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Management experience of the entire manufacturing cycle in major Brazilian and multinational companies: Import, Supply, Planning, Tolling, Production, Processes Engineering, HSE, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality Control, Internal and External Logistics.Background in managing projects using PMI to increase the available floor area/space and production capacity, technological innovation, ergonomics, environment of plants in Brazil, USA, Mexico, China, Czech Republic, Australia.Coordinate business unit mergers and the start-up of plants in Brazil and abroad.Negotiations with labor unions on issues such as profit-sharing programs, collective bargaining agreements, wages in Brazil and in the union representative selection process in Mexico.Sponsor in the implementation of 5S and Lean Manufacturing methodologies.Support local and international audits.Management of teams of 200-1000 employees.Strategic analysis of commercial operations at the local and global level to ensure and maintain competitiveness in the Tolling market. Preparation, coordination and control of departmental budgets and business unit investment plans.Ensured the correct use of the logo, providing products to MERCOSUR.Responsible for the project to transfer the production process from the plant in Denton/USA to Reynosa/Mexico, including site selection and start-up of manufacturing activities at the plant (phase-in & phase-out), ensuring the continuity of the supply chain to customers in the United States and corporate operational levels.Broad skills and competencies in building relations with local and international service providers, ensuring that the official product classifications used allow the company to benefit from NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and Mercosur market regulations.Systemic view of the organization ensuring effective actions and decision making based on standard management techniques and quality control mechanisms (5W2H, PDCA, Pareto, Ishikawa).

Listed skills include Lean Manufacturing, Start Ups, Restructuring, 5S, and 38 others.