Ricardo Schemann

Excellence in Customer Experience and Workplace Safety

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

About

- Professional career developed in the Safety, Health, Environment, Quality and Operational Excellence areas. Also in Project Management in large multinational companies such as DuPont, BASF and Siemens. - Conducting of negotiations, proposal development, contracts, projects, training, audits, implementation, management and relationship management with companies from several market segments such as Mining; Energy; Foods; Health and Personal Care; Cement, Concrete and Aggregates; Coatings, Steel and Sugar Cane Mills selling and implementing products and services. - Wide network relationship within companies of those sectors above, providing sales, project management, training, audits and business excellence leadership to the team. - Solid knowledgements on SHEQ and project management by working closely with the local Management team and Global Project team. - Leadership experience, cross-functional team’s management abilities, creativity, task priorization and result orientation. - Responsible for the implementation of Coatings Excellence Program (Business and Operational Excellence) in South America. - Strong communication, presentation and analytical skills. Facility to conduct and build technical presentations to external and internal customers as well as experience on benchmarking studies and proposal development. - Two years of International working and studying experience (England and Germany) – years from 2000 to 2002; facility to perform in diverse and multicultural environments; Fluent and advanced in English and Spanish and intermediate German.

Experience

  • Archroma (7 yrs 3 mos)
    • Global Head of SHE_Competency and Awareness
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      In this broader capacity, I am leading SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) Competency and Awareness, fostering a strong culture, mindset, and management system across Archroma. I will drive impactful training, collaborate closely with Site Safety and Environment Officers, support corrective and preventive actions, share best practices, and contribute as part of the SHE Audit team.

    • Global Head of Complaint Management
      Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    • Americas Head of Quality Management
      Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Project Manager at DuPont - Consulting services for Operational Risk Management at DuPont
    Mar 2015 - Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Quality & Process Performance Manager - Latin America at BASF
    Sep 2012 - Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • DuPont (10 yrs 3 mos)
    • Business Development Manager - Latin America South
      Sep 2009 - Sep 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Project Manager - Latin America South
      Sep 2008 - Sep 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Development Consultant
      Jul 2007 - Sep 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Trainee - Germany at Framatome ANP
    Oct 2001 - Mar 2002 · 6 mos