Carlos Claro Email & Phone Number

São Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo

• Gourmet Food Company supplying truffle products to food producers, retailers and catering industryPartner
• Created the business model and strategy.
• Defined product line, strategic positioning, supply chain, marketing strategy
• Developed strategic suppliers, created distribution channels, sales force, etc.
• Within 4 months of operation, surpassed breakeven point and achieve brand awareness (digital media hits, articles, etc) planned for the end of the year.

São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Iconic restaurant located at Rua Oscar Freire 30. Currently considered one of the top ten Italian Restaurants in Sao PauloChef Salvatore Loi runs the kitchen and creates unique recipes

Rio De Janeiro Area, Brazil

As Vice President & Managing Director, Carlos was responsible for the full Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet, reporting directly to the CEO.Sustained market leadership in the region, while increasing contribution margin in the stell industry; grew market share in the metalworking business and review value proposition, exiting low value applications and.

Atlanta

As Business Director, was responsible for the full Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet of Powder Coatings Business for America, including plants in United States and Brazil and sales in all major countries in the region.Led the business through 2008/2009 crises, being the only profitable region in the world, through proactive cost management and redefinition.

Sao Paulo

As Commercial Director of Coating Resins for Latin America reporting to Americas Vice President, was responsible for the full Profit & Loss Coatings Business for Latin America, defining and implementing business plans, positioning products, distribution channels and logistics.Latin America was the only region in the world having one director responsible.

Sao Paulo

As Vice President and Managing Director was responsible for Latin America Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reporting directly to the Vice President-Americas. Grew the business from US$18 to US$60 million in 5 years, through market share growth, technology conversion, acquisitions and new business introduction.Implemented tools and infrastructure enabling.

Campinas Area, Brazil

As Managing Director for South America, reported directly into Global Specialty Division Vice President.Developed and implemented a new culture based empowerment and delegation by developing employees skills, designing a changing culture 2 year program and implement aggressive reward and recognition by accomplishment plan, turn the Region from break even.

 Defined different strategies for the B2B unit and the retail division Turned a 6% EBIT loss into a 12% positive return on net assets through a complete reorganization of the business. Implemented a culture change program involving training management team, defining and evaluating people by objectives and performance, enhanced communication and.

 Structured Nylon Intermediates business in the region, positioning products that were considered byproducts in Nylon production into new higher value applications. Grew business from US$200K to US$2.2 million in 1 year Developed a supply chain process, including distributors, warehousing, etc Implemented a Sales Plan for Fluorochemicals, defining.

Mba, Internation Executive Program

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

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