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São Paulo, Brazil

Management of Organic Peroxides and Glasscoating businesses in Brazil and Southern Cone. Full responsibility over regional P&L for a 130MMbrl revenue, based on two business units, operating from a local industrial plant and imported products from Arkema affiliates.Continuous and solid growth of the regional business, based on diversification of markets and optimized usage of plant capacity, in parallel to its continuous expansion. The role oversees together with functional areas, the KPIs and P&L of the business units; sourcing strategy for raw materials and key OPEX items; negotiation of services hired by industrial plant; legal negotiation and execution of supply agreements.Close commercial collaboration along Global key accounts and some active business management with Arkema affiliates, worldwide – as Americas, Europe and Asia.

São Paulo, Brazil

Management of Organic Peroxides and Glasscoating businesses in Brazil and Southern Cone. Responsible for 130MMbrl of revenue, based on the operation of a local industrial plant + imported products. Accounts include key O&G players, as manufacturers playing along coatings, acrylics, rubber, composites and food & pharma markets. Negotiation and execution of complex, long-term supply agreements to Arkema’s key accounts in the region. New business development program, aligned to BU strategic plan. Responsible for local strategy planning and execution. Project approval and coordination of Capex execution together with industrial and financial teams. Close collaboration with several different teams, including Americas, Europe and Asia. Development of exports from Brazil, for complex-handling Dangerous Goods.Solid growth, based on healthy and well managed new business pipeline.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Regional sales management and market development for Arkema's Plexiglas product line and Industrial Specialties. Targeted markets include Automotive, Construction, Healthcare and Packaging.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Market and application development for Solvay Specialty Polymers products. Focused on Automotive, Plumbing and Chemical Processing Industry. Several metal/polymer conversion projects including applications on friction and wear, chemically agressive environments, high temperature and mechanical stress, etc.

Market Development: projects for Solvay Solexis and Solvay Advanced Polymers - Mainly working with Plumbing, Wire & Cable, Chemical Process Industry and Automotive markets.

Technical support for some key clients of Solvay Indupa in Brazil; application development; usage of PVC additives, compound and process development; standardization meetings in ABNT technical commmitees; complaint attendance; PVC resin quality analysis; quality control for PVC products; etc.

Physical and chemical analysis, PVC compounding, extrusion and injection molding, compound development for profiles, fittings, pipes and foams; UV-proof compounds and blends study.

Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: Arkema Leadership Development Program - ALDP

Msc, Materials Science And Engineering

Research about a crystal clear PMMA / UPVC blend, which includes the mixing process via single screw extrusion, test specimen molding.

Engineer, Materials - Polymers

Activities and Societies: SAE Brasil - UFSCar Mini Baja TeamTechnical Literature - Crystallography database, for cast iron and steel.