Miguel Suarez

Bio

Accomplished professional with over 6 years of experience in the optimization and standardization of business processes. Miguel combines a global mindset and analytical skills to drive success in projects and ongoing operations. Self starter, enthusiastic, forward thinking and recognized for his attention to detail.

Miguel has either worked or lived in France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, United States, and the United Kingdom.

He is an IE Foundation scholarship recipient.

Linked In: http://es.linkedin.com/in/masuarezdl

Financial Times MBA Blog: http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/author/miguelsuarez/

Twitter: @ftmiguelsuarez

E-Mail: msuarez.imba2011@alumno.ie.edu

Currently

Studies at:: IE Business School
Location in:: Mexico City, Mexico

Miguel has worked/studied in

France
Germany
Hungary
Mexico
Poland
Spain
United Kingdom
United States of America

Miguel speaks

English
Spanish

Miguel has experience in

Operations/Logistics

Work

2012 – present	Service Engineering Manager Latin America Johnson & Johnson , Mexico
2009 – 2010 (Sep – Sep)	Program Manager General Electric (GE) , Mexico Member of the Business Processes and IT Center of Excellence in Mexico, in charge of planning and executing business process optimizations in several countries through Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
2009 (May – Jul)	Market Research Consultant (freelance) World Acceptance Corporation , Mexico Led a nationwide market study that enabled one of the largest small-loan consumer companies in the United States and Mexico to understand the market of cash loans to employees in government institutions. The study, which included the actual market size, competitors, business processes and profitability analysis, triggered a pilot project of $25 million USD in 2010.
2007 – 2008 (Jun – Oct)	Business Process Consultant for Investment Project CEMEX , Mexico Carried out projects for the Sustainability, Production and Energy departments on a global level, most of which comprised of new requirements and enhancements to current business processes. I was fully responsible for these projects, which altogether had a budget of over $2 million USD and an impact to 4,500 users worldwide. Additionally, an IT team in charge of the technical aspects reported to me on a contractual scheme.
2004 – 2007	Consultant in Development, Investment Projects CEMEX , Germany Optimized business processes across 6 different country operations (France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom) in a newly acquired company (M&A) with the objective of streamlining the investment project operations. As a team lead, I successfully delivered the project on time with the collaboration of 5 team members under my supervision. Alongside, we developed training programs and support schemes for over 200 users on the new ERP platform to aid project managers in the region with the new IT tools that were implemented.

Education

2010 – 2011	IE Business School General Management (MBA)
2007	Cornell University Financial Management for Business Decisions (Diploma)
2000 – 2004	ITESM Monterrey Architecture (Bachelors)