German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar

Current

Consultant & Contractor at R.R.Palermo y Asociados S.C. e I.
External Consultant and Contractor (Self-employed)

Past

Government Relations & Int'l Trade Sr Mgr at Procter & Gamble (P&G) Argentina
Imports & Exports Supervisor at Autotrol S.A. / Schindler Lifts / Coasin S.A. / Servotron S.A.
Councelor at Free lance (Self-employed)

Imports & Exports Supervisor at Argentia S.A.
Imports & Exports Assistant at Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis / Adams Co Argentina S.A.
Letter of Credit Department Assistant at Banco Mercantil Argentino

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Education

BMA, BankBoston & AIERA
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Escuela Nacional de Comercio Nro. 32 Dr. Jose Leon Suarez

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

International Trade and Development

German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar’s Summary

Representing companies and the mass consumption industry in local and int'l forums (1st.Pan-American Congress for Counterfeiting and Protection of Intellectual Property in Uruguay 2006 representing P&G Latin America; Mercosur-European Union and Mercosur-South Africa business rounds; VI Business Forum of the Americas -FTAA 2001- in Buenos Aires representing P&G interests in Southern Cone; Honorable Deputies Chamber, Commission of Economy: Amendments to Argentine Customs Law, Third Round in 1999), Member of Int'l Trade Committees in ALPHA, CAPA and AMCHAM in Argentina where additionally I was member of Patents and Intellectual Property Rights group.
Led processes of third-parties services, professional and corporate trainings and seminars.
Development and implementation of market investigation process and import and exports competitive analyses for Latin America.
Generation of new businesses in Argentina previously defined for other subsidiaries around the world based on getting savings of 30%
Led one of the improvement organization task force based on Great Place to Work results in Argentina and I participated in recruiting teams for management levels (scouting at the universities and the senior management team member for interview panels).
Certified facilitator for FranklinCovey seminar The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People.
Generation of more than U$S 18 millions in savings leading projects in relation with import duties reduction and even exemption for raw and packing materials and production lines, recovery of import and export duties, rebates, import duty draw-back, legal issues, int'l freight negotiations for Mercosur and Chile and local customs and port operations.

German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar’s Specialties:

Deep experience in Int'l Logistic Operations: Customs procedures and compliance, imports, exports, exchange, purchases, bid processes, negotiations, International Trade practises, small & medium sized companies development.
Organizational design, training and supervision for Mercosur and Chile, including re-organizations due to global acquisitions or during third-party negotiations covering local operative services, training and start-up of regional teams. Coaching & Mentoring.

German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar’s Experience

Consultant & Contractor

R.R.Palermo y Asociados S.C. e I.

(Privately Held; International Trade and Development industry)

May 2009 — Present (8 months)

Business Development. Open to new commercial deals and/or job opportunities.
External Consultant and Contractor

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; International Trade and Development industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

External Consulting in International Trade (negotiations, operative & logistic activities), Government Relations, Generalist in Human Resources (coaching & mentoring, recruiting & hiring, organization design, organizational improvement, internal communications and corporate & business trainings). Open to new commercial deals and/or job opportunities.
Government Relations & Int'l Trade Sr Mgr

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Argentina

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

April 1993 — November 2006 (13 years 8 months)

Representing the company and the mass consumption industry in local and international forums.
Developed a deep experience in Int'l Logistic Operations (imports, exports & exchange), Int'l Purchases, creation, development and supervision of working teams and departments for Mercosur and Chile generating more than U$S 18 millions in savings leading projects related to import duties reduction and exemption for raw and packing materials and production lines, recovery of import and export duties, rebates, import duty draw-back, legal issues, int'l freight negotiations for Mercosur and Chile and local customs and port operations.
Led processes of third-parties services, professional and corporate trainings and seminars and I collaborated during the market development investigations and competitive analyses processes.
Certified facilitator for FranklinCovey seminar The 7 Habits for Highly Effective People where I am working as independent facilitator and councelor.
Imports & Exports Supervisor

Autotrol S.A. / Schindler Lifts / Coasin S.A. / Servotron S.A.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

December 1985 — April 1993 (7 years 5 months)

International and purchasing logistic operations with 4 assistants in charge to cover all categories and companies (six companies servicing different fields of electrical and electronic manufacturing).
Councelor
Free lance (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

October 1984 — December 1985 (1 year 3 months)

Freelance activities covering national and international logistics operations for small and medium companies.
Imports & Exports Supervisor

Argentia S.A.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Chemicals industry)

February 1981 — October 1984 (3 years 9 months)

Pharmaceutical and Food Industries. International logistic and purchasing operations with 2 assistants in charge.
Imports & Exports Assistant

Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis / Adams Co Argentina S.A.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Cosmetics industry)

July 1979 — June 1980 (1 year )

Imports & exports activities.
Letter of Credit Department Assistant

Banco Mercantil Argentino

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)

February 1978 — June 1979 (1 year 5 months)

Customer Services Assistant at the Letter of Credit Department.

German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar’s Education

BMA, BankBoston & AIERA

1978 — 1981
Universidad de Buenos Aires

4th year , Chemical Engineering , 1975 — 1977
Escuela Nacional de Comercio Nro. 32 Dr. Jose Leon Suarez

Secondary , Accounting , 1970 — 1974

Additional Information

German Costas - germancostas1@yahoo.com.ar’s Interests:

All fields of arts: painting, writing, theater, movies, musicals. International and local travel, meet people, know new cultures. History, architecture, design. Social responsibilities and childhood.