Business Spanish Podcast: Interview with Sandra: Coca-Cola Mexico Executive and Entrepreneur, Part 1
In this episode of Business Spanish, we speak one-on-one with a former information systems executive of Coca Cola Mexico. In this interview, Sandra recounts her path of professional development and shares how her team was key to the digital transformation of a corporate giant in the Mexico City metro area. During the interview, we pause to translate parts of Sandra's interview and review Spanish business terms she uses.
Note: At 6:58 the term should be pronounced "planta motores"
Vocabulary and Terms in this Episode (note: nouns are displayed with definite articles)
To develop: desarrollar
To achieve: lograr
Achievement: el logro
Management assistant: el/la asistente de dirección/gerencia
Work (adjective): laboral Eg. día laboral “work day”, fuerza laboral “workforce”
Career, superior studies, college major: la carrera
Computing center coordinator: el/la coordinador(a) de centro de cómputo
Project leader: líder de proyectos
Company: la empresa, la compañía
World-class: de clase mundial
Website: la página web, el sitio web
Job position: el puesto, el cargo
Trainer: el/la capacitador(a)
Information systems: los sistemas de computación
Management and leadership team: el equipo directivo y gerencial
To appoint/promote to a position: postular
Human resources: los recursos humanos
Finance: las finanzas
Accounting: la contabilidad
Legal department: el área legal
Higher-ranking position: el puesto de mayor rango
Key accounts: las cuentas claves
Chain: la cadena
Invoice, bill: la factura
Invoicing: la facturación
Mexican Government Treasury Department: Hacienda
Fiscal, dealing with taxes (adjective): fiscal
Taxes: los impuestos
Digital stamp/certificate: el sello digital
File: el archivo
Achieve objectives/goals: Cumplir con los objetivos/las metas
Department/function of company: el área o el departamento de una empresa
Field/area/scope: el ámbito Eg. el ámbito empresarial “field of business”
User: el usuario
Professional woman: la mujer profesionista, la mujer profesional
Businesswoman: la empresaria
Board room: la sala de juntas, la sala de reuniones
Male-dominated “machismo” society: la sociedad machista