Lidia Montes Mateo
My passage through the ETSI has given me many things, which are still valid in my life after more than 20 years:
- Multidisciplinary knowledge where the important thing is not to become an expert during your studies, but to know the tools that will help you continue developing in the future. It is very likely that you work on topics where you have to catch up. The ETSI helped me generate the ability to face any problem without fear of not being able to do it.
- Human relations: magnificent friends and professionals in different disciplines who are a reference for me. People with whom I share my concerns (inside and outside the professional field) after so long.
I am currently Global Babycare Chief Engineer – responsible for Innovation and Project Development for the Procter&Gamble Wipes plants (Spain, Germany and the United States).
He directed the engineering departments of the 3 plants. I have been working at Procter&Gamble since 2008, where I have held many different positions during my professional career with the company.
I started as a Process Engineer, I have been Production Line Manager, Lean Manufacturing Manager, Operations Director and Supply Chain Director. Some roles have been tied to a specific plant, and others have been regional (Europe) or global (worldwide) roles like this last one. Most of these years I have worked in Spain but I have also spent 3 years residing in Brussels (Belgium). Prior to Procter&Gamble, I worked for 2 years as a Process Engineer at the La Rábida refinery (CEPSA) in Huelva, after completing a Master Degree of Sciences in Petroleum Refining at the French Petroleum Institute (Paris).