Area Manager Latin America
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Total years of experience :31 years, 0 Months
Manage network of distrivbutors and service partners around Latin America
Manage company in Doha, including report to stakeholders, negotiation with local suppliers, keep accounting and bank records, interaction with local authorities and partners.
Manage the logistic of cargoes for the steel mill construction (project cargoes), Customs clearance, warehouse management, slab transportation and port operation.
Company: Vale S/A
Size: Large
Start Date: 10/22/1996 - 03/28/2013
Activity: mining
Project Leader (Manager) - Logistics and Site Administration - 07/2012 to 03/2013
Project Leader (Manager) - Procurement - 11/2010 to 06/2012
Manager - Production Planning and Control - 07/2007 to 10/2010
Manager - Sales Administration - 01/2001 to 06/2007
Commercial Manager - 10/1996 to 01/2001
Duties: • Managing cross-functional teams, being responsible for two locations of operation in Guinea, inbound logistics and procurement/supply management, as well as for leading the routines in the field, administer changes and plan and execute logistics cargo movements in the value of R $ 130 million.
• Installation of the company's operations in Guinea, interaction with main stakeholders (local community and government), hiring of space, installation of residential and office spaces, as well as building a portfolio of approximately 200 local suppliers of materials, consumables and equipment.
• Responsible for the consolidation of Vale's presence in Guinea, through positive actions among the contractors and the local community and stakeholders.
Company: Vale S/A
Size: Large
Start Date: 10/22/1996 - 03/28/2013
Activity: mining
Project Leader (Manager) - Logistics and Site Administration - 07/2012 to 03/2013
Project Leader (Manager) - Procurement - 11/2010 to 06/2012
Manager - Production Planning and Control - 07/2007 to 10/2010
Manager - Sales Administration - 01/2001 to 06/2007
Commercial Manager - 10/1996 to 01/2001
Duties: • Managing cross-functional teams, being responsible for two locations of operation in Guinea, inbound logistics and procurement/supply management, as well as for leading the routines in the field, administer changes and plan and execute logistics cargo movements in the value of R $ 130 million.
• Installation of the company's operations in Guinea, interaction with main stakeholders (local community and government), hiring of space, installation of residential and office spaces, as well as building a portfolio of approximately 200 local suppliers of materials, consumables and equipment.
• Responsible for the consolidation of Vale's presence in Guinea, through positive actions among the contractors and the local community and stakeholders.
• Success in developing and implementing a system of distribution in Europe, reducing approximately € 2million per year in logistics costs, plus save on average $ 3 million/year, through improvements in the management of river and maritime shipments. Participation in the team that was awarded with the prize "Meilleurs Usines" INSEAD 2002.
• Success in reducing costs, such as reduction of strategic raw materials stocks, gains in the order of $ 25 million in capital expenditure and integration of teams, minimizing $ 100 k/year in administrative expenses.
• Implementation of inbound logistics, ensuring the control of expenses, through managerial follow-up and monitoring spreadsheets based on benchmarks of the international market.
• Experience in production planning and control of three industrial units and two mines in Brazil and in the administration of sales in countries such as France, Norway and Belgium.
Company: Minasligas, Cia Ferroligas MG S/A
Size: Medium (family company)
Start Date: 01/15/1993 - 10/21/1996
Activity: metallurgy (ferroalloys)
Position held: Import and Export Coordinator.
Duties: a) build up of the company's export dept, general operations of export including booking of ocean freight, port operations, customs' clearance, inland transportation and B) international purchase of raw materials and strategic import operations.
Company: RIMA Industrial S/A
Size: Medium (family company)
Start Date: 04/01/1989 - 05/08/1992
Activity: metallurgy (ferroalloys)
Position held: Foreign Trade Manager
Duties: import and export operations, including booking of ocean freight, port operations, customs' clearance and inland transportation.
OTHER TRAINING
International experience
Acting in commercial sales negotiation with large steel mills - Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, Poland, Finland and USA.
Norway - Acting on the production planning and sales of industrial unit located in Mo i Rana.
France - Acting on the production planning and sales of industrial unit located in Dunkerque.
Guinea-Conakry - Management in implementation of iron ore mining operations (procurement, logistics and remote site administration)
Bachelor Degree in International Business Administration - 1990 Centro Universitário UNA, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
