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Education
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Juan Valdivia Salas

Juan Valdivia Salas

Alajuela,01

Summary

Contribute whit your regional success at LATAM, adding value to the organization to achieve the company's objectives; working with the team members to get it.

Senior executive with over 22 years of high-level industrial and commercial experience, managing multi-million dollar budgets, focus on results. Major strengths in business strategy and process analysis. An energetic solution-oriented leader, self-confident, proactive, who combines the dynamics of teamwork with an ethical professional outlook.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Operations

Padilla SA
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
12.2021 - Current

Develop and implement operational strategies to maximize efficiency, reduce costs, maximize investments and improve customer satisfaction. Providing leadership, insight and mentoring the team.

Reviewed sales activity reports to measure productivity or goal achievement.

Industrial Director

Polymer Plastic Packaging
Alajuela, El Coyol, Costa Rica
12.2017 - 03.2020
  • Led and oversees company operations - manufacturing & commercial team-. Providing the leadership and direction to drive the achievement of key organizational sales-related goals and financial revenue objectives. Providing strength building long-term, profitable relationships with strategic sales partners leveraged to draw alignment with key sales initiatives.

    I was successfully involved for 13 years in the plastic manufacturing operation (injection, blow molding, thermoforming, blown film, flexographic printing and converting) and relocation of 5 companies to Costa Rica with the installation of more than 150 equipment's and 700 people.

Project Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
06.2013 - 03.2020

Plant Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
01.2014 - 12.2017

Maintenance Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
06.2007 - 01.2014

Engineering Superintendent

Euroamerica SA. Gypsum fiber Board
06.1999 - 05.2007

Junior Engineer

GRUMA. Food Industry
01.1997 - 06.1998

Consultant

06.2020

Education

Master of Manufacturing Modern Systems -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
01.2014

MBA Focusing on Quality & Productivity -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
01.2013

MBA Focusing on Finance -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
01.2002

Bachelor of Electromechanical Engineering -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
01.1998

Skills

  • Relationship Building
  • Organizational Structuring
  • Customer Service
  • Cost Reduction
  • Business Growth Initiatives
  • Customer Relations
  • Business Development
  • Revenue Growth
  • Cost Analysis and Savings
  • Team Leadership
  • Performance Improvements
  • Operations Management
  • Business Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Multimillion-Dollar P&L Management
  • KPI Tracking
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Performance Analysis
  • Cost Control
  • Quality Assurance
  • Business Management
  • Operations Oversight
  • Process Improvements
  • Strategic Planning and Execution

Events Attendance

  • National Plastic Exhibition NPE. Orlando, FL, USA. 2018
  • ChinaPlast, Guangzhou, China. 2017
  • PackExpo. Chicago, IL, USA. 2016
  • Andina Pack. Bogotá, Colombia. 2015
  • National Plastic Exhibition NPE. Orlando, FL, USA. 2014
  • Visiting tour over 15 plastic facilities at Spain and Italy. 2013
  • Trade Fair Plastic & Rubbers K 2012. Dusseldorf. 2012

Complements

President´s Club Professional Sales training, 2019, Sandler Training

Others

Fiscal at Director Board of ACOGRACE (Asociación costarricense de grandes consumidores de energía), 2019 - 2020

Languages

  • English, Professional working proficiency
  • Italian, Elementary proficiency
  • Spanish, Native proficiency

Timeline

Director of Operations

Padilla SA
12.2021 - Current

Consultant

06.2020

Industrial Director

Polymer Plastic Packaging
12.2017 - 03.2020

Plant Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
01.2014 - 12.2017

Project Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
06.2013 - 03.2020

Maintenance Manager

Polymer Flexographic Packaging
06.2007 - 01.2014

Engineering Superintendent

Euroamerica SA. Gypsum fiber Board
06.1999 - 05.2007

Junior Engineer

GRUMA. Food Industry
01.1997 - 06.1998

Master of Manufacturing Modern Systems -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

MBA Focusing on Quality & Productivity -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

MBA Focusing on Finance -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Bachelor of Electromechanical Engineering -

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

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