AGUSTIN CABRERA

1) Accountable to manage the control of the portfolio projects for Albemarle Resource Area, in reference to the Scope, Budget & schedule. Integration between Finance area and project execution, using SAP and similar platforms.
2) Accountable to administrate the Studies, to conduct all the studies required for the evaluation of the new resources for the company.
Achievements
a) Assessment for the deviation in scope, Cost and Schedule for main projects and presentation of different options to achieve the original scope with the less impact in cost and schedule.
b) Increase the accuracy of the cost forecast in more than 25% percentage points. Currently the deviation is less than 4%
c) Implementation of a RoadMap for all the required project to be develop by Albemarle in their Resources Portfolio, to establish a guidance and measurement structure to evaluate the progress.

1) In charge to develop a portfolio of project for the Lithium Operation. With a budget over of $130 usd millions for two Assets (La Negra and The Salar).
2) Apply the FEL techniques through the APP process, to maintain the use of the best practice of project management in the company.
Achievements:
a) Form the structure of the teams for both assets, stablish a specific governance process for the Projects Managers Teams.
b) Apply tools for Portfolio management like program to optimize the outages, Risk management for Programs/portfolios, resources distribution for optimize the portfolio, Communication Plans, etc.

1) In charge to implement the portfolio of small project required to put in safety and correct operational (Design Corrections), the mayor project of the new Concentrator Plant
2) Portfolio Manager for the program Fatality Elimination to 5 years of the company, composed by a Portfolio of 57 projects to implement in the 5 years. Accountable for the Assets of Spence and Cerro Colorado.
Achievements:
a) Implement the system to work with the portfolio of project, and let the team trained and prepared to continue with the challenge of implement the projects (PMs and Execution team). Portfolio of $47Musd/year
b) For the Portfolio of Fatality Elimination for Cerro Colorado and Spence, implement and let running the Governance System for both assets, including the Communication Plan, Prioritization criteria, Status reports and teams for both Assets. ($140Musd for 5 years)

1) Accountable to receive a new concentrator plant of $2,5 Trillions usd, in representation of the Operations Team, coordinating the with all the stakeholders and leading the readiness process for the delivery of the new plant.
2) Stablish a methodology to identify, prioritize and stablish the risk, time and budget required for each project, with focus in the Security and initiatives to achieve the production plan.
Achievement
a) Stablish a roles’ matrix for the activities related to the reception, to specify the responsibilities, and validation process, considering the vision of all the stakeholders involved.
b) Stablish a system to manage the nonconformities identify during the walking downs by the Operations representatives, in order to prioritize them and find an agreement with the construction team
c) Stablish and executive committee to discuss the high complex topics about the reception process, in order to take decision and negotiate with the construction team.

1) In change to manage the areas of Engineering Studies, Construction (Execution) and Capex Administration, through the FEL process.
2) Accountable to stablish the first contact with the internal client, to understand the “pain” of the necessity and define a structured scope.
3) Engineering: Activation of the different stages of studies, fit for purpose: Business Case, Conceptual, Basic and Detailed, and control that process.
4) Construction/execution: Developed 55 projects by year, with an average of Musd$1,5 each one. Focus in the QA/QC, security and cost control.
5) Capex Administration: Implementation of a prioritization system, stablish a periodic priorities review with the stakeholders and manage the risk analysis from a portfolio view. Permanent control of cost, timing and scope.
Achievement:
a) 2 Years without recordable incidents.
b) Implementation of a system to QA/QC in the construction projects
c) Achievement in 4 years of the stablished capex required, with a variation less than 5%

1) Accountable to manage the capex assigned by the directory, to the assets for the 5 countries.
2) Implement the strategy about a governance process to improve the probabilities of success for the projects. Here was very important the process of a strong Business Case and retro feed the system with the benefit management to the portfolio from de other implements projects.
Achievement:
a) Implementation of a prioritization process with a standardized criteria for all the countries, using the drivers defined by the Financial area.
b) Participate of the international committee to define the assigned capex for each country.
c) Collaborate in the definition of how must be constructed the budget for the OPEX using the technique of “Construction from cero”.

1) Accountable for the implementation of Lean Manufacturing (Kaizen) methodology, under a project’s structure in 5 countries, putting special attention in the Change Management to ensure a successful transition. All the initiatives were part of a portfolio to be implemented in every asset
2) Implementation of a regional portfolio (5 countries) with the marketing area, to define and implement a strategy to select what product must be produced under order or which to keep a minimum storage. It includes optimize the product alternatives to maximize the benefit.
Achievements:
a) Implementation of Lean Manufacturing in each operation for each country
b) Revenue over us$5M per country in each year, only like consequence of initiatives from Lean Manufacturing. (Benefits validated by the area of Continues Improvements)
c) Cost reduction of us$4M per year in each country, due to optimization of the product alternatives with the Marketing Team.
d) Implementation of a Safety Program to stablish a safety standard in each operation.

1) In charge to develop Project from their phase of studies of engineering (Business Case, Conceptual - prefeasibility , Basic – Feasibility, Details)
2) Leader for the execution of project with dangerous substances, improvements and sustaining.
3) Project developed under a methodology of FEL.
4) Accountable for the commissioning of some areas for mayor projects
5) Portfolio Manager for portfolio Energy Efficiency
6) Portfolio Manager for portfolio reduction of Acid Mist
Achievements
a) Without recordable incident in the projects
b) Construction of curves to prioritize the different initiatives considering cost, Impact and Risk
c) Develop of an average of 18 project per year, with a budget average of $2 million.

1) Accountable for the operation and maintenance for the plant of water treatment (potable and wastewater). It includes the Contract Management for all the related services.
2) Reliability engineer for the Fire Control System of the Mining and for an Example Tower.
3) Contract Manager for the contract of Earth Movement, Supply Process Water, Maintenance services, etc.
Achievements:
a) Never stop the potable water supply to the plant in a non-planed event.
b) Results of Arsenic controlled with a 5-sigma level
c) Reliability of the Example Tower over 95%

1) In charge to develop a Maintenance Consulting for the Engineering Management Area, for the Aluminized Station. Including equipment identification, ranking them for how critic they are, and stablish the Maintenance Guidelines.
Achievements:
a) Construction of the Maintenance Guidelines to be added to the maintenance strategy, with the identification of the critical equipment, and validated for the Engineering Team

1) Accountable to give class of applications theory for the Engineering students.
Achievements:
a) First ranked student for the Hydraulic course. This is a requirement to take the role of Coteacher

1) Belong to a Technical Team for installation and reparation for hydraulic systems.
Achievement:
a) Design and implementation for small hydraulics projects.