FREDERICO Monteiro Costa CARVALHO

Procurement & Entrepreneurship Enthusiast

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

OUTSTANDING TEAM LEADER ♦︎ EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL IN SOURCING, SUPPLY CHAIN AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ♦︎ PASSIONATE ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ♦︎ GLOBAL CITIZEN I am a dynamic professional with in depth experience in developing businesses and sourcing strategies, reducing total costs, increasing added value and improving governance and compliance in cross-functional cultures for global corporations. I can help strengthen business, sourcing and supply chain strategies for holistic and long standing performance goals of speed, reliability, flexibility, improved quality, cost savings and innovation. Coupled with tenacity and a determination to succeed, I continuously strive to improve the performance of my teams. Creative and visionary strategy is useless if it isn’t translated into action. And this is my passion, develop integrative strategies and “get out of the building” to get them done. passion, innovative and entrepreneurial spirit – focused on results – systemic vision – leadership ability – multicultural adaptability – detailed and organized – ease of communication – ethic, fair player, team spirit and open minded – impressive determination and fast to learn

Experience

  • Sandvik (16 yrs)
    • Parts & Services Sourcing Director
      Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • Parts & Services Sourcing Manager
      May 2016 - Sep 2022 · 6 yrs 5 mos

      high performance team lead - strategic global sourcing management - strategic & complex negotiation - contract & project management – supplier relationship and development management - governance & compliance management - product lifecycle parts development Main activities and achievements: ♦︎ Lead of a high performance and experienced sourcing team responsible for an year spend of ~MUSD130 and suppliers based in Americas that enable us to support the complete global Sandvik's equipment installed base of approximately 15,000 machines and become customers preferred productivity partner. ♦︎ Development of a reliable, compliant, high performance and innovative supply base.

    • Sourcing, Purchasing and Logistics Manager - LAM
      Feb 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      high performance team lead - strategic global sourcing and procurement management - logistics management - suppliers’ quality assurance & control – strategic & complex negotiation – contract & project management – supplier relationship and development management Main activities and achievements: ♦︎ Lead of a team of 40 people within sourcing & purchasing, expediting, domestic & international logistics and quality assurance & control. -Improved overall supply chain performance & results and recovered projects' milestones through processes revisions and organization restructuring. -Built a high performance and committed team in an adverse environment through continuous and clear communication, development and directives. ♦︎ Lead of the overall supply chain organization within Latin America responsible for an year spend of ~MBRL450 and different complex projects including Vale’s S11D that presented the following impressive main figures: - 40.500 drawings issued; - 45.000 tons of steel structure; - 161.000 rollers; - 105.000 m of belt conveyors; - 2.285 km of electrical cables; - 322 pulleys; - 63 drive units; - 4.000.000 bolts; - 7.576 transportation trucks; - 1.517 dispatched containers.

  • Co-founder | COO at Guidea
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 · 3 yrs

    business & product development - team building & lead - entrepreneurship - customer strategy, acquisition & engagement More than 87% of consumers want a product experience beyond the purchase and that is what we believe any brand should work on: how to deliver product/brand experiences, engage and trigger sales. This is what Guidea is all about. It is an innovative startup project focused on how brands and customers interact, has received 0.5MBRL in investments and accelerated by SUP Seed 2014 (pivot) and SUP Chile 2015.

  • Purchasing Supervisor at Teksid
    Dec 2002 - Jul 2010 · 7 yrs 8 mos

    complex & strategic negotiation - contract & project management - supplier relationship management - CAPEX & OPEX - direct & indirect sourcing/procurement - inbound & outbound logistics - outsourcing and international trade Main activities and achievements: ♦︎ Lead of a purchasing team responsible for parts and services acquisitions: CAPEX & OPEX and direct & indirect purchasing, representing a total year spend of ~MBRL225. ♦︎ CAPEX negotiation lead for the expansion of the steel casting production unit (+30%) and the erection of the new aluminum casting unit (~MBRL 50) including civil engineering, steel fabrications, mechanical and electrical components, production equipments, assembly and commissioning. -Achieved proven cost savings (~7%). ♦︎ Management and development of all domestic logistic vendors: inbound and outbound carriers, multimodal operations, warehousing, internal material handling and people transportation. -Improved availability and cost efficiency (x20) of sand transportation (~40 trucks/day). -Implemented integrated multimodal flow for the export of goods (~200 cntrs/month). ♦︎ Outsource of key direct services contracts (machining, deburring and painting) improving product added value, reducing Total Cost of Ownership and achieving better responsiveness to end customer. ♦︎ Promotion of a procurement benchmark between units based in Brazil and Mexico enabling processes standardization and supply base synergies cross LAM.