Raphael Fernandes Email & Phone Number

Uberlândia, MG, BR

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Governance, direction and guidance on Cargill's Operational Excellence Framework.
• Develop global strategic plans to align, empower and energize the organization to improve and sustain results.
• Establish global partnerships across businesses, geographies and functions to develop the operations best practices.
• Provide expertise in operational excellence tools to develop our people, capture value and improve our processes.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Lead the continuous improvement area for 7 factories in Cargill Starches, Sweeteners, Texturizers, Cocoa & Chocolate South America.
• Using the Hoshin Kanri, lead the AOP process and deploy the strategy to all levels in operations.
• Implement the Cargill Manufacturing Excellence System (CMES) to achieve exceptional results in our business enabled by TRACC.
• Develop the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) capabilities in our people by training and mentoring projects.
• Leverage the sites to capture value by cost reduction and income generation projects.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Lead the continuous improvement area for Cocoa & Chocolate business in Brazil.
• Manage and develop the continuous improvement, productivity and reliability teams.
• Lead the AOP process using the Hoshin Kanri and X-Matrix to deploy the strategy to all levels.
• Develop the LSS capabilities, implement the best manufacturing practices and value creation.

São Paulo, SP, BR

• Development and leadership the IBP process (S&OP).
• Operations planning for 11 units according to their specificities.
• Strategic planning for the next 5 years.
• Production, packaging and raw materials planning.
• Define the best production portfolio for each unit, optimizing the manufacturing capacity.
• Create processes and influence the organization in the continuous improvement mindset.Note: Biosev, sugar, ethanol and energy company, owned by LDC. Today owned by Raízen.

Zug, Zug, CH

• Perform continuous improvement projects to transform the results of the Business: productivity improvement, wait time reduction, inventory reduction, quality optimization, increase flexibility of service or production.
• Develop and provide training in the Lean tools that expand the knowledge of the human capital of companies.
• Cultural transformation of companies through the Lean concepts.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Lean Business System implementation in Mars Brazil through the people development, KPIs control, facilitating interactions between departments and coaching.
• Disseminate the culture of continuous improvement in the organization.
• Support the Mogi Mirim, Recife and Ponta Grossa sites in constant search for improvements.
• Develop the Champions in 5S, Kaizen, PDCA, Standardized Work, SMED, etc...
• Identify and solve problems, bringing significant savings to the business.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Development of the Operations and Supply Chain Strategies in short, medium and long terms.
• Manage the unit investment plan, make investment recommendations, write projects and validate the return rate.
• Feasibility study and manufacturing cost analysis for innovation and investment projects.
• Lead the manufacturing financial planning team (MCC) and site goals (Efficiency, Safety, Quality, Engagement and Sustainability).
• Identify opportunities and support CI activities using Lean Manufacturing.
• Develop the Industrial Engineering team and perform leverage to more than 700 associates.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Development and leadership of the manufacturing team in 3 shifts (40 associates).
• Zero accidents and quality elevation to a benchmark global level.
• Plant turn-around with 50% volume increase and expressive costs per ton reduction.
• Manage the manufacturing budget and ensure compliance with the operations plan.
• Plant strategy and KPIs definition, with the Brazilian Management Team.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Develop and lead the inbound, stock inventory, invoice and administrative team (30 associates).
• Continuous improvement projects in the inbound area that brought together two million reais in savings and more than three million reais in cash to the organization.
• Manage the internal and external warehouses.
• Supply the factory with the raw materials and packaging required with the maximum efficiency.
• Develop and manage the finance plan for inbound and outbound areas.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Improve the customer service level, reducing uncompleted delivery orders (Customer Service).
• Development of the first Mars distributor’s excellence guide (Sales Administration).
• Energy Efficiency Projects in Mogi Mirim site (Project Engineering).

Maringa, Paraná, BR

• Statistical Process Control application.
• Reduction of losses and inventory control in alcohol production.
• Monitoring and learning about juices, oils and grains analysis.

Zurich, -, CH

• Training and implementation of management production systems based on TPM and several tools of “Problem Solving”.
• Participation in projects and pillars of Progressive Quality and Autonomous Management.
• Solving problems related to printing, laminating, cutting, plating, waxing and retrieval of flexible packaging.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Agribusiness Management

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Management

Integrated Logistics Management & Storage And Handling Strategic Management

Education record

Industrial Engineering, Engenharia De Produção