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State Of São Paulo, Brazil

Responsible for the Lean Manufacturing strategy and execution at General Motors São Caetano do Sul and Mogi das Cruzes Plants, with focus on Lean Manufacturing Implementation, CI Projects execution, data analysis, training and education, waste reduction, standardization, cross-functional collaboration, root cause analysis, safety and quality. Led direct and indirect teams, integrating and developing them for an effective work execution.

São Paulo, São Paulo

Operational Excellence Master for General Motors South América Manufacturing. Responsible to develop strategies and projects to drive cost reduction and leverage opportunities to increase productivity and quality.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Leader of Problem Solving Central Department in South America Region. Responsible to implement the Global Standardized Work for Red X - Statistical Engineering in South America by following the Value Stream Mapping methods developed by General Motors North America. Main focus is to ensure that critical quality problems have been solved and lessons learned will be reviewed and applied for the next product generation.

Responsible for the quality development for the new Chevrolet S10 / Colorado Mid Size Truck launched recently in Brazil and Thailand. All quality deliverables have been developed based on the the evaluation of competition profile and customer requirements.

Single Point Contact in LAAM Region (Latin America, Africa, and Middle East) for Global Field Action Investigation, Decision and Communication Process (Recalls).Responsible to coordinate the Field Performance Evaluation for General Motors in LAAM with the strategic purpose:-Have one common GM Global Field Performance Evaluation Process to manage product investigations and field action decisions;-Ensure timely communication of product issues across GM Regions and relevant Joint Ventures and Alliance Partners;-Develop work instructions that ensure successful process execution-Reduce GM corporate recall exposure by expanding communications and addressing product issues earlier.

Trained internal GM employees and external (dealers and suppliers) on Statistical Engineering Technical Problem Solving Tool (Red-X), involving representatives from Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Egypt. Responsible for coordination, training, and implementation of Statistical Engineering Technical Problem Solving Tool (Red-X) in LAAM Region (Latin America, Africa and Middle East).Applied Statistical Engineering Technical Problem Solving Tool (Red-X) to eliminate hard perennial issues (high warranty cost and huge impact on quality), with 95% of statistical confidence, ensuring effective improvement implementation and avoiding any chance of problem reincidence.

Failure analysis for field complaints regarding interior items of the vehicle such as seats, mirrors, glasses, safety belts, etc. Worked with multifunctional teams (Product Engineering; Supplier Quality Engineering; Manufacturing and Aftersales) to understand the customers complaints, determine the root cause and develop technical solution for field problems.

Coordinated the stamping dies construction for Chevrolet Montana to General Motors do Brasil and Chevy C2 to General Motors Mexico programs. All stamping dies for both projects were delivered to production in the targeted dates and with high quality.

Responsible to manage and control all related costs for stamping dies, injection molds, assembly and welding fixtures construction for S10/Blazer MCE, Zafira and Meriva programs. Special assignment to implement SAP financial module in the Tool & Die Shop.

Adapted financial reports from TCS (Tool Control System) software originally developed to control tooling construction costs for GMNA die shops to support General Motors do Brasil Tool & Die Shop management level decision making process.

São Paulo, Brazil

Part-time professor for college subjects:1) Introduction to Engineering2) Physics Labs

Conducted investigation and analysis of the logistics process, identifying improvement opportunities to eliminate waste and reduce unnecessary costs in labor and equipment required for material handling activities.

Trainee in Process Engineering Department. Supported development teams on structure and hydraulic projects for water and effluents treatment stations attending several customers such as Rhodia, Bayer, etc.

Master, Automotive Engineering

Mba, Product Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Data Science & Analytics