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São Paulo, São Paulo, BR

São Paulo, São Paulo, BR

Evansville, IN, US

• Reporting to the CEO for South America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia), was responsible for the region’s Supply and Foreign Trade teams, with a total spend of USD 350 MM/year, having negotiated the main supply.
• Developed global performance metrics and a goal plan common to all regions, managing a team of 18 people in 3 countries, restructuring the teams and creating functional organizational charts, which resulted in a better.
• Led a change management process with the Supply Chain team, fostering a culture of belonging and effective contribution to the business, collaborating in the creation of working pillars that encompassed from the area’s.
• Drafted and implemented new purchasing and procurement policies for materials, supplies and services, adjusting internal controls, ensuring effective management and solutions to fight fraud and errors in the.

BR

• Created a Global Procurement area for the company's Renewable Derivatives, ranging from hiring local and global teams, to designing processes, to creating policies and systematizing activities aiming to satisfy the.
• Developed a market intelligence tool that monitored the price movements and global supply & demand of major commodities and feedstocks, defining negotiation strategies, generating greater competitiveness among players.
• Ensured that the company had healthy margins and trade competitiveness by implementing procurement strategies for oleochemical supplies in Asia, adapting the entire supply chain with end-to-end negotiations, from.
• Implemented the procurement front in the brownfield capacity expansion project at the Pasadena plant in Texas, USA - which expands North America's portfolio of surfactants and specialty chemicals -, negotiating all raw.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, US

• Managed the Supply and Foreign Trade operation with a budget of R$ 1.2 BI/year for Latin America. Implemented the Strategic Sourcing tool with McKinsey Consulting in the area of supplies for the entire region.
• Coordinated the greenfield construction project of the Brasília Plant, the second largest bakery production site in the world and the most modern, world-class production site of its kinds in Latin America, hiring MOD.
• Led the region's Supply and Import Team, developing and training teams to achieve high-performance results focused on negotiation and strategic vision of the value chain, positively impacting regional and global P&L.

São Paulo, SP, BR

• Innovated in the paper sector with the creation of a project to promote and produce modified cassava starch, together with the Bahiamido Group, to generate a new supply option, negotiating with traditional suppliers.
• Conducted the procurement process of Conpacel - JV between Suzano and Fibria, coordinating the procurement front, redesigning operational processes, systems, organizational structure, and purchasing synergies, which.
• Managed a straightforward and low-cost contract network, adding value to all 3 businesses (Paper, Pulp and Forestry) through cost reductions, purchasing scale, innovation, and better-quality services, creating price.

Leuven, BE

• Responsible for one of the largest LATAM (agricultural packaging and commodities) budgets/purchases of more than R$ 1 BI/year, with a strong cost reduction and focus on added value. Responsible for mitigating more than.
• Led teams in multidisciplinary and innovation projects (9 countries), with a track record of success in change management, acting as PMO in organizational structuring, creating functional organization charts that.
• Implemented the BOPP label verticalization project to meet the needs of all soft drink plants in South America, reducing the cost of the plastic resin portfolio by R$ 6 MM/year, ensuring greater competitiveness for the.

Pratteln, Basel-Country, CH

• Executive responsible for a portfolio of EUR 30 MM / year covering the categories of MRO, CAPEX and Services, reporting to the Executive Purchasing Manager - South America.
• Led Strategic Sourcing projects for the categories of Services Purchases such as International Freight, Travel, Consulting and HR and MKT Services.
• Managed all categories of Indirect in the region, working directly with the internal areas and stakeholders.
• Acted as a "focal point" and later "multiplier" in the implementation project of the MM SAP module in the LATAM region.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Responsible for the execution of the Import and Export processes, reporting to the Foreign Trade Manager.
• Coordinated the Import and Export processes of the Automotive Paint business to South America, supporting the Sales and Supplies teams.
• Implemented the In-Sourcing project of the Foreign Trade area, designing the processes, governance model and training of new employees.
• Managed imports of machinery and equipment for factory expansion, using different import modalities, specialized international logistics and tax incentives capture.

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

Post-Mba Certificate - Advanced Business Strategy

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Management

Master Of Business Economy (Mbe), Ceabe