Julio Audicana Arcas

Professor of Production, Technology and Operations

Deputy General Manager at San Telmo Business School and Professor who is specialized in trends and business models in Retail and Food Service, and in other companies in the Food Chain. He has managed the Department of Agrifood Companies (1992-2000) and is currently a member of its Advisory Boards in IBERIA, ITALY, AMERICA and AFRICA, where the main companies that make up the food chain are represented at the highest level. His previous experience focused on consulting as Project Director related to the Supply Chain of consumer products and the Retail sector. Visiting Professor (IESE, Spain; IPADE Mexico, AESE Portugal, IDE, Ecuador and PAD, Peru). He has been a member of several advisory bodies of the Administration at a regional and national level, he is a regular speaker at food sector events and adviser to companies (*) in the sectors: retail, food service, foodtech, ingredients based on olive oil, fresh fish and processed, processed meat, catering, production and marketing of vegetables (Morocco), production and marketing of fruit, financial advice, sweets and chocolate, agri-food and environmental analysis, global production and marketing of vegetables and legumes. His current areas of interest related to the food chain are the changes in its structure and operation at the national and international level, the evolution of the business models of the channels (retailing and food service ) and vertical and horizontal alliances throughout the food chain. (*) Companies with which it has collaborated (currently in bold): KIMITEC group, LECLERC-Pamplona, CENDOR DE AMOS (3 Michelin stars restaurant) ; LUIS PIÑA SL, Cervezas Gran Vía (Startup), FUTURE RETAIL (Advice), HEALTHY FOOD IBERIA-VERDEO (Startup) , NUEVA PESCANOVA, EUROSEMILLAS/TANGO, CAMPOFRÍO FOOD GROUP, TELEPIZZA, DINOSOL, COMESS GROUP, PROAN (Mexico), MAKRO, TANY NATURE, RIBEREBRO, UNILEVER FOOD SOLUTIONS, CRUZCAMPO-HEINEKEN FOUNDATION, FULGENCIO SPA, CARLOTEÑA DE ASADOS, CONFIVENDIS, CHOCOLATES VALOR, BODEGAS CAMPOS, CLAVEMAYOR, FENIL AND AGQ LABORATORIOS; specialized in accompanying the people at the top in the performance of their work for an extended period of time and in provoking and moderating strategic debates with the management team on the business model, the implementation of the strategy and/or specific situations of the same .

Titulaciones

Máster en Economía y Dirección de Empresas, (IESE, Universidad de Navarra), Ingeniero Industrial, (E.T.S.I.I. Universidad de Navarra)

Contacto

jaudicana@santelmo.org

Áreas de interés

  • Changes to the structure and functioning of the food chain on a national and international level
  • The evolution of the channels’ business models (retailing and food service)
  • Vertical and horizontal alliances throughout the food chain
  • Autor artículos y ponencias relacionadas con la situación actual y perspectivas de futuro de la Cadena Alimentaria (producción, industria de transformación y distribución comercial/restauración), y de Casos como MERCADONA-Conservas Ubago: el concepto de Interproveedor; ZENA Grupo de Restauración; CARREFOUR (2003, 2007 y 2009); IKEA-Transportes J.L. Pantoja; PARIENTE S.A.; COVIRAN (2006 y 2014), MAKRO (2008, 2010, 2013, 2020 y 2023); COMESS Group; CONSUM Cooperativa (2012 y 2018) (…)
  • Autor de Casos, artículos y ponencias relacionadas con la situación actual y perspectivas de futuro de la Cadena Agroalimentaria (producción agrícola, industria de transformación y distribución comercial/food service).

Profesor especializado en tendencias y modelos de negocio en el retail y food service. Profesor Visitante en IESE (España), IPADE (México), AESE (Portugal), IDE (Ecuador) y PAD (Perú).

(2005 – 2006) Confederación de Industrias Agroalimentarias de la Unión Europea (CIAA). Competitiviness task force. Bruselas (Bélgica). Representante español. Empresa encargada de elaborar recomendaciones para la Comisión Europea. (2007 – 2009) Ministerio de medio ambiente y medio rural y marino. Madrid (España). Miembro del Ministerio para las reuniones del Grupo de Alto Nivel de la Comisión Europea sobre la Competitividad de la Industria Agroalimentaria Europea.