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State Of São Paulo, Brazil

São Bernardo Do Campo, São Paulo, Brasil

- Managed cross-docking operations, ensuring product inbound and outbound within defined targets, conducting benchmarking, and implementing corporate projects with a focus on cost reduction and competitiveness.

São Paulo, Brasil

- Partnered with consultancy firms to redesign logistics flows, implement S&OP, and optimize customer service for various companies. In the food retail industry, I managed supply chain, dealer operation, and reverse logistics, overseeing a team of 50 and coordinating in-house and outsourced fleets. Successfully moved a refrigerated warehouse from rented to an owned one, reducing costs by 20% and increasing storage capacity by 30%.

Indaiatuba, Sp

- Managed warehouse, bulk terminal, rail car terminal, and import operations across Latin America, focusing on cost reduction and agility in customer service.

São Paulo, Brasil

- Revised logistics, import/export processes, and evaluated outsourced services like freight forwarders and customs brokers. Recommended supply chain strategies, including tax benefits, and conducted inventory counts with reports highlighting key improvement areas and optimized logistics flowcharts.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Managed the import of materials for the construction of a shipyard and oil platform, overseeing tenders for heavy lift freight to ensure efficient and timely delivery.

Osasco, Sp - Brazil

- Responsible for national and international logistics for Latin American business units. Implemented Control Tower, reviewed transportation contracts, and optimized their processes, reducing costs and improving service quality.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Responsible for importation, warehouse and inventory consigned to customers, as well as for invoicing and customer service.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Led foreign trade operations for Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil), ensuring regulatory compliance and operational efficiency in import and export processes. Implemented corporate governance projects and strategies to reduce costs and mitigate operational risks.

Barueri, Sp Brazil

- Led the implementation of the company’s first factory in Brazil, overseeing warehousing, import/export, and distribution projects, developing suppliers, and managing reverse logistics. Implemented logistics policies and procedures in compliance with SOX, ensuring operational standardization and customer satisfaction.

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

- Led the implementation of the Regional Distribution Center in the Montevideo Free Trade Zone, optimizing regional logistics costs. Managed finished goods planning, imports from Asia, the USA, and Mexico, and exports to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Effectively coordinated service providers in a fully outsourced logistics operation, integrating diverse cultures.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

- Led finished goods planning and import processes through a Trading Co. in Espírito Santo (FUNDAP operation), supporting factory closure and establishing an outsourced logistics provider for the distribution center. Reduced landed costs by submitting customs valuation and tariff classification processes to the Brazilian Department of Foreign Trade. Improved container handling by redesigning the pallet process using the push-pull method. Developed foreign trade manuals for imports and exports and optimized logistics routes. Engaged the team in evaluating a Regional Distribution Center setup, analyzing bonded warehouse systems in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsible for import and export.- Conducted import and export processes from the Distribution Center located in the Free Trade Zone of Montevideo.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

In a partnership with three other people, we opened a company to attend restaurants and hotels’ market related to tableware products, importing and reselling them.- Responsible for searching space to open the office, bureaucracy, marketing and potential customers.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Responsible for preparing export processes, presenting and following them up at the Brazilian agency authorized to issue registers (Decex).

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsible for export Finished Goods to United States, Europe and Africa and import Raw Material to the manufacturing site.• Supported visit of commercial partners at showroom’s plant.

Logistics Business

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Trade Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Foreign Trade