Bruno Battistetti Festozo

Responsible for leading the maintenance department, managing all installation, repair, and upkeep operations of the company’s facilities including maintaining machinery, planning repair activities, and developing maintenance procedures; Responsible for tracking expenses and overseeing the budget for maintenance; Creating and implementing maintenance procedures; Conducting regular inspections of the facilities to detect and resolve problems; Planning and managing all repair and installation activities; Ensuring all department workers adhere to the safety policies and procedures; Documenting and preparing daily progress reports and maintenance logs. Overseeing equipment stock and placing orders for new supplies when necessary.

As Senior Engineering Manager, responsible for the 3 Faber-Castell Brazil Sites Engineering Areas - Continuous Improvement, Process, Automation, Mechanical, Electronic, Infrastructure and New Products projects. Projects development, coordination and implementation of new products, production capacity increase, quality improvement, processes optimization, loss reduction, equipment and infrastructure adjustment to meet the current standards in the São Carlos (pencil production chain), Prata (pencil wood processing chain) and Manaus (plastic products production) units, having a team of 6 direct and 32 indirect employees. Previous positions: Production Process Engineering and Projects Manager - São Carlos, Prata and Manaus Production Process Engineering Manager - São Carlos, Prata and Manaus Industrial Process Supervisor - São Carlos Process Specialist - São Carlos / Stein (Germany) Process Supervisor - Manaus Project Coordinator - São Carlos Project Coordinator – Stein (Germany) Engineering Intern - Stein (Germany) MAJOR PROJECTS (past 10 years): - New Pencil Machining Line: Global project among Germany, Brazil and Indonesia. Coordination of development of 7 equipment (in a partnership with 5 European suppliers). - Pencil Sharpeners New Blade Manufacturing Process: Process and equipment development coordination (in partnership with 4 domestic and 2 German suppliers). - Manufacturing equipment safety adjustment: Coordination of the project to adapt the machinery to meet the current standards, eliminating high occupational risks and with the main challenge not impacting the productivity. - New Formulation and Manufacturing Process of Pencil Core: Project coordination by 4 European suppliers, know-how transfer from Germany and new process implementation in Brazil. - Automatic Defects Sorting System - Project coordination, from development up to implementation, of a system that uses Cameras and Artificial Intelligence to sort out 11 different types of pencil defects.

Specialization in Mechanical Projects

Conceptual and practical knowledge program in Management with a focus on Leading, Innovating and Transforming business realities through the right decisions. Program and Fundação Dom Cabral differentials: One of the best Business Schools in the world, according to the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking; Teachers with market recognized experience; Knowledge applied to the real market context; Relevant connections with qualified professionals from the most varied segments.