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A driven and industrious professional with 20+ years’ record of achievement, directing strategic regional Operational, Financial, Industrial, Commercial, and Logistics initiatives in dynamic environments, including the Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Field Instrumentations, Capital goods, Agriculture, Automotive, Mining, Mechanical, and Civil construction market segments. Provide a vision and strategic leadership for the organization’s success. Improve growth and efficiency capability by defining Change Management Strategy. Aligning Company Vision, Culture with Strategy and Action Plan, implement, track & manage progress. Ability to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds. Create a positive impact on business and influence market trends, while building new markets. Effective development of company initiatives and development strategic direction. P&L accountable. Proven abilities in penetrating markets and producing enhanced revenue streams as a result of effective negotiation, managing teams to deliver results on time and within budgets. Extensive knowledge of local business cultures in all Latin American countries. Deep Knowledge of legal requirements and approval processes for implementing and operating chemical/oil & gas companies and industries in the main countries in Latin America. Experience managing results in matrix business structure, financial, industrial, International logistics, legal regulations, and expert tax law. A solid history of success in all Operation processes: Company Strategy, Culture change, Industrial, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply-Chain, Tax law expertise, Labor legislation, Sales Execution, Marketing execution, Channel management, Market expansion, Financial, Budget Administration, Customer Centricity, Product development, Pricing, key-account development, performance monitoring. Ability managing and motivating people to increase performance, assuring market penetration and profitability, effectiveness through the development of opportunities for growth.. Lead and accountable for overseeing all operations in Brazil and Latin America including P&L, Finance, Logistic, Supply-chain, HR, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Quality, Manufacturing process, Productivity (CR- CA), Cost control, Lean, SIX Sigma, MES, OEE. International experience opening up markets, and startups and developing high-performance teams in the technical-commercial area in Brazil and Latin American countries. Proficient fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Listed skills include Strategic Leadership, Strategic Planning, Automotive, Business Strategy, and 17 others.