Horacio Figueiredo
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Fernando Cunha
Horácio is a very committed professional, has great skills in manage people and projects and has an very large experience in the automotive segment. His focus in attending the project targets related to quality, cost and timing is really fantastic!
Paulo Kemmelmeier
I worked with Horacio during several years, in multiple projects. He is an extremely organized professional, focused always in win-win deals. Horacio has a good technical background, and a deep knowledge and experience in project management, with a team-builder behaviour!
Fernando Cunha
Horácio is a very committed professional, has great skills in manage people and projects and has an very large experience in the automotive segment. His focus in attending the project targets related to quality, cost and timing is really fantastic!
Paulo Kemmelmeier
I worked with Horacio during several years, in multiple projects. He is an extremely organized professional, focused always in win-win deals. Horacio has a good technical background, and a deep knowledge and experience in project management, with a team-builder behaviour!
Fernando Cunha
Horácio is a very committed professional, has great skills in manage people and projects and has an very large experience in the automotive segment. His focus in attending the project targets related to quality, cost and timing is really fantastic!
Paulo Kemmelmeier
I worked with Horacio during several years, in multiple projects. He is an extremely organized professional, focused always in win-win deals. Horacio has a good technical background, and a deep knowledge and experience in project management, with a team-builder behaviour!
Fernando Cunha
Horácio is a very committed professional, has great skills in manage people and projects and has an very large experience in the automotive segment. His focus in attending the project targets related to quality, cost and timing is really fantastic!
Paulo Kemmelmeier
I worked with Horacio during several years, in multiple projects. He is an extremely organized professional, focused always in win-win deals. Horacio has a good technical background, and a deep knowledge and experience in project management, with a team-builder behaviour!
Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI São PauloNov, 2009- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
Scrum AllianceFeb, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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BURNDY
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Oct 2021 - Present
Responsible for managing product portfolio including the development of all product strategies, Product Plans and new product development including product pricing, promotion and meeting financial goals for the business. Duties and Key achievements: • Preparation and presentation of business case to management for approval of new projects. • Created a benchmark analysis with comparing products portfolio with competitors identifies gaps in the product family to define product development strategy. • Definition of Product Strategy and roadmap in accordance with Hubbell Development Process. • Support Voice of the Customer meetings to understand customer needs translating it company new projects. • Define price strategy based on product families, region, and customers. • Support customer service team and customer with product information. • Coordinated proposed changes to product line to either reduce costs or enhance product performance based on the needs of customer.
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Continental
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Project Management
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Oct 2019 - Oct 2021
Responsible for supporting a group of PMs in different countries to coordinate their projects in the region Americas. In this role I develop and improve the PM processes and coordinate the overall status of the project with all customers in the different countries.Duties and Key achievements: • Organization of Project Day meetings with the steering committee board for reviewing the status of the projects as well as for making decisions about gate releases.• Developed a tool to calculate the workload required for the project team members based on a project complexity allowing the management to plan properly the correct head count for the projects based on existing and upcoming projects.• Project review with management• Intermediate conflict resolutions within the projects when required (different project priorities or project issues)• Support the Sales team during the acquisition phase working as Quote Manager in some projects.• Coach the PM in the different countries to proper plan the projects and also support them when roadblocks come up.• Define PM standards for tracking the project and presenting the status of the projects in the project day meetings.
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Project Manager
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Nov 2015 - Oct 2019
• Project management for automotive industry using Project Management guidelines to achieve the project scope (Time, Cost and Quality).• Preparation of reports to the board of directors related to Project and Product profitability status.• Coordinate the creation and review of the business case to approve the project budget for capital and customer investment.• Management of the project expenses (Capital and customer investment) after approval of the project budget.• Project gate reviews with the steering committee.• Change Management - Evaluate and coordinate the implementation of changes.• Coordination of a multi-functional team globally during project development, having interface with several areas (Development, Manufacturing, Quality and Logistics).
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Program Manager
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Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
* Responsible for monitoring and controlling several projects with different customers. inside the Program Instrumentation and Electronics.* Coordination of a team of Project Managers.* Coach and mentor for the project managers according to the PM processes.* Responsible for monitoring project budgets and resources allocations.* Development of new Business.* Preparation of regular project reports to customers and senior management.
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Project Manager in Germany
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Apr 2012 - Dec 2013
• Project management for automotive industry using Project Management guidelines to achieve the project scope (Time, Cost and Quality).• Interface with the HQ and Continental branch in Brazil to support products localization in Brazil.• Preparation of reports to the board of directors related to Project and Product profitability status.• Coordination of a multifunctional team during project development, having interface with several areas (Development, Manufacturing, Quality and Logistics).
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Project Management Supervisor
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May 2007 - Apr 2012
• Project management for automotive industry using Project Management guidelines to achieve the project scope.• Project Manager responsible for Mitsubishi, VW trucks and Ford trucks at Continental.• Interface with the Customer to establish the project requirements.• Presenting of reports to the staff in Germany related to the Project status.• Responsible to coordinate a multifunctional team of Engineers (Development, Manufacturing, Quality and Logistics).• Responsible to coordinate a production line from France to Brazil (Guarulhos). • Project leader on outsourcing for Electronic boards to reduce costs and work load of Guarulhos plant.• Award for the implementation of system management / traceability for electronic boards that pass by rework process. • Monitoring and supporting the Quality and Process audits performed by customers at the plant.
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Visteon Corporation
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Process Engineer
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Mar 2005 - May 2007
Responsible to improve manufacturing process and to elaborate and track the budget (L&OH) for the manufacturing area.Key achievements:* Implementation of new layout in the production line for Board Preparation, reducing 3 operators and increasing the line capacity by 20%* Implementation of software to control the waste costs generated by suppliers to perform a charge back.* Travel to Portugal for hiring and coordinating an external company to perform rework in a defective batch of parts (Radio front bezel) to our customer in Portugal* Reduce the Maintenance costs in the SMD and PTH area US$ 300K/year through the development of new suppliers and spare parts localization.* Responsible for budget preparation and cost track (Labor and Overhead for the Manufacturing area) in order to meet the Financial plans.* Studies of advanced Engineering to replacement old machine versions reducing costs with maintenance and labor.* Driving Value Stream Mapping, aimed at reducing costs and waste in manufacturing.* Implementation of quality measurable in the production through the use of statistical tools (SPC, CPK, OEE, Pareto charts trends).* Application of quality standards ISO-16949. 2005
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Manufacturing Technician
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Feb 1994 - Mar 2005
Implementation of quality and process improvements focusing the increase on the production line performance.Key achievements:* Cycle time control in production lines in order to improve line performance.* Monitoring of internal and customer rejection rates and action plan preparation to improve the quality indicator performance.* Definition of flow / process of assembly line production of an automotive Radio and electronic boards .* Conducting daily meetings with a team of operators to perform feedback about problems occurred between production shifts to align the information and objectives.* Localization of spare parts imported from Europe and Asia focusing cost and lead time reduction.* Control of maintenance costs (BRL. $ 900K Annual Budget)* Development of new machines and electro pneumatic devices, to automate the production process;* Presentation of financial reports and action plan related to Maintenance costs expenses.
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Education
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2007 - 2009
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
MBA, Project Management -
2005 - 2006
Universidade Paulista
Post Graduation, Marketing -
1999 - 2004
Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul
Graduation, Electrical Engineering -
1994 - 1996
Colegio Albert Einstein
Technical college, Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician -
1994 - 1995
SENAI
Vocational college, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology
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