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PepsiCoR&D Region Manager
Mar. 2025
PepsiCoR&D Region Assoc Manager
Jun. 2023 - Jun. 2025Brazil• Lead R&D Business AOP and process & technology for South LatAm in the Nuts & Seeds category: startups of innovation, productivities, and brand stewardship deployment, new lines & investments definition. • Define and implement medium & long-term technologies upgrade, to maintain the equipment superiority vs the competitors. • Lead the LatAm South region in the N&S Category and assuring business support regarding all R&D categories (Extrusion, Pellet, Tortilla Chips, Batata Chips, Pellet, Mixes), managing Innovation, Productivity, Business Continuity, Portfolio Transformation. • Support the N&S and pilot plant head count (4 people) in their development process, assuring their trainings, exposure, managing the work life balance and coaching the team to assure psychological safety, lead through the principles of trust, transparency, and vulnerability. • Budget management. Main Achievements: • Innovation: Manimoto Flaming Hot. Colombia. • Business strategy and productivity: Development of a new CoMan for N&S category. COL. • Portfolio transformation: Sodium, sugar reduction for FOP removal (Manimoto). COL.
PepsiCoR&D Region Sr Supervisor
Mar. 2020 - Jun. 2023BrasilAccountabilities: • Lead the SCT and BCP projects for LatAm South in the platforms of Extrusion and Pellets. • Lead projects for LatAm South in the Extrusion, Tortilla Chip and Pellet categories. startups of innovation, productivities, Competitive Quality Assurance, End to End and brand stewardship projects. • Lead technical solution and implementation for food innovation. • Assure LatAm South business support regarding R&D: product development, support areas like Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Sensory, Seasoning, Analytical, between others. • Support the OU's of Andinos, Brasil and South cone operations team. • Lead pilot plant for new product development and prototypes development to support the business AOP in Latam South. • Budget Management. Main achievements: • Innovation: Corn on the Cob - Brazil 2020, Doritos Dinamita - Brazil 2020, Cheetos Picante CoMan - Bolivia 2020, Pehuamar Caracolitos - Argentina 2020, Commissioning Oriente Plant – Colombia 2022.
PepsiCoR&D Plant Executive, LATAM South
Feb. 2019 - Feb. 2020Sorocaba, São Paulo, BrazilAccountabilities: • Lead plant execution projects for Latam South in the EXT, TC and Pellet category: startups of innovation, productivities, CQA, E2E and brand stewardship. • Lead technical solution and implementation for food innovation. • Assure Latam South business support regarding R&D: product development, support areas like Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Sensory, Seasoning, Analytical, between others. • Support the Supply Chain Transformation and Business Continuity projects for Latam South in the platforms of EXT, TC and Pellets. Main achievements: • Innovation: Cheetos Queso CoMan - Bolivia 2019, Fofura Wave - Brasil 2019, Natuchips Veggies - Colombia 2019. • Productivity: Soybean oil extruded. Brazil 2019, Pantanal (Extruded bulk density reduction) – Brazil 2019, Cheetos Revamp – Argentina 2019.
PepsiCoMFG Supervisor
May. 2015 - Feb. 2019Bogotá D.C., ColombiaAccountabilities: • Deliver AOP key indicators for raw material yield, lines efficiency and IPS audit. • Develop integrally strategies that allow to increase the true efficiency of the TC and EXT lines. • Deliver AOP savings under the LSS and Star World methodology. • Lead the frontline team for 2 production lines Main achievements: • Commissioning of new heater exchanger in a Tortilla Chip line. • Commissioning of new Schaaf extruder. • Increase Tortilla Chip line True Efficiency and corn yield. • Exceed Tortilla Chips audit AOP score.
PepsiCoR&D Engineer
Apr. 2012 - May. 2015VenezuelaAccountabilities: • Deliver the innovation agenda for all the platforms in Venezuela. • Execute new lines and equipment commissioning. • Develop new raw material suppliers. • Support the R&D productivity and packaging agenda by performing all the plant test executed in La Grita plant. Main achievements: • Innovation: Twistos Mini Tostadas, Twistos XL, Natuchips Wave. • Productivity: Coated line for Maní Japones, Partial substitution of corn grits for rice grits. • Business continuity: New raw materials supplier development.
PepsiCoFacilitador de Producción
Jan. 2009 - Apr. 2012VenezuelaAccountabilities: • Lead the production shift. • Accomplishment of the daily production plant and lines’ efficiency. • SET of extrusion. Main achievements: • Support Schaaf extruder installation and commissioning.
Daimler ChryslerInternof Production
Mar. 2008 - Aug. 2008Valencia, VenezuelaImprovement proposal for the Mercedes Benz trucks assembly line to decrease the cost of nonstandard activities. Decrease of car pusher´s time of Grand Cherokee, Cherokee and Caliber to increase the daily production.
Universidad Nacional Experimental del TáchiraAssistant Teacher
Jan. 2008 - Apr. 2008Táchira, VenezuelaGive support to the students about the subject.
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