Español:
Pedro Beirute es el Director General de Procomer (Promotora de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica) y Presidente de Esencial Costa Rica desde hace más de 7 años. Previamente, Pedro se desempeñó como Presidente de la Red Iberoamericana de Comercio e Inversión (RED-IBERO) y continúa representándola. Antes de estos roles clave, Pedro trabajó para la Corporación Intel durante más de 12 años desempeñando diferentes roles clave: Chief of Staff of Global Chief Sales Officer en Estados Unidos durante más de 2 años, anteriormente Director de Mercadeo y Ventas al Consumidor de América Latina en México durante más de un año , procedente de Europa, desempeñó el cargo de Gerente de Ventas en Europa durante más de 2 años en Inglaterra y anteriormente Gerente de Ventas y Mercadeo de España y Portugal durante aproximadamente 7 años.
English:
Pedro Beirute is the CEO of Procomer (Promotora de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica) and President of Essential Costa Rica for more than 7 years. Previously, Pedro served as President of Iberoamerica Trade and Investment Network (RED-IBERO) and continue representing it. Before these key roles, Pedro worked for Intel Corporation for more than 12 years performing different key roles: Chief of Staff of Global Chief Sales Officer in USA for over 2 years, previously Latin America Consumer Sales & Marketing Director in Mexico for more than a year, coming from Europe performing Sales Manager Europe role for over 2 years in England and earlier Sales & Marketing Manager Spain and Portugal for around 7 years.
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Algunos de los aspectos más destacados del podcast:
- Introducción de Pedro Beirute
- Hiciste una carrera en la Corporación Intel
- Tus primeros tiempos como Director Comercial y de Marketing en España y Portugal
- Una mayor responsabilidad como Gerente de Ventas en Europa desde un nuevo país: Inglaterra
- ¿Cómo fue esa perspectiva como profesional latinoamericano vendiendo los servicios de Intel en Europa con una cadena de suministro más desarrollada que América?
- Regreso a América Latina después de 9 años en Europa para asumir responsabilidades como Director de Marketing y Ventas al Consumidor de América Latina.
- Su promoción a Chief of Staff of Global Sales Officer en California
- ¿Qué aprendizajes te dieron estos 12 años en Intel?
- Tu movimiento hacia la Red Iberoamericana de Comercio e Inversiones (RED-IBERO)
- ¿Cuál fue la experiencia más relevante en estos 7 años?
- Regresar a Costa Rica para liderar la marca Costa Rica Esencial
- ¿Qué es Costa Rica Esencial y cómo se creó?
- ¿Cuál fue el proceso para desarrollar la Marca y su relación con tener a Costa Rica como un excelente lugar para una Red de Cadena de Suministro?
- Tomando un nuevo Reto con Procomer en Costa Rica
- ¿Qué es Procomer?
- ¿Qué trabaja junto con Cinde para promover los productos de Costa Rica, los parques industriales, la deslocalización y ser una red de Cadena de Suministro para proporcionar productos de Costa Rica y crear centros estratégicos de servicio y producción para organizaciones transnacionales?
- ¿Cómo ves la importancia de la Cadena de Suministro en el mundo debido a la crisis reciente (y aún presente) del Covid 19?
- ¿Cómo ve la relevancia de la transformación digital de la Cadena de Suministro para Costa Rica y Latinoamérica?
- ¿Qué habilidades considera más importantes para que un CEO lidere su organización y sus equipos?
- ¿Su recomendación final para que los profesionales desarrollen sus carreras?
- Despedida
Some of the highlights from the podcast:
- Introduction of Pedro Beirute
- You made a career at Intel Corporation
- Your initial times as Sales and Marketing Manager in Spain and Portugal
- A bigger responsibility as a Sales Manager Europe from a new country: England
- How it was that perspective as a Latin-American professional selling the Intel services in Europe with a more developed Supply Chain than America?
- Coming back to Latin-America after 9 years in Europe to take responsibilities as Latin America Consumer Sales & Marketing Director.
- You promotion to Chief of Staff of Global Sales Officer in California
- Which learnings gave you these 12 years at Intel?
- Your movement to Iberoamerica Trade and Investment Network (RED-IBERO)
- Which was the most relevance experience in these 7 years?
- Coming back to Costa Rica to lead Essential Costa Rica Brand
- What is Essential Costa Rica and how it was created?
- Which was the process to develop the Brand and its relation with having Costa Rica as an excellent place for a Supply Chain Network?
- Taking a new Challenge with Procomer in Costa Rica
- What is Procomer?
- What do you work together with Cinde to promote Costa Rica products, industrial parks, offshoring and being a Supply Chain network to provide products from Costa Rica and to create strategic centers of service and production for transnational organizations?
- How do you see the importance of the Supply Chain in the world due to the recent crisis (and still on) of Covid 19?
- How do you see the relevance of the digital transformation of the Supply Chain for Costa Rica and Latin America?
- Which skills do you consider the most important for a CEO to lead their organization and teams.?
- Your final recommendation for professional to develop their careers?
- Farewell
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About the Host:
The host, Xabier Basañez is a well-rounded Supply Chain expert, with end-to-end experience in different industries: FMCG, Logistics, 3PL, and Retail. He is a natural Processes synchronizer strengthening organizational operations. He loves to connect supply chain professionals to create spaces for discussion and analysis, focusing on LATAM & USA.
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