Andres Bottino

EFE Publicidad y Diseño is a top marketing and advertising print company headquartered in Chile and divisions in Peru with over 600 employees, to provide advertising solutions to some of the largest retailer companies in South America.
Worked as project manager in the Implementation and Facilities department for the Chile region. Projects tasks coordination, organizing schedules and teams. Management of own personnel and external suppliers. Support to the commercial area in technical aspects.
-Reducing from 72+ to 24 hours the response time by coaching the work teams for every new project.
-Overall response quality improved by defining a startup checklist for each new project to avoid important info gaps.
-Re-designing the workshop layout allowed to improve the products quality and reduce materials scrap 50% within the first semester.
-Developing and fabricating complementary custom elements for each campaign in own workshop reduced the on-site tasks delays.
-Received approval upon a project to generate department own incomes by negotiating scrap materials to maintain workshop´s power tools and gear in good condition and updated.
-Saved over $60 thousand a year in logistic by contacting and developing local vendors for projects in the furthest parts of the country.
-Better use of existing productive capacity and own staff skills by sorting and assigning adequate roles to each member

Walmart Chile is the largest supermarket retailer in the country and a division of Walmart Inc of America.
As part of the corporate image renewal project, had in charge its first stage consisting in an overview and ultimately a detailed survey with the objective of providing accurate information about the case status for every mega store in Santiago.
-Reaching 100% of deadlines by routing and planning every day to the smallest detail.
-Defining most relevant facts and variables about each corporate image element to rearrange an otherwise confusing scenario.
-Contacting each Store Manager with a 48 hours previous notice reduced the entrance denial to zero.
-Hidden flaws and structural issues were discovered in addition to the main purpose of the job thanks to a detailed inspection and survey process.
-The first-hand data and gained experience allowed me to extend the job to a contractors consultancy and shortlisting for the project´s next stage.

Compomet is a family owned, Chile based company, with over 30-year experience as a manufacturer of commercial furnishing and equipment for the retail industry.
As part of a work team, with focus in the design and manufacturing department, developing new POP displays and exhibition equipment for the retail industry. Responsible for the design, client presentation and technical-productive aspects of each model.
-Facing a rather chaotic scenario in the 1000+ blueprints library, conducted and received approval upon a modelling software renewal project. The new software allowed reaching a 57% revised, corrected and updated library within a year.
-Generating accurate and detailed 3D models reduced the production line flaw finding in 85% the first year.
-Including a prototyping process as a standard made possible an early flaw detection resulting in a 30% reduction in production stoppings and improved accuracy in materials listing within the first year.

Estrategos is a mid-size, Chile based, marketing and design agency with over 15 years in the market and some of the largest local retailer companies as clients.
Industrial Designer in a work team with the Commercial Department developing customized POP displays.
-Reorganized the design area processes reducing the response times to the commercial area from two or three days to 24 hours.
-Participate in the lay-out design for a powder coating treatment line added to the most important vendor workshop

MOVING Chairs is an Italian office chairs manufacturer with its headquarters located in Trissino, Vicenza, its Chilean branch has been present for over 20 years in the south American market.
Salesperson providing advisory service to office equipment projects in the technical, functional and aesthetic aspects.
-Managed the recovery of former clients with a success of 45% over the original portfolio, increasing 27% sales to final customers compared to previous 12 months period.
-Strengthening of the commercial link with distributor customers through commercial visits and agreement of commission scales.