Experience

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  Carraro Group

  • Caxias do Sul Area, Brazil

  • Sales Manager

    • Nov 2015 - Present
    • Caxias do Sul Area, Brazil

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  Grupo Tutto

  • Caxias do Sul e Região, Brasil

  • Sales & Engineer Manager

    • Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
    • Caxias do Sul e Região, Brasil

    Sales and Engineering Management. New products and quotation execution, providing chassis and suspensions solutions to bus & trucks manufacturers. OEM and fleet visits, in order to assist the customers on their needs. Taxation and pricing activities to best match the product offer to the needs. Conduction of activities regarding Customer and Product Support Management.

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  San Marino Neobus

  • Caxias do Sul / RS / Brazil

  • Purchasing Supervisor

    • Feb 2014 - Nov 2014
    • Caxias do Sul / RS / Brazil

    Purchasing management, emphasis on cost optimization, portfolio purchasing management, suppliers follow-up, search/development on suppliers for new Plant at Rio de Janeiro State, warehouse and stocks reduction activities, new tribute legislation adaptation, so all related activities on providing goods to a bus manufacturer.

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  Suspensys Sistemas Automotivos Ltda.

  • Brazil
  • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Senior Product Engineer

    • Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

    OEM trucks and buses suspension development, focused on new programs Product Development Processes management (PDP). Massive customer contact, aiming to a production start. Visit to OEM and fleet customers, bench tests request and follow-up (Randon Labs). Major customers DAF Trucks, MAN, Volvo, Ford, Navistar, Agrale, and Iveco.

  • Cost Optimization/Purchasing Supervisor

    • Mar 2012 - Feb 2013

    Focus on cost reduction, alternative products design. Suspension and automotive parts manufacturing cost reduction. Carry-on tests to approve such modifications, preparing reports to approve new parts on a customer site Supplier Day.

  • Engineering Supervisor

    • Feb 2008 - Mar 2012

    Semitrailers axles, beams and suspension development, besides hubs, drums & brake rotors to OEM buses, trucks and trailers programs on design & PDP managementto put in production such products. Substantial contact with suppliers and customers, starting on a quotation preparation and presentation up to start of production. Massive customer visits and team basis solution to field problems solving. Carried out two major problems as a Six Sigma team leader. Major customers are Randon Implementos, MAN, Ford, Volvo, Scania, Navistar, Iveco, DAF, Agrale, Meritor Osasco&USA&UK.

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  Meritor

  • Troy, Michigan, USA

  • Project Engineer

    • Sep 2006 - Feb 2008
    • Troy, Michigan, USA

    Engineer position at Meritor site (Troy/MI) developing outsourced parts suspension from China & India with testing analysis; also providing lab tests for hubs, drums and beams for Suspensys customers. Commercial and Quality Suspensys representative for Meritor sites at Kentucky, Canada and Mexico. By that time, Suspensys had a lot of exports to US in terms of axles.

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  Suspensys Sistemas Automotivos Ltda.

  • Brazil
  • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Product Engineering Supervisor

    • Dec 2003 - Sep 2006

    Team leader for quotation and development of hubs, drums and suspension cast brackets. Bench and field test for axles and brake parts. New programs implementation team leading activities. Production support activities. Over 120 new cast parts implemented for OEM trucks and buses. Major customers: MAN, Ford, Volvo, Scania, Dina, Dimex, International, GM, Encava, Iveco, DAF, Agrale, Meritor Osasco&USA&UK, Randon Implementos,

  • Quality Supervisor

    • Apr 2003 - Nov 2003

    ISO System and Customers Support. Quality procedures management, carry-on internal and external quality audit, customer complaints solving activities, PPAP demands for customer approvals, problem-solving activities on product non-conformance.

  • Purchasing Supervisor

    • Jun 2002 - Mar 2003

    Purchasing area management, prices negotiating, cast tools development, system migration (Triton to Baan), all related activities on a Suspensys start of operation.

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  RANDON S.A.

  • Caxias do Sul / RS / Brazil

  • Project Engineer

    • Apr 1997 - May 2002
    • Caxias do Sul / RS / Brazil

    Items & system design, prototypes, test procedure and reports to suspension components for trucks, buses and semi trailers, besides hubs and drums systems. All Brazilian OEM plus Randon Implementos.

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  INTECNIAL S.A.

  • Erechim / RS / BRazil

  • Engineer

    • Jul 1995 - Mar 1997
    • Erechim / RS / BRazil

    All related activities to provide quotation to its products, besides processes to standart purchased and fabricated items.