Hi! I'm Ilídio, and I appreciate your visit to my profile. I invite you to take a moment to learn about my career journey 👇I'm a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA in Business Management. With 23 years of professional experience, I've had the privilege of working in diverse cultural environments. My management style reflects a strong sense of ownership.Of these 23 years, 14 were spent working on a challenge in Brazil, where I matured my base skills and developed many other complementary technical and human skills. I deepened and matured extensive practical experience in various aspects of the toolmaking and thermoplastics industry. I excelled in roles involving production plant establishment, team development, sales proposal negotiation, customer service across multiple industries, ISO's QMS implementation, and more.Besides my Brazilian and Portuguese experiences, I have spent nearly four years (and counting) working in Spain. As Director of Engineering and Projects at Plásticos Durex, I have had the opportunity to lead teams and contribute to projects in the automotive industry with several OEMs TIER 1 and TIER 2, further enriching my skill set and broadening my international experience. Leading a team that successfully delivers dozens of projects annually to the group's 3 production plants (Spain, Mexico, and Poland) of products and assemblies of injected plastics, over-molding, injection-blow, blown, injected rubber, vulcanized rubber, and products with different types of automatic and semi-automatic assemblies, ultrasonic welding operations and laser engravings;In the realm of molds and plastic injection, I've honed:A strong command of injection tool design, production, and validation, including overseeing the entire supply chain and supplier approvals.Expertise in managing industrial costs and predicting budgets/prices for thermoplastic injection and tool shop/molds.Practical experience in developing and optimizing serial thermoplastic injection processes.I possess a hands-on management style with a practical and agile approach to problem-solving, solution-finding, and decision-making.I'm genuinely enthusiastic about contributing and adding value to products, processes, and operations, or directly benefiting end-users.If you have any technical or professional needs where I can assist, you can contact me at:📨 Email: ilidiosilva78@gmail.comSkype: ilidiosilva📞 Phone: +351 926151354