Dr. Joaquin Garrido Pardo

Restructuration of the whole management process

The main responsibilities throughout this period of time consisted of, on one side, the detection and verification of investment opportunities in assets and, on the other hand, the initial exploration, contact and eventual negotiations on supply agreements of raw material from producing countries such as United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China or India. As a measurable result, the stable lines of supply thus established, produced savings estimated on yearly basis in the order of 2.5 million of €.

Preparation of strategical reports by country to identify and assess business opportunities; search "in situ" and selection of locations for the siting of new facilities of the Group; obtaining building permits and monitoring and control thereof; licensing of business, recruitment and supervision of training staff. Results: Opening of plants in Poland, France and the entire network of delegations from Romania.

Leaving apart the characteristic managing functions, such as teams selection, team building, optimization of production and administrative processes in order to level up to the Cortizo Group standards, the measurable output was that, when my function was over, 60 employees were active and an annual revenue of 15 million of €, always bearing in mind that the main target of our activities was the Polish national market.

Supervision and control of productive activity (supervision of accounting/financial areas and HR, production control, customer relations, institutional representation of the company, negotiations with suppliers, etc.). Results: In the period under review, the company grew from 15 employees and an almost symbolic billing, to a workforce of over 200 employees and an annual turnover of over 45 million of €.

Evaluation, sorting out and monitoring of the orders from France and Portugal commercial representatives, logistics organization thereof and response to the needs of both customers and our representatives.

Holding Company from the Prisa Group. Preparation of reports on competitors, market monitoring and fortnightly report to the Executive Committee.