Rafael Guolo De Santis Email & Phone Number

Operate as an engagement leader, managing project teams to help clients achieve outstanding and sustainable results. Establish an integrative, collaborative, challenging, and enjoyable work environment fostering people development • Ensure value is delivered to clients• Identify new opportunities, supporting business expansion• Lead project acquisition processes (proposals elaboration and presentation)• Manage the time, scope, and budget of the project• Allocation of resources and assignment of roles and responsibilities within the project to ensure motivation and engagement of the team• Risk and conflict management• Contribute to the consultants' career development (direct and indirect reports) with constant feedback, mentoring, and training • Support recruiting process and onboarding of new employees• Contribute to the development of internal processesKey projects:1. Organizational design in an automotive company (Brazil)2. R&D strategy in an automotive company (Brazil)3. Industrialization strategy (Make or Buy, Strategic Sourcing, Footprint, and Operating Model) in an aerospace company (Brazil)4. Zero-based budget in a consumer goods company (Brazil)5. Pricing process in a consumer goods company (Brazil)6. PMO implementation of an efficiency program in a shipbuilding company (Germany)7. Competitor benchmark in a consumer goods company (Italy)8. Product creation process in an automotive company (Brazil)9. Variant management in a construction company (Brazil)10. High-performance organization in a mining company (Chile)11. Operation efficiency and productivity in a consumer goods company (Chile)

Responsible for the implementation of projects leading the client team and the Porsche Consulting team, for the development of client proposals, and the development of client relationships at a management level• Planning and management of projects, including collecting data, performing quantitative and qualitative analysis, developing recommendations, designing/leading workshops, and documenting/communicating project deliverables and results• Development of new project methodologies, development of internal training, and continuous improvement of internal procedures• Planning and development of client proposals• Coach junior members of the team at the beginning of their consulting careers

São José Dos Campos Area, Brazil

Responsible for the coordination of projects in the quality development area and the quality development of service centers, warehouses, and suppliers (repair station)• Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) of the quality development area to improve and establish processes related to project management• Lead/execute continuous improvement projects (DMAIC)• Lead/execute system implementation projects (requirements documentation, systems configuration, test documentation/execution, issue identification, and resolution)• Collaborate with other business areas in finding and developing business initiatives to increase revenue or reduce cost• Define, measure, control, and report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)• Lead/execute the RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Action) process in service centers, warehouses, and suppliers (repair station)• Lead/execute the qualification of suppliers (repair station) to implement Embraer's quality requirements• Coordinate, as a Scrum Master, a team of 8 engineers (quality and software) to drive alignment and execution of the activities described above

São José Dos Campos Area, Brazil

Responsible for the quality development and supplier management for one of Embraer's aircraft• Lead and support supplier APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activities to ensure the fulfillment of all deliverables• Team up with engineering and supplier to alleviate discrepancies in product specifications and drive RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Action)• Coordinate the continuous improvement of supplier's quality, processes, and delivery performance• Functions as a liaison among suppliers, authorities, and internal functions/plants (Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Program, Client Support, and Certification) to clarify requirements, facilitate communication, and drive accountability for improvement actions to achieve optimal alignment with product requirements

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsible for coordinating multifunctional teams in the implementation of product development processes and for the development of new business initiatives• Investigate customer processes to identify problems, complexities, non-value-added steps, and inefficiencies that could be improved• Lead the creation of project roadmaps to help customers achieve their business strategy goals• Coordinate junior consultants in system implementation projects (requirements documentation, systems configuration, test documentation/execution, issue identification, and resolution)• Engage customers to drive alignment and execution of the activities described above

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsible for the implementation of product development processes• Responsible for integrating customer processes with PTC technologies to improve product development• Responsible for gathering and documenting customers' requirements into functional and system description documents• Responsible for the creation, documentation, and execution of software tests• Coordinate software developers

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Part of a 4-month training held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The training was composed of hard and soft skills, and its main goal was to expose the participants to client use cases. Participants were encouraged to use not only the skills learned during the training but also their analytical and conceptual ability to solve the proposed problems, thus adding value to the client's operation

Responsible for the research and development of new technologies and continuous improvement of current products in the spraying components sector• Responsible for the design of mechanical solutions and development and validation of prototypes aiming at cost reduction and quality and performance improvement• Responsible for the specification and creation of the product engineering structure• Responsible for the feasibility of manufacturing the product• Field service to execute performance tests on customers' products and to analyze technical problems• Technical consulting and support for quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, and service and support engineering

Internship in the maintenance area focusing on the implementation of lean manufacturing projects

Architecture And Systems Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Mechanical Engineering