David Alejandro Zapata Hernández Skype User Name: dalezapatah E-Mail:
[email protected] Date of Birth: April 15th, 1.987 Mobile Phone: (+57) 317-829-11-34 Land line: (+574) 376-99-64
EDUCATION & TRAINING February 2005 - November 2011
International Business with a minor in Finance Undergraduate Programme Universidad EAFIT (Medellin,Colombia)
September 2008- May 2009
September 2010
February 2010 - May 2010
Bachelor in European Management Université de Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France)
Financial Statements Analysis & Interpretation Deloitte Consultants LATCO
Diploma in Project Management, Universidad EAFIT
WORK EXPERIENCE INVERSIONES MUNDIAL S.A. Colombian holding with companies in the Chemical, Industrial and Retail businesses http://www.grupomun.com/
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Medellín, Colombia August 2011- Currently
PMO & Strategy Analyst •Supported the Company's Strategy Review Process by stating the plans needed to crystallize the new strategy and identifying business opportunities. •Conducted interviews with Project Leaders to measure the performance of strategic objectives in the company's Balanced ScoreCard. •Monitored and controlled the Supply Chain Project Portolio by identifying variances in timeline, scope and implemented corrective action to meet project objectives. •Participated in Board Meeting suggesting actions to improve the management and execution of the Project Portfolio.
DELOITTE CONSULTANTS http://www.deloitte.com/co Assistant Consultant
Medellín, Colombia May 2010 - August 2011
•Analyzed and summarized existing sources of information and documents needed to present proposals to our clients. •Managed and analyzed numerical and strategic information, checked data from different sources and develop insights. •Participated in Client meetings as responsible for detailed note-taking and capturing action items.
AVON COLOMBIA - RIGHT FOOT PROJECT: Build a new DC facility for the Andean Region and enable its operation by developing standard business processes. This was a USD$ Medellín, Colombia 50M project which also got the Leed Gold certification by the USGBC. August 2010 - August 2011 https://www.avon.com.co
DELOITTE PMO Junior Consultant •Ensured the accomplishment of deliverables on time and within the assigned budget, by having follow-up meetings to check the status of the Master Work Plan, Risks, Issues and KPI and proposing corrective actions. •Hold weekly meetings with Work Stream leaders in order to get them acquainted with the Project status and define action plans to mitigate risks and issues. •Prepared reports and presentations for the Local and Global Steering Committee meetings. •Responsible for managing minutes, templates and other project-related documents.
GRUPO BANCOLOMBIA - INNOVA SAP CRM Implementation PROJECT: Renewal of
Medellín, Colombia
technological architecture applied to support the business model and operation in the medium and October 2010 - August long term. http://www.grupobancolombia.com 2011
DELOITTE PMO Junior Consultant •Followed up the methodology implemented by the Functional and Support Consultants to guarantee the accurate delivery of BBP`s. •Monitored and analyzed the KPI`s, ensuring reliability and accuracy of findings. •Supported the processes related with the Quality Review Meeting -Quality Audit- of the Project.
ASESORÍAS CONTABLES Y TRIBUTARIAS: (Medium enterprise which provides Tax Consulting Services to Small and Medium enterprises)
Administrative Assistant
Medellín, Colombia August 2009 - April 2010
Part-Time job
•Primary Research and Market Segmentation: Executed telephone and personal interviews with current and potential customers. •Timely prepared bookkeeping and financial statements for a variety of small business clients with full accounting cycle under Colombian tax law. •Offered permanent support to customers while designing their budgets and financial projections by ensuring the correct use of updated accountable criteria.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, EAFIT UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Part-Time job
Medellín, Colombia July 2007 - November 2007
•Supported Professors by designing teaching material (presentations, exams, workshops) to be used in different courses. •Tutored freshman students in Basic Statistics and Sophomores in Financial Mathematics. •Prepared reports for the Academic Board.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AIESEC EAFIT, Colombia
Member since November 2009
Incoming Exchanges Area •Selling AIESEC. Participated in commercial visits to Business Organizations in the city in order to raise opportunities for international talent to come to have their internship with AIESEC EAFIT. •Trainee Service: Supported the Exchange Participants during their integration process: Helped with the administrative requirements and proposed spaces to integrated to the committee
Outgoing Exchanges Area •Drove high quality exchanges in the ET Pool Direction, within the framework of Más Impacto -a cooperation project with the city`s most important Public University-. •Managed Educational Traineeship EP`s pipeline through a synergic work with the other coordinations and OGX VP. •Conducted interviews and assesments for members-to-be in the recruitment process.
Jeune Ambassadeur d'Alsace (Strasbourg, France)
October 2008 - May 2009
•Took part in the intercultural exchange programme designed by the Alsacian Chamber of Commerce, aiming to get international students awared of the economic, scientific and cultural dimensions of this French Region.
Latin American Model of Organization of American States -MOAS-
December 2007 - July 2008
•Conducted the Training workshops for the delegation representing the University in the MOAS of Argentina 2007 and Chile 2008. •Appointed Chief of University Delegation for the Model hold in Chile 2008, hence responsible for accurate use of the economic resources given by the University.
Students` Representative Council Member
July 2006 - May 2007
•Designed and executed academic, cultural and sports activities targeting undergraduate students with the objective to increase their involvement in extracurricular activities within the university campus. •Represented Students' interests while redesigning the undergraduate programme syllabus and evaluation methodology.
Key Skills •Ability to adapt myself to multicultural environments by establishing and maintining good interpersonal relationships with people from different cultural and professional backgrounds. •Leadership skills by leading through example and listening to others in orders to find out what motivates them. •Accurately delivery of outcomes by listening to the end users´ needs in order to go far beyond what was asked. While motivated, I am willing to make a special effort to do more. •High Tolerance for frustration by willingly accepting guidance, feedback and supervision when needed and managing time by prioritizing activities.
Other Skills Languages
Thecnical Skills
Spanish: Native Language English: Advanced Level French: Advanced Level Portuguese: Advanced Level Chinese Mandarin: Lower Intermediate Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Project Manager Google Tools