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I have over ten years’ experience in local, regional and global project management and am confident I can cut costs,
improve project success rates and reduce risks to your bottom line. I have delivered exceptional results at PepsiCo
Concentrate Division and McDonalds, and as well has having relevant project management and business experience, I feel
my qualifications also give me a distinct advantage.
Key Skills
 Using Project Management to reinforce Business Strategy and Vision
 Leading strategic projects to obtain business continuity, budget saving, innovation and automation of processes.
Projects I have worked on the RFP’s leadership for a SAP Latam Implementation and the implementation of a
new POS technology for Latam.
 Being an effective leader and delivering a compelling vision, purpose and direction for others in project and
business work.
 Gaining the trust of end-users, empathising with their pain points, develop solution-driven strategies and
executing win-win solutions through the Web Portal to communicate with over 2000 users.
 Using Project Management to provide a more comfortable work environment.
 Analysing problems to find actionable and pragmatic solutions through projects like the BI platform, and
achieving significant time and error improvements.
 Enhancement of the user experience with easy-to-use applications. Through the automation of a production plan
to support a 500% increase in batches as well as the Web Portal to support 2000 users.
 Saving time and therefore money to PepsiCo's Concentrate Division through different projects. Through the
tools I implemented I saved 150 work hours in Quality, Logistics and Finance Departments.
 Excellent Communicator & Team Player
 I have presented to Senior Management in previous roles and am confident and capable of leading multicultural,
multi-country working teams on shared business goals, for example, technical teams in Sri Lanka, India and
Pakistan.
Skills & Qualities
 I saved companies’ budgets through managing projects, including planning, analysing, scheduling, coordinating and reporting.
 I enabled the effective management of Business Cases through leading multiple projects simultaneously.
 I manage the project master schedule to achieve it on time and on budget.
 I leveraged resources through leading multi-disciplined teams, manage conflict and establish priorities.
 I prevented project deviations through effectively managing risk and opportunities.
 I provided better understanding of technical topics through presentations to senior leadership.
Personal Profile
Contact meMarcela
Ramirez
https://ar.linkedin.com/in/marcelaramirez
marcelaram@gmail.com
+549 1137637132
Chaco 117 5th B - CABA

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Work History
2013-2015, Compass Group at Argentina
Compass Group is a British multinational leader in food and support services around the world. It has a subsidiary in
Argentina that provides services to the most important companies in the country.
2015, SAP Technical Leader for Argentina and Chile
My role was the SAP Technical Leader for Argentina and Chile, managing the supplier for the integration development
between SAP and Legacies
Key Achievements
 I implemented risk and budget saving strategies through leading the RFP (ITT) process to select the System Integrator. The
scope was the SAP implementation in Argentina and Chile, simultaneously. Vendors invited were Deloitte, Cap Gemini, Neoris
and GrupoAssa.
 I reduced data entry errors and provided information consistency through the Legacies Integration with SAP. Tecfood, Payroll,
AFIP, Web Portal, MrComanda.
2013 - 2014, Senior Project Manager
My role was Senior Project Manager for executing strategic projects.
Key Achievements
 I created a portfolio-minded culture and implemented appropriate tools through the definition of the Company Project Portfolio
within the Business.
 I reduced risks, saved budget and leveraged resources through the execution and implementation of Strategic Projects in
Argentina. My experience included electronic invoicing and Web Portal Projects
2010 – 2013, McDonalds (Arcos Dorados)
Arcos Dorados is the biggest and most important franchiser from McDonalds, with presence in 14 Latam countries. My role
was Restaurant Technology Platform Regional Program Manager.
2010 - 2013, Restaurant Regional Program Manager
I managed and administrated various projects to implement the new technology for all the Latam Restaurants, by managing
different Project Managers and multi-country suppliers.
Key Achievements
 I drove standardisation, innovation and budget savings through leading the implementation of the Restaurant Technology Platform
across Latin America, including:
o Infrastructure (12 servers UAT & Production environments). Interacting with multicultural and multi-country teams (Sri Lanka,
India, Chicago and Mexico).
o Implementation of a business solution to consolidate information. This was also the standard solution for the rest of the Globe
(USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan).
o Point of Sale solution in Argentina (first country of the project).
 I successfully built the team and ensured high organisational effectiveness and a motivated working team.
2007 – 2010, Nakara Agribusiness
The main objective was Lucerne production and shipping to Buenos Aires. My role was Director.
Key Achievements
 I provided a competitive advantage through developing the Business Case for Lucerne production and commercialisation
 I reduced risks by implementing warehouse processes for the Buenos Aires distribution centre.
2003 – 2007, Pepsi Cola Manufacturing Co. Of Uruguay (Concentrate Division)
The PepsiCo plant is located in the Free Trade Zone in Colonia, Uruguay. It produces concentrate for PepsiCo beverages for
South-eastern Asia, Central America and Mexico. My last role was IT Manager and BackOffice Regional IT Leader

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Qualifications
 English: Advanced
 Portuguese: Intermediate
 UBA Engineering – Bachelor in informatics (75% completed) Buenos Aires (1987-1993)
 Project Management Institute – PMP Buenos Aires (2009)
 Coaching and Leadership Cesar Grinstein (CEPAO) - Uruguay (2006 y 2007)
 PLM – Project Lifecycle Methodology Pepsi – New York (2006) y Uruguay (2007)
 SOX Pepsi - Uruguay y Purchase NY (2006)
 Objectives setting and 360 evaluation workshop Pepsi – Uruguay (2005 y 2006)
 Managing a world-class IT department AMA – New York (2003)
 Business Intelligence Microstrategy - Buenos Aires (2002)
 Client Oriented Sales Inlumine – Chile (2002)
 Microsoft Project Buenos Aires Software (2001)
 Professional Certification in e-business IBM – Argentina (2001)
 iSolutions (Project Methodology) Cemex – Monterrey (2001)
 Workshop EBU on Wheels IBM – Argentina (2000)
 Interaction with Difficult People Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
 Adding value to the Client (Microsoft) Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
 Professional Certification in e-business IBM – Argentina (2001)
 iSolutions (Project Methodology) Cemex – Monterrey (2001)
 Workshop EBU on Wheels IBM – Argentina (2000)
 Interaction with Difficult People Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
 Adding value to the Client (Microsoft) Microsoft Argentina – Argentina (2000)
2005 - 2007, IT Manager and Back Office Regional IT Leader
My role was to manage the local IT Department and administrate various projects for BackOffice across the Latam plants,
with focus on ERPs (MFG-PRO and SAP)
Key Achievements
 I provided business continuity leading across Latin America, the ERP’s migration project roll-out and participated in the Business
Case (SAP) definition with a previous Mapics (Infor) & MFG/Pro evaluation.
 I achieved the “Well Controlled” qualification for IT auditing (KPMG) and achieved a 20% improvement in our budget (I incurred in
a 20% budget under run which I was able to apply to unbudgeted expense).
 I implemented various tools, achieving weekly savings of 40 hours in Quality, 70 hours in Logistics and 80 hours in Finance
departments.
 I automated the Production Plan generation supporting a 500% increase in batches.
 I implemented a tool for Plant Asset Management which reduced the spare parts inventory by 20% and significantly improved
efficiency in Production Planning through the integration of the Engineering Plan and the Production Plan.
2003 - 2005, Information Delivery Regional Manager
My role was to execute Business Intelligence projects locally and participate in global ones.
Key Achievements
 I implemented Business Intelligence projects, achieving 50% time savings in data entering and reducing data entry errors to 0.
 I implemented an ERP in Venezuela to supply the Andean market.
 I consolidated the IT budget for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and Argentina, and achieved savings of 20% in Consulting
expenses.
2000 – 2003, Neoris Argentina – Customer Relationship Manager
1997 – 2000, HSBC Group - Maxima – Project Leader
1993 – 1997, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Marketing Supervisor