Juan Cruz Valdez Rojas

Founder & General Partner

2021

Board Member

2024

Member

2019

Paraguay & Bolivia Country Lead

2019 - 2020

Women Network Leader LAS (Inclusion and Diversity)

2017 - 2020

Lead a cross-functional diverse team to promote an inclusive and diverse culture within our workplace in Latin America South, with focus on gender diversity (women)

Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay Lead

2016 - 2019

Responsible for Monsanto’s businesses in Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Team of 80 people. • Increased EBT 3x in 2 ½ years • Led the team that consolidated Soybean Biotech (Intacta) business, achieving 76% GP growth while increasing model integrity through effective stakeholder management. • Recovered profitability and increased MS in Corn and CP businesses, within complex distribution contract restrictions • Developed mid-management line strengthening succession plan, increasing women leaders from 0% to 30%. Received award #2 GPTW in Paraguay for 5 consecutive years

Latin America South Crop Protection Manufacturing Lead

2014 - 2016

Responsible for chemical manufacturing plant in Zarate, Bs As, Argentina, leading a team of 250 people (union and non-union employees). • Led operations within an extremely tough union conflict, interacting with Government, media, other companies’ leaders and union leaders • Led operations throughout a severe business downturn, including organizational structure reduction.

Latin America South Procurement Lead

2012 - 2014

Responsible for all Procurement and Global Trade operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay (1+ billion USD spend), group of approx. 50 people. • Launched Procurement transformation in LAS, implementing Strategic Sourcing and Category Management model • Built new team • Achieved 15M$+ savings within highly inflationary context.

Global MRO Category Manager

2007 - 2012

Responsible for global negotiation of production tools, 200 MUSD spend. -Developed category purchasing strategy -Sourced Asia to develop low-cost countries -Developed Strategic Alliances within key categories.

Procurement coordinator

2004 - 2007

-Responsible for a group of 7 buyers

Buyer

2002 - 2004

Trade Marketing Analyst

2002 - 2002

Chocolate Category Low price segment strategy improvement Retail strategy improvement

Operations Engineer

1999 - 2001

-ISO 9000 implementation. -Balanced Scorecard implementation