
José Vicente Caballero
Senior Strategic Project Manager | PMO & Transformation
Salary / Daily rate
Ballymacrown, Spain, Co. Cork, Ireland
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Strategic Project Manager with 15+ years driving operational transformation and growth across SMEs and multinational corporations. Delivered €700K savings in procurement optimization, led restructuring of multi-country operations, and executed successful post-merger integrations. Ready to optimize your operations and accelerate sustainable growth.
Work experience
Operating Partner
LEO MAGNO Operating Partners
Nov 2023 - Present
3 years
We drive sustainable growth and profitability of family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), transforming them into highly successful companies. We are a team of experienced professionals, former CEOs, COOs. We work closely with PE funds and their portfolio companies' teams. We bring knowledge and operational expertise to help them reach their full potential, increase the value of their businesses, identify inefficiencies, improve profitability, oversee every step, optimize operations, and develop growth and expansion strategies... and last but not least, we ensure that all teams are aligned and working toward the same objectives.
Transformation & Operations Director
Health in Code Group
Jan 2024 - May 2025
1 year 5 months
• Restructuring & integration of business units and departments and implementation of controlling tools • Optimization and consolidation of processes, catalog (PLM), projects and teamwork methodologies • Implementation of PMI plan
Operational Vice President & PMO Owner
Blendhub
Mar 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 10 months
• Overall responsible for operations and cross-functional coordinator of commercial, financial and IT areas • Implemented the company's global scorecard by business unit and globally, reporting to the board • Unification and simplification of operations and elimination of silos by structuring common objectives • Design of a global digital transformation plan; evolving to isolated business units to a Real-time cloud ecosystem integrating and monitoring synergies in all areas via ad-hoc BI per user
Business Management Consultant
IPTEC
Dec 2012 - Mar 2022
9 years 4 months
Managed operational consulting and interim project for companies in different sectors • Interim management: Operations Director (FMCG: Fruits & Vegs international trader) Daifressh - Managed the transformation of the operational model: from a pure trading model to a service system with customers, adding value from the purchase to the management of the PoS - Demand Planning & customer service management in 7 countries: Procurement & transport - Supervised 2 warehouses (Hungary & Poland) with a team of 80 people, managing cross-docking and perishable product stock with traffic of 5,000 trailers per year: 100 M Kg / year • Interim Management: Financial and operational Controller (Media Sector) Prisa Radio - Restructuring, optimization, and implementation of a BSC for top management - Designed of a control model of the P&L in each division (Chain / Program) • Developed a Business Plan for a Nespresso model for soft drinks, in the European market • Designed and development of a monitoring system 4.0 for consumables, in real time for an industrial company of the food sector with a turnover of € 300M, obtaining a savings of 7%
Strategic Projects Director
Natra
Jan 2017 - Oct 2020
3 years 10 months
Management of transversal projects: Reporting to the executive committee • Developed the 5 years organic growth master plan, to become the worldwide reference for private label and B2B, in the chocolate sector (€ 1B, 5 categories and 5 continents) • Redesigned the “Industrial Footprint” to optimize 6 production centers in 4 countries; Renew, co-manufacture, close production centers • Defined the “Portfolio Lifecycle Management” model to standardize management processes: Creation (R & D & homogenize), Rationalization (€ 0.5M savings), Marketing... • Developed a Supply chain model (S&OP) with 12 weeks integration plan with customers • Managed general Coordination with the owner investment fund: Due Diligence, reporting and first 100 days plan • Member of the “Core Leadership Team” for the definition and transmission of annual values, culture and objectives; establishing, wording and spreading the 5 great challenges to 3 years • Implementation of the purchasing policy, together with a management software for daily operations, saving € 700M for the first year and a 20% renewal of suppliers via tender
Professor of Strategy and Internationalization
EDEM Escuela de Empresarios
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
1 year 1 month
Skills: Comunicación · Gestión de personas
Business Developer Manager
TuDespensa.com
Oct 2010 - Dec 2012
2 years 3 months
1st exclusively on-line Spanish supermarket (Grupo FORLASA)
• Managed operations at the first Spanish exclusively on-line supermarket • Designed and implemented the roll out of a Picking automatized system (1 in Europe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_MKnhM4fEk, (8M€ Investment & 18 months execution) • Responsible for operations & Supply chain: Negotiation with suppliers, supplies, preparation and delivery orders and reverse logistics.
Management Consultant
Minsait
May 2008 - Oct 2010
2 years 6 months
Europraxis Consulting / Indra Business Consulting[Cambiar
Spanish leader in fast consumer goods (biggest commercial force in Europe) PANRICO • Developed an operational due diligence, designed and implemented a new logistic approach Main Spanish franchisee of and top 5 international fast food chain KFC • Operating Partner: Review and monitoring of the strategic plan and sales book: identification and contact with buyers Spanish top 5 bank SABADELL • Realized selling the book of one division (Designed and carried the management of the data-room)
Operations engineer
Vicky Foods
Dec 2003 - Oct 2006
2 years 11 months
• Coordinated and contributed to 12 people long term strategy group: duplicate production in 5Y • Prioritized and budgeted 20M€ short and mid-term projects • PMO Manager: Restructured functional groups and reallocated resources in order meet current organizational needs
Consultant
University of South Australia
Jun 2003 - Dec 2003
7 months
• Designed restaurant franchise supply chain and layouts: Achieved 20% cost reduction in labor needs
Process Engineer
Grupo Damm: FontSalem
Jun 2002 - Oct 2002
5 months
Valencia Area, Spain
Prácticas de Verano
Process Engineer
TIRMA
Jul 2001 - Oct 2001
4 months
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Education
IESE Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2006 - 2008
2 years 1 month
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Economic implications of european enlargement
2006 - 2006
1 month
University of South Australia
Engineer's degree
2003 - 2004
1 year 1 month
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Ingeniero en Organizacion Industrial
2002 - 2004
2 years 1 month
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Erasmus
2002 - 2003
1 year 1 month
CEF Centro de Estudios Financieros
Máster en dirección económica financiera y Máster contabilidad
2002 - 2003
1 year 1 month
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Ingeniero Industrial
1997 - 2002
5 years 1 month