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São Paulo, Brasil

São Paulo, Brasil

Gerente de Projetos das iniciativas realizadas no Estado de São Paulo.

São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil

Gerente de Projeto executado em quatro municípios (São Luís, Paço do Lumiar, Codó e Teresina) que trabalha a temática de habilidades para a vida, educação financeira e empreendedorismo desenvolvido em 11 escolas públicas de nível fundamental e médio no sistema presencial e com jovens do Maranhão e Piauí nas atividades remotas. • Planejamento das ações em todas as áreas de intervenção com a finalidade de assegurar o alcance dos objetivos do projeto e qualidade programática;• Gerenciamento e monitoramento da equipe e dos recursos do projeto de acordo com o planejado;• Gestão para garantir que os requisitos programáticos, orçamentários e cronograma pré-acordados sejam atendidos e executados;• Monitoramento dos indicadores estabelecidos no marco lógico do projeto e implementação de ações preventivas e corretivas quando necessárias;• Liderança do processo de comunicação institucional com o doador e principais partes interessadas do projeto;• Elaboração dos relatórios programáticos e financeiros para prestação de contas ao doador;• Elaboração de propostas para renovação do projeto.

Recife E Região, Brasil

Project Manager – Vocational training, youth employment, and socio-environmental projects as well as projects developed in partnership with Roberto Marinho Foundation (Pernambuco, Bahia, Ceará). Responsibilities included:• Managing the project team in order to achieve project goals; • Monitoring planning, implementation, and evaluation project phases in order to meet quality standards and requirements established by AVSI Brasil and donors;• Building and maintaining project information and reports;• Enforcing that deliverables are on-time and on-budget, preventing project overruns; formulating periodical budget adjustments to ensure overall achievement of spending target;• Hiring the project team; • Designing proposals to prospect new projects and partners; • Representing AVSI Brasil in events and meetings, establishing partnerships and liaising with key players and organizations from the private sector, civil society, and government.

Regional Sales Supervisor of one of the leading Tour Operators in Brazil, covering six states (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe.) Responsibilities included:• Supervising the regional sales team through monitoring reports, sales performance, and regular visits to the operator branches and clients;• Assisting the regional Sales Manager in leading, directing, and motivating the sales team in order to achieve and exceed sales targets and profitability;• Monitoring the budget of each branch and the branch sales strategy plan;• Training travel agents and key accounts on the tour operator’s online booking system • Training sales team on sales techniques, legal requirements, the tour operator CRM online system, and the tour operator products, policies, and procedures;• Prospecting new clients and businesses on behalf of the tour operator;• Building relationships with travel agencies and services providers.

São Luis Do Maranhão E Região, Brasil

Project Coordinator of Young Health Program. Project focus: Promoting health and gender equity among disadvantaged teenagers (10-19 years) in five municipalities of Maranhão state. Strategy: Influencing policy development/implementation and empowering targeted audience to gain improved access to information and services that would enhance their well-being. Responsibilities included:• Managing the project team in order to achieve the project goals;• Developing reports, terms of reference (TOR) and other project documents in both English and Portuguese;• Designing strategic relationship and partnership with key stakeholders (local government, civil society, private sector, and community);• Planning and monitoring project activities and interventions.

Kolkata E Região, Índia

Field Researcher for IICTD (International Institute of Culture, Tourism and Development) and Banglanatak for the Europe-funded ‘Ethnomagic Going Global’ project to develop community-based cultural tourism in rural West Bengal. Responsibilities included:• Researching in the field with participatory methodology;• Taking inventories of available resources: accommodation, transport, sites of tourist importance;• Developing reports and project proposals;• Conceptualizing cultural trails by identifying the infrastructure and the capacity building needed to establish cultural tourism in the area;• Establishing partnerships with government representatives as a result of research findings;• Designing brochures, postcards and publicity material for the cultural trails.

Recife E Região, Brasil

Sales Executive of one of the leading Tour Operators in Brazil. Responsibilities included:• Managing more than 130 clients, with a track record of exceeding consistently high targets;• Liaising with travel agents to promote the tour operator products;• Training travel agents on the tour operator’s online booking system;• Attending Travel Fairs, Exhibitions and business meetings: Promoting, developing contracts, identifying new businesses and suppliers;• Building relationships with travel agencies and services providers;• Negotiating the terms of an agreement with clients with support from Sales Supervisor, gathering client requirements and presenting them appropriately to finalize a sale.

Recife E Região, Brasil

Atuação no setor de vendas em uma cadeia portuguesa de hotéis, promovendo e negociando tarifas para os seus quatro hotéis situados no Nordeste. •Responsável por negociar e promover tarifas diferenciadas para o segmento corporativo e negociar tarifas para grupos;•Prospecção de clientes para captação de novos negócios.•Elaboração das estratégias de marketing em conjunto com a equipe de vendas. •Organização e planejamento de eventos para captação e manutenção de clientes. •Construção de bases de relacionamento e manutenção através de ferramentas presenciais e virtuais.•Participação em eventos e feiras especializadas representando a cadeia de hotéis. •Gerente de plantão: supervisionando todos os departamentos e representando o gerente geral no hotel.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Development And Rights

Master'S Degree, International Tourism Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Tourism