SUMMARY:

• Engineering Project Management / PMO Director / Director of Engineering
• Multifaceted technical career with 20 - year track record of innovation and success in the food and beverage industry in large companies in Brazilian and Latin American markets.
• Technically sophisticated, innovative, dynamic executive leader with significant expertise in building and managing Project Management Offices (PMOs), working with Global Technology Centres, and directing technical development in projects for multinational companies.
• Expertise in structuring and recovering large complex engineering projects in global companies.
• Extraordinary interpersonal talents; able to build and fortify strong relationships at all levels of the organization and with staff, key stakeholders, vendors, and clients.
• Significant experience in management of large capital investment projects, such as new factory installations (Greenfield) or existing factory upgrades (Brownfield) in management areas such as Civil Construction and Metallic Structures, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Electrical and Pneumatic Installations, Industrial Processes, Cleaning Systems, Pumping and Utilities, Industrial Networks, Instrumentation and Control, Automation of Large Industrial Systems connected to SAP / MES, Conveyors, and Palletizers, and Robotization of end of line.
• Proficient in SAP, AutoCAD, MS Office Suite. Fluent in Portuguese and English.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Full Lifecycle Project Management
• Enterprise Portfolio Management
• Capex Authorization Request
• Greenfield / Brownfield Projects
• Corporate Engineering Management
• Project Charter
• Integrated Master Schedules
• Facilities Engineering
• Project Planning
• PMO Development
• Process Engineering
• Enterprise Planning
• Conceptual Engineering
• Food & Beverage Sector
• Contracts / Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple, large-scale projects.
• Oversee projects for client engagements within practice and review high-level deliverables across projects. Implement engagement review and quality assurance procedures in accordance with approved methodology to ensure profitable and successful execution of engagements, minimizing exposure and mitigating risk across projects.
• Analyse metrics to determine and enforce KPIs, define appropriate revenue recognition, ensure accurate invoicing, and monitor receivables for all projects under direction.
• Developed, reviewed, and maintained standards as part of engineering oversight.
• Directed implementation of Project Management Office (PMO), focused on disseminating good practices (PMI and SHERPA) and training stakeholders by integrating with head office in France.
• Managed large infrastructure, process, and packaging projects, prepared CAR (Capex Authorization Requests), ensuring strategic alignment of projects with Master Plan for factory.
• Demonstrate solid engineering technical base refined with extensive corporate and plant experience in projects and manage all project phases including Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT), and start-ups.
• Developed business and project plan to transfer milk (nano / ultra) filtration technology from Mexico for new project under study in Brazil.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed every aspect of various large projects for Drive & Control Systems in the Latin American PMO, including planning, communication, risk assessment, and resources.
• Developed and implemented project management programs containing details of each project and project control mechanisms.
• Guided and directed project team members to ensure compliance with set standards, procedures, and guidelines, including design engineers, sales engineers, and technical engineers. Managed development, implementation, and evaluation of complex projects.
• Evaluated and managed changes to approve only those substantially impacting scope, budget, and schedule of projects.
• Effectively completed complex projects for Mondelez (Biscuits Peru) - Food; Mercedes Benz - Automotive; Alstom, IMMA, and GE - Energy; Petrobras, Oilwell / NOV, Sulzer - Oil and Gas; and Vale, Bardella, and Sandvik (Brazil / Chile / Peru) - Mining.
• Directed Project Management and installation of Conveyors and Automation for Oreo biscuit line - Mondelez, Peru (2016).
• Travelled to Germany and the Netherlands to participate in Project Management Master Class to equalize best practices for all countries served by the company, including technical visits to various projects, alignment of Strategy, WBS development, Scope, Schedule, and Risk Analysis of Project Management Office (PMO) implantation project for Latin America integrated with Germany.
• Completed total implementation of PMO for Latin American projects using knowledge gained through international experience and study.

Confidential

Project Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Led and directed all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion for complete solutions for dairy products, ice cream, food, and beverages.
• Performed as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Ensured baseline project documents are produced, maintained, and available to all parties concerned and effectively used.
• Monitored and controlled financial status of projects, and reported financial, resources, technical issues, customer satisfaction status of assigned projects to management.
• Managed process of scope definition and change control, identified, important potential risks relating to projects, and established and executed detailed plans to ensure risks mitigated and opportunities realized.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planned and executed Innovation & Renovation projects of medium to high complexity, including complex process / business improvement initiatives and other key business initiatives.
• Applied leadership, coaching, and influencing skills to manage and engage cross-functional teams and drive projects forward, ensuring time and resources used effectively and efficiently to meet project and business objectives.
• Led cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate risks and opportunities, identify solutions to remove roadblocks, and drive corrective action to meet project goals and business commitment.
• Provided transparency and communication on project and portfolio status to cross-functional team members and Leadership Team.
• Took charge of consistent application, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement of Confidential é’s processes and tools.
• Identified, documented, and ensured implementation of continuous process improvements, in order to eliminate waste and optimize every step across the consumer value chain.
• Successfully managed projects relating to Electrical, Automation and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) of Milk Factory; Factory Cans, Filling Lines for Milk Powder and Robot for Automatic Palletizing; Filling Lines for Cream and Liquid Chocolate; Revamping Evaporators, New Milk Reception and Milk Dissolution; Security System for Milk Powder Drying Towers; Mixing System and Addition ingredients in milk powder factory; and Design and Installation of Wastewater Treatment Station