Ivan Witt

Diretor de compras @ Nissan do Brasil

About

Nissan Purchasing Director. Was CEO of W1 Consultoria, specialized in business management. With 43 years of experience, he was Director of Shared Services (Purchasing, Human Resources and IT) at CAOA, a company he joined in 2014. He was partner-president of Steer Human Resources, a company he founded in 2002. He held the position of Purchasing Director of South America at Ford Motor Company, a company where he worked for 20 years. With extensive international experience, he spent 10 years abroad (Mexico, United States, Spain, England and Germany) holding leadership positions in the areas of engineering, human resources, manufacturing, logistics and purchasing. Electrical engineer, attended the Negotiations Program at Harvard University, has a black belt in lean six sigma processes and a postgraduate degree in agribusiness from USP. He participated as a member of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Institute of Supply Chain – Live University for 4 years, where he now teaches in the MBA program in Strategic Purchasing Management.

Country

Brazil

City

São Paulo

Industry

Management Consulting

Skill

Leadership, Training, Team Building, Negotiation, Coaching, Logistics, Change Management, Executive Coaching, Business Planning, Lean Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Six Sigma, Engineering, FMEA, 5S, Continuous Improvement, Automotive, Procurement, Team Leadership

Experience

Diretor de compras

Nissan do Brasil

2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

CEO

W1 Consultoria

2023-4 - 2024-8 · 1 yr 5 mos

São Paulo, Brasil

Diretor Executivo de Compras e Gente & Gestão

Grupo CAOA

2016-1 - 2022-11 · 6 yrs 11 mos

São Paulo

Responsável pelas área de compras corporativas. Produtivos, não produtivos, fretes e serviços. Também responsável por Gente & Gestão (Recursos Humanos) e CSC.

Diretor Executivo de Serviços Compartilhados (Compras, Gente & Gestão e TI)

Grupo CAOA

2014-8 - 2022-11 · 8 yrs 4 mos

São Paulo e Região, Brasil

Diretor Executivo de Serviços Compartilhados (Compras, Recursos Humanos e TI)

Grupo CAOA

2014-8 - 2022-11 · 8 yrs 4 mos

Diretor Executivo de compras

Grupo CAOA

2014-8 - 2015-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

São Paulo Area, Brazil

Responsável pelas área de compras corporativas. Produtivos, não produtivos, fretes e serviços.

Owner

Steer Recursos Humanos

2002-7 - 2014-8 · 12 yrs 2 mos

São Paulo

Acted as executive talent prospector, prepared and delivered leadership programs and drove the career counseling progra HORIZON. I am now part of Steer Human Resources steering committe.

Purchasing Director

Ford Motor Company

1999-7 - 2001-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

South America Purchasing Director

LPPO Manager

Ford Motor Company

1996-8 - 1999-6 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Logistics and Procurement Operatios Manager for Ford of Europe

Supply Director

Visteon Corporation

1981-4 - 1996-7 · 15 yrs 4 mos

I hold several positions at Visteon. I started at Trouble Shooter in the AM Radio Line, then Electronic Technician, then Technical Training Instructor then Process Engineer, then Training Supervisor (Altec Mexico), then Manufacturing Supervisor for Rear Antilock Break System, then Quality Manager (Cadiz Plant - Spain), then Engineering Manager for EEC-IV (Arbor Plant - Brazil), then Engineering and Manufacturing Services Manager (Arbor Plant - Brazil), then Purchasing Manager (Arbor Plant - Brazil), then Material Planning and Logistics Manager (Arbor Plant - Brazil) and finally Suppy Director