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Elias Cruz of US cotton on production processes in a consumer industry

Elias Cruz is the Operations Director for Mexico & LATAM in US Cotton for the last 4 years. Before this initiative, Elias worked for Danone Waters, and served as Technical Counselor to Operations VP through different geographies: Asia, Europe, Middle East for 8 years, and previously worked as a Plant Director in Mexico for 3 years. Before his experience in Danone, Elias worked for Coca Cola Femsa in Mexico being Engineering Manager and Project Manager. He initiated his career in ABB.

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Xabier Basañez

Xabier Basañez

Managing Director LATAM & USA, Alcott Global

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12.08.2022

In this episode of the Alcott Global Leaders in Supply Chain Latin America podcast:

  • Elias’s time at ABB as a Project Engineer in Sweden, and his arrival at Coca Cola in Mexico
  • Elias’s move to Danone and the obstacles he faced
  • The biggest challenges Elias encountered during the pandemic
  • How Elias sees the importance of the Supply Chain through all the Manufacturing roles he performed at Coca Cola and Danone
  • The relevance of the digital transformation of the Supply Chain and Manufacturing functions through Elias’s previous responsibilities
  • The skills Elias considers the most important for leading the Operations function in an organization
  • Elias’s final recommendations  for professionals keen to develop their careers

For more episodes in this podcast series, visit the Alcott Global website.