Jesus L.
Global Interim Director - CFO&COO / Restructuring, Transformation, Integration
Experience
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
7 monthsIberia Interim Operations Director
Zimmer Biomet
- Turnaround underperforming operations delivering results under tight deadlines.
- Restored operations credibility by fixing significant weaknesses in highly critical internal audit-recognized issues.
- Set a higher level of purpose, operations excellence as a collective creation, to increase collaborators' focus, commitment, and motivation.
- Established a set of new KPIs to measure performance.
- Automated some O2C processes to increase efficiency.
Jul 2013 - Jul 2015
2 years 1 monthParaguay
Interim Director & Interim CFO Latam
Weig Karton Latinamerica Group
- Changed the operating business model under tight financial conditions during a critical period of restructuring, change of the management team, and large investments.
- Played an adaptable leadership role aligning to the vision, mission, and culture.
- Actioned a prioritized roadmap through five key strategic programs and initiatives: business development, manufacturing, change management, finance, and systems implementation.
May 2012 - Feb 2013
10 monthsInterim CFO & Management Consultant to CEO
REMOSA, S.A.
- Partnered with the CEO to implement an operational turnaround, debt restructuring, and commercial development plan for international markets.
- After reducing the structure without damaging future growth, implemented organizational changes into a new operating model.
Mar 2012 - May 2012
3 monthsInterim Project Manager - Management Consultant
Coty Inc.
- Designed and coordinated actions across the supply chain in manufacturing plants in Ashford-UK, Chartres-France, and Granollers-Spain to identify and map work streams and processes associated with products and integrate into SAP an activity-based costing system as a corporate project.
Mar 2011 - Jun 2011
4 monthsInterim Change Consultant
RCR Industrial Flooring
- Recruited by private equity to restructure debt and develop a business and finance transformation program by building a central finance function to support new investments in increasing manufacturing capacity and commercial opportunities in emerging markets.
- Set up consolidated reporting and the transfer pricing policy and fostered a finance culture.
Nov 2010 - Mar 2011
5 monthsInterim Finance Director
The Rank Group
- Hired by London headquarters and a new local CEO to avoid a management crisis and cope with a 20% decrease in revenues.
- Successfully led the IT outsourcing and the finance shared services for the Spain entities (8 companies, €150M revenues, 600 employees) during a critical period of business transformation and management team restructuring.
- Cut 10% of operational expenses and implemented IT facilities to monitor and control sources of revenues.
Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
1 year 11 monthsInterim CFO & Operations Director
Covidien
- Led the back office restructuring affecting 100 employees in finance, FP&A, sales operations, tenders, IT, technical assistance, procurement, and customer service handling 700 orders daily.
- Delivered operations and finance transformation programme and the transition period of finance migration to a shared services in Prague and customer service to a shared services in Dublin, enabling finance and operations to play a more business partnering role.
- Partnered with HR for change programme communications, training, and union negotiations.
- Implemented Basware for P2P, Concur for T&E, automatic reconciliation software for R2R, and improved ERP facilities.
- Enhanced processes and set up deadlines for milestone phases in preparing tenders.
- Set up a local customer service team to provide exclusive service to selected large clients.
- Managed a carve-out of a product line in one of the core business units.
Mar 2008 - May 2008
3 monthsInterim Manufacturing Consultant
Reckitt Benckiser
- Collaborated in a team to improve the continuous processing line of a liquid household soap in Granollers-Barcelona, Spain, increasing overall equipment efficiency from 35% to 60%, solving bottleneck issues and reducing changeover time.
Dec 2006 - Mar 2008
1 year 4 monthsInterim Finance Manager - Management Consultant
Sunterra - Diamond Resorts
- Fixed significant weaknesses in financial reporting, internal controls, and operational processes.
- Set up a transfer pricing policy and analyzed options to restructure 23 Spanish companies.
Oct 2005 - Aug 2006
11 monthsInterim Finance Director
Enodis plc
- Managed the acquisition of a €30M group of four companies in Spain, leading commercial and financial due diligence, shareholder relationships, and acquisition negotiations.
- After successful takeover, managed integration transition including new strategy implementation, audit, finance shared services, IT systems restructuring, migration to IFRS, prepared mergers, consolidation, and Hyperion reporting.
May 2005 - Jul 2005
3 monthsInterim Finance Manager & Management Consultant
Lowe FMRG - IPG Group
- Assisted the Spain finance director in identifying material weaknesses and restating prior three-year financial statements to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SEC requirements, addressing revenue recognition, acquisitions, credit, leases, and internal control issues.
Mar 2001 - Apr 2005
4 years 2 monthsSpain
Management Consultant
Independent Management Consultant
- Softmachine, S.L. (Feb 2002–Apr 2005): streamlined business processes and cut taxes by 30%.
- Salvador Estapé, S.A. (Mar 2001–Oct 2003): implemented value-added strategy and management control system.
- Copalme, S.A. (Dec 2001–Feb 2002): conducted valuation and due diligence for a potential control takeover.
- ILT, S.L. (Mar 2001–Jul 2002): managed cultural change and a conflicting internal environment.
- Taiplas, S.A.L. (Jul 2001–May 2002): advised the board on a new strategy to increase manufacturing volume by 33%.
Mar 2000 - Jan 2006
5 years 11 monthsInterim Finance Director
Euromed Group
- Acted as intermediary during an internal shareholders battle, providing problem-solving leadership.
- Led shared services including finance, accounting, taxes, legal, management control, strategic planning, and business development.
- Optimized financing and tax structures in collaboration with banks and professional advisors.
- Managed divestments and new acquisitions in line with a strategic plan.
- Developed relationships with shareholders and associates to build alliances for new projects.
Dec 1999 - Present
25 years 11 monthsInterim CFO & COO & CEO
KON-INTERIM, s.l.u.
- Own Limited Company devoted to worldwide Interim Management and Consulting Projects with global availability.
- Delivered over 20 successful interim assignments across Europe and Latin America, specializing in diagnostics, stabilizations, and financial and operational turnarounds.
- Fixed relevant weaknesses in revenue recognition and improved operations performance through training, accountability, and a new operational structure for an electrical installations SME firm in South America.
- Currently involved in improving operations and financial performance through structural organization and process automation in a portfolio of SME firms for a consultant advisory and interim management firm based in Barcelona.
Mar 1997 - Nov 1999
2 years 9 monthsSpain
Director & CFO
API Automatización Industrial, S.L.
- Tackled lack of direction and absence of strategic/tactical plan in a start-up technology engineering firm specialized in olive oil production optimization and control.
- Devised and implemented strategy and developed commercial strategic alliances to drive revenues to €5M under tight financial conditions.
- Successfully negotiated a capital increase and raised funds for growth to €40M through a US venture capital firm, a supplier partner, a private equity firm, and an engineering firm.
Summary
Jesus is a Global Senior Professional with a proven mission of adding value by using his adaptable leadership style to identify THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO GENERATE BUSINESS GROWTH and streamline FINANCE, OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAIN, MANUFACTURING, AND COMMERCIAL PROCESSES through the use of DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES.
Long track record of delivering outstanding results and encouraging others to the next level, in a wide variety of complex situations and economic sectors:
- STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE in a start-up high-tech.
- OPERATIONS AND FINANCE TRANSFORMATION, P2P O2C R2R, in a Swiss Engineering Group and a US Healthcare.
- FINANCE AND OPERATIONS SHARED SERVICES CENTER implementation in a US Healthcare and a Latam manufacturer.
- BUSINESS GROWTH AND TURNAROUND in a US Time Sharing, a UK manufacturer, a UK Gaming, a Private Equity-backed engineering, a Spain manufacturer, a Latam manufacturer, a Latam engineering, and a US healthcare.
- M&A AND INTEGRATION: a group of four commercial into the UK acquirer. Divestments and new leveraged acquisitions in a Hotel Management Group. Five acquisitions and their integration in an electronics engineering group.
Expert and interested in BUSINESS / FINANCE / SUPPLY CHAIN / DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION / RESTRUCTURING / TURNAROUND AND IN ADDRESSING UNDERPERFORMING PROCESSES.
Focused on results with a problem solver leadership style in delivering the promised objectives, finding a higher level of collective purpose, and ensuring strategic alignment according to the vision and mission.
Resilience, cool under pressure, and skillful in coaching people into the critical aspects of the business.
Languages
Catalan
NativeSpanish
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateEducation
London Business School
Master of Science in Management · Management · London, United Kingdom
Esade
Management Programme · Economics and Finance · Barcelona, Spain
ESADE Business & Law School
Master of Business Administration · Management · Barcelona, Spain
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