Heidel Francisco Bohórquez Vivas COO - Operations Manager

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Operations and Project Manger

360-TK Comercializadora Internacional S.A.S.

Sep 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years)

Colombian company, dedicated to all types of products commercialization for the mass consumption sector, and belonging to the Tkarga Group, specialized, in logistics operations and transportation services. Responsible for the business structuring, operational strategy, maquila agreements establishment, and the legal company opening in foreign markets, as well as the results management and the construction, and first manufacturing headquarters construction. Projects and Operations Director, in charge of production and supply chain processes. Achievements • Company opening and establishment in Colombia. • Company opening and establishment in the United States. • Farm Animal Food business opening and consolidation, with 680 MM COP in the f

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Project and Operations Manager

Comercializadora Internacional - Custom Pet S.A.S.

Jul 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 2 months)

American binational company, 2nd place pet snacks and treats manufacture and marketing, based in Miami and operating in Colombia. Steering Committee President, in charge of company's operational, commercial and financial processes leading. Responsible for operational and business strategy, goals establishment and fulfillment, infrastructure and industry projects design and implementation, and company's indicators management. Achievements • Free Trade Zone project evaluation and definition (whose installation meant 1 MM USD approximately in tax cost reduction (Raw Materials VAT and Income). • Free Trade Zone project execution, including a 4,500 m2 production facility. • Maintenance reduction costs (67 MMCOP to 19 MM COP / Month) • Corpor

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COO - Operations Manager

Sika Colombia S.A..S.

Dec 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 1 month)

Swiss multinational company, world leader in the manufacture and commercialization of specialized chemical products for construction, with 4 production plants, 7 distribution centers and sales of over 120 million dollars a year in Colombia. Member of the Steering Committee, in charge of leading the planning, purchasing, logistics, production and project processes. Responsible for the definition of the corporate strategy, the establishment and fulfillment of goals, the design and implementation of logistics infrastructure and industrial and manufacturing projects. Also, responsible for working capital management trough indicators as on-time deliveries, inventory level, production costs, freight cost, personnel, among others. Achievements

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Supply Chain Manager

GTM - Grupo Transmerquim

Oct 2013 - Nov 2016 (3 years 2 months)

Transmerquim Group company from Costa Rica, with 6 distribution centers in Colombia. Leader in trading and services supplying for Oil & Gas sector, with national sales level of 90,000 million pesos per year. Member of the steering committee, responsible for directing, strategic plan preparing, and productivity increasing in the operations, purchasing, transportation, logistics and planning company areas. Logistics monitoring software implementor for distribution routes, transportation management and improvements in last-mile deliveries, in order to generate satisfactory experiences for end customers. Responsible for the acquisition of materials and supplies. Also, in charge of strategies developing for the process’s optimization. Achieved

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National Operations Manager

QBCo - Quality Brands Company

Sep 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 1 month)

QBCo Group Company, regional leader in food production and commercialization. Its Colombia performance reaches a production level of 91,200 tons and a turnover of 273 billion pesos per year, with a 5 production plants structure. Responsible for directing and leading the transversally between the production, planning, logistics, purchasing and supply areas, at national level. Active steering committee member, responsible for the company strategic planning definition and execution. Responsible for purchasing budget efficient management which reaches 54 MM USD in raw materials. Responsible for the opening of the new distribution centers, the development and start-up of the planning area, and main suppliers’ negotiation with. Responsible ma

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Logistics and Procurement Manager.

Bekaert Corporation

Dec 2005 - Aug 2012 (6 years 9 months)

Belgian company, worldwide leader in the steel production and trading products. Responsible for: Operation and managing of the purchasing and logistics planning areas at national level. Direction of production programming, dispatches and maquilas departments. All categories inventory management. Purchase budgets manage. 56 MM USD in materials and 3.5 MM USD in projects and contracts (Capital Goods: drawing machines, galvanizing line, buildings and civil works, outsourcing and furnaces). Carry out supplier negotiation with controlled substances and maquila contracting. Achievements • I reduced the net working capital concentrated in raw materials, passing from 67 days to 36. This achievement released an average of 3 million dollars in cas

Materials Manager (Operations Manager)

Pelikan Colombia SAS

Nov 2004 - Nov 2005 (1 year 1 month)

School supplies’ worldwide recognized manufacturing company, with presence in Colombia with one plant in Bogotá city which manage a product portfolio over of 11 thousand of references. Responsible for purchasing, foreign trading and logistics areas direction. Responsible for purchasing budget. 20 MM USD in materials and 1 MM USD in projects and contracts. Achievements • • I generated 0.5 MM USD on purchasing savings. • • I increased on time deliveries level, passing from 38% to 70% in one year.

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National Procurement Manager

Empresas Polar Colombia S.A.S.

Nov 1999 - Oct 2004 (5 years)

“Alimentos Polar de Venezuela Group” company, classified on the mass consumption sector. Latin American leader in foods and beverages production and trading products. Its companies in Colombia: Quaker, Promasa and Alimentos Polar. Responsible for supply areas direction, as raw materials, packaging materials, supplies and foreign trade. Also responsible for defining and directing of the supply chain processes for all three Colombian companies. Responsible for SAP implementation (2 projects: Polar Venezuela and Polar Colombia). Responsible for main suppliers’ negotiation with. Committee director for Mavesa and Delicias del Maiz acquisition. Achievements • I managed the purchase budget. 84 MM USD in Materials and 6 MM USD in Projects and Co

Heidel Francisco Bohórquez Vivas

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