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Beatriz Gaytan

Mexico City,

Summary

Highly experienced IT business leader, with 27 years of international experience in Chemical Sector. Developer of new business opportunities through technology implementation, process improvement and competitive cost. Always endeavor to use best practices, establishing clear objectives and motivating team members to achieve their goals.

Work History

IS Regional Business Partner Services | NA Region

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City
2013 - Current
  • Leading Digital Transformation Journey at BASF Mexicana and CA&C, reporting directly to our President & General Manager.
  • Support Internal Business Partners located for North America Region to reach their business needs thru IT solutions.
  • Budget management of Small Measures demands for NA Region (4.5mio EUR) providing cost transparency due to global IS charges.

IS Manager for Mexico and CA&C

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Mexico City
2009 - 2013
  • Planning and implementation of IS projects in fields of Infrastructure, ERP and Business specific applications, offering sustainable solutions at competitive cost.
  • Budget management allocated to IS fixed cost for LAN Region (2.2 mio USD), CAPEX (3.7 mio USD).

IT Leader

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Altamira
2001 - 2008.12
  • Planned, managed and implementation of infrastructure and SAP system for new productive plants at Altamira.
  • Implementation of two Six Sigma projects achieving savings ~35K USD.
  • Improvement of warehouse operations through RF technology and bar coding on SAP R3.

Help Desk Leader

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Mexico City
1998 - 2001
  • Active team member of implementation SAP R3 as responsible for BASIS module.
  • Optimize IT infrastructure of production plants to guarantee site operations.
  • Team lead of local Service Desk, managed quality of tickets and on-site evaluations.

Education

Chief Information Officer Program

UDLAP, Executive Advanced Certificate CIO Program
Mexico City
12.2021

Digital Transformation

ISDI, Digital Business Executive Program (DIBEX)
Mexico City
02.2021

Chief Technology Officer Program

UC Berkeley Executive Education
California
01.2020

MBA -

IPADE Business School
Mexico City
10.2014

Information Technology Bachelor -

Universidad La Salle
Mexico City
12.1997

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Business process improvement
  • Change management
  • Project cost planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Digital Transformation
  • Partnering with cross-functional disciplines

Accomplishments

  • Actively participated during the discovery phase to identify the Digital Hub for Americas.
  • Nominated as Country captain for NGBA project (S/4HANA transformation) to ensure a smoothly business transition in BASF Mexico and CA&C.
  • Project Manager IS budget ~$5mio USD (CAPEX)
  • Active member for M&A projects, such as: Solvay, Nunhems, Ciba, Cognis, Thermotek, Styrolution, Polioles and Stepan.
  • SAP HR implementation for BASF Mexicana employees (2,000) including the complete Hire to Retire process: payroll, organization management, compensation, travel expenses, and Success Factors rollout.
  • Supporting people development based in Mexico and CA&C (8 FTE's) according to their roles at BASF Global IS Organization.
  • Team member of some Diversity & Inclusion programs such as: Women at BASF (Mexico and CA&C) and Women in Digital for NA chapter (GD).

Additional

Design Thinking Certification (2018) | Oxford Leadership Coaching (2016) | Project Management (2011) | ITIL Foundations v3 (2010) | Black Belt Certification (2007)

Timeline

IS Regional Business Partner Services | NA Region

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
2013 - Current

IS Manager for Mexico and CA&C

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
2009 - 2013

IT Leader

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
2001 - 2008.12

Help Desk Leader

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
1998 - 2001

Chief Information Officer Program

UDLAP, Executive Advanced Certificate CIO Program

Digital Transformation

ISDI, Digital Business Executive Program (DIBEX)

Chief Technology Officer Program

UC Berkeley Executive Education

MBA -

IPADE Business School

Information Technology Bachelor -

Universidad La Salle
Beatriz Gaytan