Julio Sousa

Principal Responsabilidade: • Responsável pela liderança estratégica de Suprimentos com foco em sourcing nacional e internacional, competitividade de compras, contratos críticos, gestão de fornecedores e governança de supply no segmento industrial. Forte atuação em análise de custo total (TCO), mitigação de riscos de abastecimento, compliance e eficiência operacional para múltiplas unidades. Principais Projetos e Resultados: • Redução recorrente entre 2,5% e 6% do TCO anual via renegociação estratégica, revisões contratuais e produtividade em supply. • Padronização processual com licitações estruturadas em mais de 100 unidades, com governança, compliance e aumento de eficiência. • Implantação de multisourcing para categorias críticas, reduzindo dependência de fornecedor único. • Desenvolvimento de fornecedores internacionais (América Latina) com ganhos de competitividade e segurança de supply. • Implementação de KPIs executivos e rituais de performance para supply chain. • Estruturação de políticas de sourcing e compliance com impacto em auditorias e transparência corporativa.

- Leader of a team of 30 employees. - Responsible for purchase (directs e indirects items) and logistics (freight and warehousing) budgets. - Strategy development for purchasing, importation and logistics. - Compliance and supply risk management. - Negotiations based on cost breakdown studies and costdrivers monitoring. - Supporting R&D in innovation and product enhancements. - Leadership of cost saving projects and multisourcing projects, involving providers such as Oxiteno, Schutz Vasitex, Cargill, Down, Univar, Newsul and Clariant. - Ensure finished goods distribution in all Brasil regions: interface with Sales, Planning and Manufacturing teams. - KPIs implementation and management: APP (Average Payment Period), AAO (Average Age of Inventory), Department Expenditure Budget (Headcount, Purchases, Importations, Freights and Warehousing). - Interface with Marketing, Sales, Planning, Manufaturing, Engineering, R&D and Finance Department. - Participation in internal and external executive meetings. - S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) team member.

- Specialist buyer. - Material class management: strategies, negotiation, projects and price trends elaboration. - Regional projects coordenation (LATAM) aiming complexity reduction, harmonization of specifications, change of suppliers, OTIF (on time in full) and eficiency improvement and savings. - Search, evaluation and implementation of more profitable and reliable business models: logistics operation improvement, different feedstock evaluation (import and export) and combined supplier actuation. - Regional packaging suppliers development.

- Participation in the project to start up Nivea’s new plant in Itatiba. - Member of FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) in Germany and training for employees before the start up. - Responsible for filling, cip (clen in place) and packaging areas. - Team coordenation with 35 employees.

- Coordination of domestic and third part production, including production, planning, quality and process. Responsible for Quality and SHE audits. - Outsourcing projects implementation: make-or-buy analysis, technical and economic feasibility, selection of providers, technology transference and management. - Budget management. - Close interface with other departaments: Quality, Marketing, Finance, R&D, Planning and Engineering. - Support for customer complaints. - Implementation of HAZOP, HACCP and GMP practices.

- Responsible for the production shift team of export and domestic sugar – leading 50 employees. - Responsible for maintenance team - Process optimization to improve productivity, reduce material loss and machine downtime.