. Sound professional experience with 27 years of performance in the Business/Commercial – Sales, Marketing and Product areas in companies in the Gases / Chemicals / Equipment / Engineering segment in Brazil, managing Sales Budget, P&L, Expenses, CAPEX and experience as an expatriate in Sweden and coordination in South America. Responsible for the organization and start-up of the air gases business in the AVB steelmaking company – Aço Verde do Brasil in Açailândia /MA, Ferroeste Group. Last 10 years in the company Linde, as Market & Business Development and Product Management Manager, reporting directly to the Country and Business Manager Brazil. Area responsible for total sales of R$ 400 million/y and generation of new sales of R$ 35 million/y. Management of a multidisciplinary business team with over 30 people. Vast experience in the management and development of customers, new business and markets, products, brands, campaigns, applications / technologies for gases and equipment in different industrial segments (B to B): Manufacturing (Cutting & Welding), Chemical & Environmental, Energy, Metallurgy, Food, Special Gases. Responsibility for strategic planning and communication in those segments. Focus on selling added value and differentiation. Negotiations and management of clients and suppliers of different segments. Experience in the development, and approval for investments in new production plants, totaling € 150 million. Development of the Clean Energy segment jointly with Linde Engineering in the areas of Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Bio-Fuel, Vehicle, Energy, Cogeneration, carbon credit and capture. Product management. Vast international experience, daily relationship with global areas, expatriate for 2.5 years in Sweden, training in the EU, market development in Latin America. Representative and presenter of papers to associations and commissions: ABIQUIM, CIESP/FIESP, ABM, German and Swedish Chambers of Commerce, VDI Brasil
Listed skills include Business Strategy, Management, Product Development, Spanish Advanced, and 14 others.