1. CLARA MARIA SANMIGUEL JIMENEZ
Lake Mary, FL
Phone: 407 491 5033
E-mail: claramariasanmiguel@hotmail.com
Mrs. Sanmiguel is a Project Manager with over 15 years of corporate and consulting experience
managing, building, implementing, and delivering Shared Services Centers and ERP software
solutions using Oracle and SAP ERPs. Mrs. Sanmiguel has have been recognized for her
leadership, her result oriented approach managing multicultural and mullti-disciplinary teams.
She has a comprehensive understanding of all functional areas and business processes
(Strategic, finance, marketing, operations and logistics among others).
Mrs. Sanmiguel has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Her experience implementing
different project types provides her with a unique blend of skill sets, delivering results and
leading teams. Mrs. Sanmiguel has coordinated efforts for large projects at companies like
Carvajal, Deloitte, Arthur Andersen, TSC Technology Solutions and Varta. She is fluent in English
and Spanish.
Professional Experience
Volunteer Work Jan-2011 - Present (5 Years)
Institutions: Holy Cross Lutheran Academy and Lakeside Fellowship Preschool
Mrs. Sanmiguel has been an active resource for both institutions during the last five years
organizing and participating in academic projects such as fund raisers, school support activities
and working with teachers providing them support in classroom tasks.
During the time she was at Lakeside Fellowship Preschool (Jan-2011 to May 2013), she taught
Spanish to children between 3 and 5 years old.
Oracle Implementation Project Leader Jul-2004 - Jun-2008 (3.5 Years)
Employer: CARVAJAL S.A.
Client/Project: Oracle implementationforthree companiesof the holdinganddeployment
of the ERP Financials and Supply Chain in 13 countries.
Carvajal is a multinational holding and one of the biggest companies in Colombia providing
complete document handling solutions.
http://www.carvajal.com/?lang=en
Responsibilities
Project Leader - Financials (January 2007 to June 2008)
Project Leader - Supply Chain Management (July 2004 to December 2006)
In charge of project planning and execution, deploying IT solutions across businesses
and countries.Manage andcontrol teamsfrom 8 to 75 teammembersassuring on time
deliverable accomplishment. Report project status to the client’s managers and Board
of Directors.
Coordinate; design and implement the business processes providing adequate
technological support to business needs and resources.
Responsible for the development of financial functions such as Accounts Payable,
Treasury, Taxes, General Accounting, as well as logistics processes such as Production
2. Planning,Manufacturing,Procurement,Sales,Distributionand Inventory Management.
Project included operations in United States, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico,
Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Panama,
Argentina, and Chile.
Chief Management and Development Officer Aug-2003 - Jun-2004 (11 Months)
Employer: CARVAJAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Carvajal TechnologyandServiceshelpscustomerstransform their business through outsourcing
integrated business process and information technology.
http://www.carvajal.com/?lang=en
Responsibilities
Responsible of the supply chain Business Process improvement managed through a
Shared Services Center.
Work with the Carvajal businesses, identifying new opportunities and enhancing the
service portfolio offered by the Shared Services Center.
Senior Principal Consultant April-2002 - July-2003 (15 Months)
Employer: DELOITTE & TOUCHE
Client/Project: Multiple Engagements Bogota and Cali, Colombia
DELOITTE is one of the "Big Four" professional service firms along with PwC, EY, and KPMG.
Deloitte providesaudit,tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services with more
than 200,000 professionals in over 150 countries. Deloitte has a historical track record in the
world, with over 55 years of presence in the Colombian market.
http://www2.deloitte.com/
Responsibilities
Responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of Supply Chain business
processes(productionplanning,manufacturing,procurement,inventory,amongothers)
and its interactions with accounting and financial. Specialized in the design and
implementation of the Shared Services Centers for the local and international
companies.
Responsible for preparing information related to the centralization of supply chain
processes and design sales solutions for customers seeking to implement Shared
Services models.
Senior Principal Consultant May-2000 - April-2002 (1 year 11 Months)
Employer: ARTHUR ANDERSEN
Client/Project: Multiple Engagements Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru
ArthurAndersenLLP,basedinChicagowithsubsidiariesworldwide, was a holding company and
formerlyone of the "BigFive"accountingfirmsamongPricewaterhouseCoopers,DeloitteTouche
Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large
corporations.In2002, theiroperationsworldwide were acquired by other consulting firms after
the Enron scandal. In Colombia they merge operations with Deloitte & Touche.
Responsibilities
Responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of the business processes in
the logisticsareas(productionplanning,manufacturing,procurement,inventory,among
others) and its interactions with the financial process, through the design and
3. implementation of Shared Services Centers for companies in Colombia and Peru.
SAP Implementation at Clarin, Argentina: Data Conversion Leader assuring a correct
integration of the business with the Share Service Center model.
Responsible for the implementation of SAP Modules of Materials Management (MM),
Warehouse Management(WM), Inventory Management (IM) and Production Planning
(PP) in several manufacturing companies in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico.
Senior Consultant Aug-1998 - March-2000 (1 year 7 Months)
Employer: TSC TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY
Client/Project: Multiple Engagements Colombia and Mexico
TechnologySolutionsCompany,based in Chicago with subsidiaries in Colombia and Mexico, was a
consultingcompanyprovidingSAPimplementationservices tocompaniesof mediumand small size
of operation. In 2000 they closed operations worldwide.
Responsibilities
Responsible for the implementation of SAP Modules of Materials Management (MM)
and Warehouse Management (WM), in several manufacturing companies in Colombia
and Mexico.
Process Coordinator Sept-1995 - July-1998 (2 years 11 Months)
Employer: VARTA A.G.
VARTA is a German company leading the market worldwide in the manufacturing of all types of
batteries.
Responsibilities
Worked with different areas of the company designing of the business processes and
implemented them on a new ERP (SAP), all designs were validated with the
headquarters in Germany.
Responsible for the implementation of SAP Modules of Materials Management (MM)
Human Resources Area Aug-1991 - Aug-1995 (4 years)
Employer: ALPINA PRODUCTOS ALIMENTICIOS S.A.
Alpina Foods is a Colombian dairy, food, and beverage company that operates in the United
States, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. The company is the third largest dairy producing
company in Colombia with selling over US$700 million.
http://alpinaus.com/#about
Responsibilities
Started as an intern, worked in the different areas inside the Human Resources area:
from defining jobs descriptions, career path design, and position assessment (2 ½
years).
Team Leaderworkinginthe redesignof the businessprocessesindifferent areas inside
the company as well as defining the required jobs that would support the new
processes.
4. EDUCATION
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER (BS)*, 5 years, Oct 1992
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Learning English as a Second Language Sep-2008 - Dec-2009 (1.5 Years)
SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Sanford, FL
Collierville Literacy Council, Collierville TN
SKILLS
Strong Project Management skills.
Abilitytocommunicate effectively withmembersof differentgroupsatall organization levels.
Excellent knowledge with Project estimation and planning tools as well as Excel modeling.
Career-oriented, creative, responsible and willing to acquire new knowledge
Bilingual English, Spanish