Experience

Alliance One International

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Agronomy Director

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Global Director, responsible for leading the Pyxus/Alliance One Agronomy function, providing global shared services support for the Company’s various existing and new crop offerings, imparting agronomic expertise, building global competence, sharing best practices, benchmark and creating a global crop strategy for the Group. - Director in charge to provide leadership and establish the strategy for the Group Agronomy, Agronomic Quality Assurance and Testing and Agronomy Science and Genetic teams across all Group’s Operating Companies and crops. - Globally responsible to develop and deliver Pyxus’s/Alliance One global agronomic strategy for agronomic services and solutions, to include financial, people, inputs, outputs, yield and quality for existing and new crop offerings. - Lead and establish effective working relationships with grower, research, advocacy and education organizations and manage partnerships with such organizations - Direct responsible and the principal contact with agronomic industry bodies. Show less



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• Operations Director | Agricultural Operations Director | Supply Chain Director

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2020



BAT

• United Kingdom
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Business Development Director

  • Mar 2018 - Jan 2020

  Associate Director (Expat) responsible for Strategy, Leaf Footprint, Group's Sustainability Agenda across 18 operations worldwide, as well Global Projects related to the Leaf area for the whole BAT Group. - Led the Global Footprint Review Analysis, resulting in Working Capital Reduction, Processes Simplification and managing as well both internal and external stakeholders expectations. - Direct managed Global Strategy Review.- Led Corporate sustainability Agenda as well dealing with the whole industry's. Show less

• National Production Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2018

  Senior manager, leading the whole Souza Cruz tobacco production volume in Brazil, leading the strategic agenda, implementing Company's Sustainability Platform in the whole Supply Chain which involvd over 27 thousand integrated farmers.- Leader of a structure with 22 managers (including senior managers) and a team over 250 people, achieving high performance results in all business dimensions. - Implemented the area transformation agenda, throughout productivity, scale and quality, maximizing the operational efficiency, transforming the area benchmark for the whole Group.- Implemented a full programme to reshape Company's debt management with the integrated farmers, reducing indebtedness, Bad Debts transforming this in a Global case keeping the whole business sustainable. - Led Company's Sustainability Platform, transforming it into Group's benchmark and so, creating programmes and initiatives already implemented in other markets.- Direct responsible for a Supply Chain that involved over 27 thousand integrated farmers which managed over 200 million of financing, 220 million Reais in Agriculture Supplies and product over 1.7 billion Reais.- Coordinated multi functional and above market Groups.- Led Company's Strategy Review, linking with Global agenda. Show less

• Senior Industrial Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2010

  Responsible for all Industrial Tobacco Processing Plants and Global projects related with Industrial area and Operational Results as well. (Conversion Cost, Expenses, Logistics and Footprint).- Leader of a structure with 12 managers, team of 150 professionals + 3.500 Seasonal Workers. - Direct managed Industrial Supply Chain and its CAPEX as well product, which valued 1.7 billion Reais.- Led Company's Quality Area and was the link with other Opcos to stablish and share best practices. Show less

• Regional Production Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

  Responsible for planning and execution of all Agricultural Operations within the states of RS and SC, leading a multi-functional team, managing results and in charge of 50% of Company's volume nationwide. - Led a team of 7 managers and over 120 Professionals, achieving high performing results. - Direct managed the Farmers' Segmentation Project which gave us the opportunity to manage farmer base and contributed to reduce over 9 thousand farmers (25%). - Led a turnaround in the area reducing indebtedness over 50% and increase Yield over 20%.- Led the Department Strategy Review. Show less



CA Cigarrera Bigott

• Valencia, Venezuela

• Operations Manager

  • Oct 2004 - Dec 2006

  Responsible for the Tobacco operation in Venezuela, managing the whole business and corporate strategic agenda in a very challenge internal environment. - Led the change management process, restructuring the local business to keep business sustainable. - Implemented a cost reduction agenda, acting in all levels aiming maximize business benefit and as a result, we could reduce over 10% in the Cost of Production across the period was leading the operation. Responsible for the Tobacco operation in Venezuela, managing the whole business and corporate strategic agenda in a very challenge internal environment. - Led the change management process, restructuring the local business to keep business sustainable. - Implemented a cost reduction agenda, acting in all levels aiming maximize business benefit and as a result, we could reduce over 10% in the Cost of Production across the period was leading the operation.



BAT

• United Kingdom
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Production Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2004

  Manager responsible for all tobacco operations in northeast Brazil, consolidating new production areas and at the same time developing a production model for non traditional production areas. Responsible for the whole area supply chain and to manage and develop the talent pool.

• Territorial Production Manager

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2002

  Manager in charge of a production area, leading 20 leaf technicians and dealing with local stakeholders. Responsible for buying and contracting the required volume, also managing the costs of the area. Also responsible for Quality management and area supply chain engaging internal and external stakeholders. Management of projects related to the business area

• Buying and Shift Manager

  • Apr 1998 - Jun 2000

  Manager responsible for buying and industrial Process, managing a team over 150 people. Responsible to manage cost, logistics and quality of the product. Responsible to connect the whole area supply chain linking all areas and managing potential risks. Strong interaction with internal stakeholders to manage Company expectations, generating strong results.

• Management Trainee

  • Jan 1997 - Mar 1998

  Management Trainee of the tobacco area, learning and contributing with business to achieve the expected results. First allocated to the growing area and then moving to industrial process to understand the whole business.