Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Accomplishments
Languages
Timeline
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Santiago Leon

Santiago Leon

Guayaquil

Summary

Accomplished bilingual professional with a diverse background in management, operations, finance, development, and agriculture. Visionary business leader excelling at fostering team collaboration and achieving success through clear goal-setting. Recognized for strategic planning, problem-solving, and client relationship management skills, with a proven track record of adaptability in dynamic environments. Ready to provide impactful solutions and drive success in any advisory capacity.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Adviser

CLAVEMAX
01.2020 - Current

Company Overview: Agriculture

Report to:

  • CEO

Report it:

  • Production Staff
  • Logistics and Supply chain staff
  • Accounting chief officer
  • Administration Staff

Responsible of:

  • Strategic planning.
  • Quality: plan and coordinate the GMP and other programs for quality assurance.
  • Profitability analysis of each line of business.
  • Execute budget and projections.
  • Logistics.
  • Supply chain.
  • Production: bananas, teak, dairy farm and dairy plant.
  • Annually negotiations with banana and teak buyers.
  • Financial statement analysis.
  • Forecast and budgets.
  • Developing new projects.

Operations and Supply Chain

UZVI fruit
01.2017 - 12.2019

Company Overview: Export Fresh fruit and Processed products

Report to:

  • BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Report it:

  • Chief of Operations
  • Head of foreign trade
  • Customs Agent
  • Local Operations Assistant
  • Port Technician
  • Quality technician and certifications.
  • Field technician

Responsible of:

  • Strategic planning.
  • Commercial planning: search for new business lines.
  • Management of Certification processes: Organic, Fairtrade and BASC
  • Exportation: visits to suppliers (producers and industrial plants).
  • Export: coordinate with the verification companies and review process reports.
  • Quality: plan and coordinate certification programs and others for the assurance of own quality and suppliers.
  • Quality: address customer complaints.
  • Profitability analysis of each business line.
  • Logistics.
  • Supply chain.
  • Export: coordinate and execute the shipping programs, both banana and fruit and processed foods.
  • Commercial management: contact with potential clients, sending commercial proposals.
  • Business management: maintain the relationship with current customers.
  • Commercial management: annual negotiation with current customers and suppliers.
  • Commercial management: planning, monthly and weekly review of sales and new business; forecast.
  • Commercial management: Fixing of prices and margins.
  • Commercial management: review of merchandising and advertising plans.
  • Budgets: projections and compliance control.
  • Human Resources: analysis of management indicators of the personnel assigned to each area.

Chief Operating Officer

CLAVEMAX/PROFRESKA
04.1997 - 12.2016

Company Overview: Agriculture and Food Processing

Report to:

  • CEO

Report it:

  • Production Staff
  • Dairy plant manager
  • Logistics and Supply chain staff
  • Sales Team: sales manager.
  • Accounting chief officer
  • Administration Staff

Responsible of:

  • Strategic planning.
  • Production: coordinate and execute the agro industrial production programs.
  • Quality: plan and coordinate the GMP and other programs for quality assurance.
  • Profitability analysis of each line of business.
  • Execute budget and projections.
  • Establishing prices and margins.
  • Development of new products.
  • Sales: planning, monthly and weekly review of sales with the head of sales and new business.
  • Sales: review of merchandising and advertising plans.
  • Sales: plan and coordinate distribution logistics.
  • Sales: direct negotiation with the Supermarkets and Wholesalers.
  • Logistics.
  • Supply chain.
  • Production: bananas, teak, dairy farm and dairy plant.
  • Annually negotiations with banana and teak buyers.
  • Business relations with milk farmers.
  • Developing projects between NGO agencies and milk farmers.
  • Involve in monthly planning and sales strategies meetings for dairy products.
  • Financial statement analysis.
  • Forecast and budgets.
  • Developing new projects and products.

Regional Manager

NOVOPAN & CODESA
01.1995 - 03.1997

Company Overview: Wood panel Industry

Report to:

General Manager

Report it:

  • Sales Staff
  • Administration Staff
  • Warehouse and Logistics Staff

Senior Sales Manager

AGROBIOLOGICOS
01.1994 - 01.1995

Company Overview: Natural agricultural products (USA)

Report to:

  • CEO

Report it:

  • Sales staff
  • Technical chief

Education

Master in Business Administration - Business Administration, MBA

Universidad Politécnica del Litoral, ESPAE Graduate School of Management
01.1996

BA - Agronomy

Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano
01.1991

High School - undefined

Colegio Javier
01.1989

Skills

  • Critical analysis
  • Prioritization and scheduling
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Organizational strategy development
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Conflict resolution
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Strategic negotiation skills
  • Budget and financial forecasting

References

  • Eduardo, Amador, 593-9-67476526, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • Arturo, Condo, PHD Dean, EARTH (Escuela Agrícola del Tropico Húmedo), San Jose, Costa Rica, Chairman at Keyword Central America, Advisory Council Member at The Oath Project, Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum, Professor of Strategy and Competitiveness at INCAE Business School

Accomplishments

  • Certification processes: Organic, USDA nop and EU; BASC and FLOCERT (fair trade) in a period of six months.
  • Qualification of the company as an exporter of Bananas in the Banana Unit, MAGAP.
  • Exportation and shipments of banana puree through strategic alliances with a processing plant and attracting important customers in Europe.
  • Negotiation and closing with clients for the export of conventional, organic and Fairtrade bananas.
  • Structuring of the company and its areas.
  • Negotiation with producers and associations.
  • Strategic alliances with service providers: systems, accounting and administration of inventories and agricultural operations.
  • Strategic alliances with Fairtrade certified Farmers Associations.
  • Negotiation with a local supermarket chain for the commercialization of organic products.
  • Representation before AEBE (Ecuadorian Association of Banana Exporters).

Languages

Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Adviser

CLAVEMAX
01.2020 - Current

Operations and Supply Chain

UZVI fruit
01.2017 - 12.2019

Chief Operating Officer

CLAVEMAX/PROFRESKA
04.1997 - 12.2016

Regional Manager

NOVOPAN & CODESA
01.1995 - 03.1997

Senior Sales Manager

AGROBIOLOGICOS
01.1994 - 01.1995

BA - Agronomy

Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano

High School - undefined

Colegio Javier

Master in Business Administration - Business Administration, MBA

Universidad Politécnica del Litoral, ESPAE Graduate School of Management
Santiago Leon