fortune 500
Experience
Hormel Foods
Corporate Strategy & Development
GVP
6/2000 - Present
Direct reporting to the CEO with full P&L accountability for the $3B-plus Grocery Products division; manage 700-plus direct reports and 4,000-plus indirect reports. Establish vision, strategic direction, and risk management; work with reporting business units’ senior leadership, vice presidents and cross-functional heads to ensure all plans are aligned and executed. Develop and present strategic rationale and support for M&A to the Hormel Board of Directors
Hormel Foods
Marketing
GM & Mktg Director
5/1997 - 5/2000
Responsible for marketing for the #2 company of processed meats in Colombia. General Manager of the Hormel Foods + Rica Joint Venture
PepsiCo
Marketing
Group Product Manager
1/1988 - 5/1997
Responsible for marketing of QUAKER OATS in the Andean Region