São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Global executive with career developed in Brazil and abroad in companies such as BIO-RAD, LEXMARK, BIOGEN, DELL COMPUTERS, SIEMENS. Broad experience in Technology, Pharma and Medical Devices sectors acquired in companies with diversified business cultures. Perceived as a direct, hands-on and highly motivated executive. Used to successfully building and leading teams and developing people across geographies. Forges strong relationships with other departments, stakeholders, international headquarters and external partners. Strong experience managing S&OP processes, logistics, cold chain processes, foreign trade, supply & demand planning. Responsibility for local manufacturing. Participated in start-ups in Brazil and L. America. Management of operations in multiple countries, budget control, implementation of cost savings initiatives, project management with matrix teams in different geographies, procurement, buy x make and tax analysis. Supported SAP implementation, 3PL bids and change, new DC´s launch.
With teams in Brazil and Mexico, responsible for Demand Planning, Import/Export, Warehousing (both 3PL and own distribution centers) and Distribution of temperature controlled and dry products. Also responsible for support to Channel Partners in most L. America countries.
Manage a team responsible for end to end Supply Chain activities in Brazil - inbound, outbound and reverse Logistics, warehousing, Contract Manufacturer management, 3PL management, importation, demand & supply Planning, PPB law utilization. New Product Launch. S&OP coordination. Project Management. Leadership on many cost reduction initiatives translated into multi-million dollar savings. Support to Outsourcing services and coordination of large scale hardware roll-out projects at customers.
Ensure end-to-end Supply Chain and Patient Supply. Business Continuity for the Emerging Markets and business processes standardization and alignment. Promote demand and supply alignment. Strategic oversight on third party logistics vendors, leveraging best practices and company requirements. Operations focal point for new affiliates set-up. In this capacity leading supply chain initiatives for affiliates and distributors in Emerging Markets, with direct reports in Brazil (SP), Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Zug (distributor markets).
Led the International Demand/Supply Planning activities and Labeling Development team, ensuring demand & supply alignment for all international affiliates, business continuity and adequate inventory levels for all International markets (90+ countries). Supported product launches/updates in a timely manner. Support to Marketing and Regulatory requirements.
Responsible for supply chain/operations in the L. America affiliates, new affiliates start-up.
In charge of order management, product distribution, warehousing, inventory control, reverse logistics, suppliers negotiations, local manufacturing customizations.
Implementation of the Procurement Dept. of Dell Computers in Brazil for the operation start-up. Negotiation of the supply chain for the Brazilian factory, coordinating the efforts of Dell Global Procurement Dept. in Austin, TX. and global and local suppliers. After start-up, responsible for all locally sourced components. NPI coordination with suppliers and new supplier development.