Cecilia Echenique

Responsible for leading a Corporate IT team dedicated to process improvement and digital transformation at Tenaris, that selects and governs LC/NC platforms to scale their adoption across various business functions, while also championing the digitalization of employee collaboration and productivity through the strategic incorporation and promotion of innovative IT tools.

Main achievements:

• Citizen Development Program: Generated and expanded the Community of Practice to 64 Citizen Developers and captured the interest of +1000 individuals for training as Digital Players. Successfully implemented +200 projects, generating at least 20,000 monthly hours of savings for the business. Developed infrastructure components such as Dashboards for monitoring, Pipeline Administration Tool, Training and Tech communities.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot program: early adoption and development of the Microsoft 365 Copilot program in collaboration with Microsoft teams.

Pioneered the Tenaris Shared Service Center's digitalization efforts, leveraging RPA, data analytics, and low-code application platforms to enhance operational efficiency and foster innovation.

Main achievements:

• Established a Center of Excellence with a five-person team, leading the implementation of RPA technology across the company. This encompassed exploring and selecting the technology provider, constructing the Proof of Concept (PoC), and defining the governance, best practices, and management of the RPA initiative pipeline.
• Collaborated with the maturation process of the Shared Services Center, incorporating best practices in the definition and consolidation of the customer service model together with specialized Chazey Partners consultants.

Responsible for the execution of business processes transformation projects, through activities related to the development, analysis and revision of processes, applying and fostering continuous improvement best practices, methodologies and tools.

Main achievements:

• Led the implementation of a Supply Chain Shared Service Center in Mexico City by transferring logistics and
  billing processes from US and Canada.
• Collaborated in the Canadian Commercial Processes Redesign
• PMO leader for the Planning function Re-engineering Project (scope: 400 FTE)

• Monitored the fulfillment of international standard rules related to internal control in Information technology systems and the adequate granting of access privilege to the applications (SAP, PeopleSoft, Banking platforms)
• Analyzed adequacy of the internal control framework in changes, enhancements or new installations (roll-outs) of applications with impact on Tenaris financial statements.

Collaborated in the analysis and testing of risk controls defined to comply with SOX regulation for different companies such as Ternium, Bunge and Edenor across different locations: Argentina, Mexico, USA and Venezuela.