Javier Islas

Senior Consultant for Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 and Business Process Transformation projects with wide spread of companies and industries: Automotive, Mining, Metallurgical, CPG, Food & Beverage, Pharma, Metal-Mechanic, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, among others.

Responsible to Administrative and Financial areas: Strategic Planning, Finance & Accounting, Legal Representative, Budget Process , Cashflow, Payroll, Treasury, Taxes, HR, IT, Purchases, Invoicing and HS&E. Main accomplishment was to help Go Global to grow in 3 years from $6M USD to $12M USD in sales and to expand from 5 to 8 locations in Mexico.

Program manager responsible for IT roadmap and project delivery on manufacturing processes for Grupo Bimbo bakeries. Responsible for creating global program to deliver value to Manufacturing operations leveraging IT systems. Focused on solutions to manage shop floor processes (MES), operations eficiency (OEE), inventory control and waste/cost reduction.

• Regional Manager for Global Business Services Organization, responsible to run IT and Shared Services areas in 21 Manufacturing Sites across Latin America with an organization of 25 managers and a $20MMSUD budget. Accountable for infrastructure and systems to ship $15 Billion USD in Sales in LA. Client Manager with Business Unit VP's to define, prioritize and fund IT Master Plan and value measurement for Beauty, Oral, Pets & Snacks, Fabric & Home Care, Baby, Feminine and Family Care businesses in Latin America.
• Main projects delivered during this assignment:
• - Established Global Program IT for New Sites and supply network redesign for Global Beauty business
• - IT Infrastructure project leader for New Manufacturing sites at Lodz, Poland and Urlati, Romania
• - Integrated IT and Shared Services for acquired manufacturing facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• - Managed Latin America IT program for Supply Network and Manufacturing systems during P&G Beauty-Wella merge
• - Managed Latin America IT for Supply Network and Manufacturing systems during P&G- Clairol merge
• - IT Start up manager for Mexico's Shipping Day 1 during the P&G-Gillette Integration
• - Consolidated 67 production lines from 3 manufacturing sites at Richmond, VA, Stamford, CT and Mexico City into Mariscala Plant in Queretaro, Mexico and to redesign logistic network and Distribution Centers and shipping points.
• - IT Project Manager to bring Wella Professional imports from Europe and Asia into Latin America markets
• - Project Manager to reduce from 21 to 5 managers on Latin America Manufacturing Plant IT support to release 16 resources for Initiative Delivery and Site Services via Outsourcing, Centralization and Simplification.
• 1996-2004 Plant IT Manager for different Manufacturing Plants and ERP Implementations (SAP) across Latin America.