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Armando Montes

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Strategic Program & PMO Manager (PMP®) driving portfolio execution, financial governance, and operational scale.

Mexico

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role leading enterprise portfolios or PMOs where I can apply financial governance, SAP-driven process digitalization, and cross-functional execution to accelerate time-to-market and improve EBITDA.

I am a Strategic Program & PMO Manager (PMP®) with 8+ years safeguarding $30M+ USD in CAPEX across manufacturing, R&D, and operations, translating strategy into execution through financial governance, SAP S/4HANA (PS & PPM), and executive-level reporting. I operate at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution, structuring portfolios and programs to deliver measurable outcomes.

My track record includes founding and scaling an Enterprise PMO, delivering greenfield manufacturing plants, optimizing manufacturing capacity, and digitalizing PMO processes to create a single source of truth for executive decision-making. I prioritize governance, forecast accuracy, and accelerated time-to-market to improve EBITDA and operational performance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Program Manager

Clase Azul México

Dec 2024 - Oct 2025 (10 months)

Orchestrated two product program roadmaps with up to eight concurrent projects, accelerating time-to-market by 3% and improving manufacturing capacity by 5% through cross-functional coordination and bottleneck resolution.

Program Management Portfolio Management Roadmapping Manufacturing Operations Procurement

Project Controller

Clase Azul México

Dec 2020 - Nov 2024 (3 years 11 months)

Governed a $30M+ CAPEX portfolio (20+ active projects) maintaining budget variance under 7.5%, led PMO digitalization for PS & PPM modules and reduced executive reporting lead time by 4 hours/week.

Forensic Accounting Budget Management Change Control

Project Manager

Clase Azul México

Apr 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Founded and scaled an Enterprise PMO, establishing standardized financial controls and delivered two greenfield manufacturing plants with combined CAPEX > $2M USD by managing vendors, schedules, and financial controls.

PMO Financial Control Greenfield Delivery Vendor Management Scheduling Operations Stakeholder Management

Head of Operations & R&D Programs

Kaizenbiomex

Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 (2 years)

Led commercialization of lab-scale R&D into a 15-SKU portfolio, launched multi-channel products including a 6-SKU pet line into U.S. Dollar stores and Walmart Mexico, and scaled operations for export readiness.

Product Launch Supply Chain Management Commercial Strategy Partnership Management