PEMEX PROCUREMENT INTERNATIONAL , INC ( PPI )
146 after finishing his masters in New York . In 2016 , he joined PEMEX as Head of Procurement and Supply Strategy Coordination ( CEPA ), and he was responsible for creating strategies that elevated the efficiency and improving the transparency in the Company ’ s hiring processes . Moreover , he promoted the development of new technological tools to simplify the process and the elaboration of categories to supply strategically . This last position was precisely the one that provided him with the possibility of assuming his role at PPI in May 2017 , giving him the opportunity to execute the strategies he implemented from CEPA in 2016 .
Since mid-2017 , work has been done on the first pillar of change : increasing operations . When Escobedo arrived in 2017 , PPI ’ s year ’ s operations on account and behalf of PEMEX and its Subsidiary Production Companies ( EPSs ), its largest client to date , closed at around $ 1bn . This year , the expectation is to close the year ’ s operations at $ 2.5 billion , accomplishing an increase of over 220 %.
Nevertheless , the goal is not only to grow the year ’ s operations but also the savings capacity generated for PEMEX . In 2016 , the savings capacity was of approximately $ 100mn . Escobedo estimates that in 2018 , numbers close to $ 200mn will be reached , and that ’ s only considering PPI ’ s natural operations . When also considering the special projects implemented by PPI , such as hiring services for shallow-water exploratory
JULY 2019