Description
Gerardo Moreno has one of the best performance as a Chemicals Engineer in the Retail Industry.
This chat is pure gold! We talked more than an hour and a half! It was intense! We talked about lots of things such as moving from city to city, enrolling in trainees, becoming manager, networking in PepsiCo to improve your standing in the company and tips for climbing the corporate ladder.
Delivery is King, but Networking is Queen! As Gerardo Moreno stated it.
He is currently a Key Account Manager for PepsiCo in Walmart… Essentially he is the “go to” guy of PepsiCo whenever products are required in Walmart. ALL revolves around the Key Account Manager: logistics, storage, sales, placement, marketing, promotion, even shelf positioning!
We also talked about working for a sugar water company and the ethical/moral issues of working in such companies! The reply form Gerardo is just: GREAT!
I hope you enjoy as I did!
Content Index
- 00:00 Start
- 01:30 Guest Intro
- 02:12 Why Studying ChemE
- 07:00 Moving to Monterrey
- 10:45 Studying Hard Subjects
- 12:25 Exchange Student Life, Learning French
- 15:15 Studying in France vs. Mexico
- 17:15 Final Exams in France
- 23:40 Graduating, Internship in Nemak and EHS (Environment, Health and Safety)
- 31:00 1st Job at Heineken – Trainee
- 33:50 Getting inside the job as a Trainee
- 38:30 Wanting to go back to Monterrey
- 43:25 Changing to Pepsi, Strategic Thinking
- 49:30 HR contacts
- 53:00 Pepsico and Coordination
- 56:55 Work life Balance in PepsiCo
- 1:04:25 Changing the Culture within PepsiCo
- 1:09:25 Being a Workaholic
- 1:11:36 Work Life Balance
- 1:15:15 Which Job Position was Key for Success
- 1:20:15 Story of Walmart-Pepsi, importance of negotiation
- 1:24:18 Day to Day of a Senior Key Account Manager
- 1:26:25 Last Notes on PepsiCo
- 1:28:45 Q&A
- 1:39:10 Closure
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Guest Bio & Contact Information
Name:
- Gerardo Moreno
Current Profession & Industry:
- Position: Senior Key Account Manager
- Company: PepsiCo
- Location: Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Education:
- Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering at Tec de Monterrey
Professional Background:
- Internships in EHS at NEMAK
- Process Engineer (3-year) Trainee at Heineken Mexico.
- Strategic Planning & Key Account Manager for PepsiCo (5-year)
Contact Information:
Host Bio
I’m Emmanuel Ortega a.k.a. THE Chemical Engineering Guy!
I create educational content related to Chemical & Process Engineering for students and engineers!
I am a 2012 Chemical Engineer Graduate from Tec de Monterrey in Mexico. My expertise is essentially Petrochemical, Polymer and Textile industries in either simulation, process design and process control.
For more information, please read the about page.
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