Ricardo Ostanelli

Reports to LATAM Director of Operations - Leadership of 50 employees (manager, coordinators, engineers, and analysts). Scope: 5 industrial plants (Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico – including greenfield plant). Serving the cosmetics, hygiene and cleaning, food, and beverage segments. LATAM quality management, integrating operations, customers, suppliers, and regional leadership, with a focus on performance, risk mitigation, and business sustainability, performing: ● Factory quality management, ensuring robust processes, compliance, operational stability, and continuous improvement; ● Leadership of the corporate pillar of operational excellence, guiding the structured resolution of critical problems and performance with strategic customers; ● Customer & Projects pillar throughout the entire product life cycle, with preventive action and decision-making on critical issues; ● Management of the Quality Management System, internal audit program, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC22000, BRC (Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standards) certifications, compliance with ANVISA and regulatory agency audits; ● Supplier quality, covering third parties and intercompany operations on a regional scale; ● Standardization at the regional level and ensuring the use of operational excellence tools; ● Participation in the Country Leadership Team and direct interface with finance, the president, and the global quality director, supporting strategic decisions and investment prioritization; ● Executive reporting of indicators, conducting critical analyses and business reviews at the regional level.

Reporting to the Director of Operations - Leadership of 4 direct coordinators and ~40 indirect coordinators Responsible for quality management in Brazil, covering 4 factories and three business segments (Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, and Food and Beverages), performing: ● Governance of factory quality processes, including controls, indicators, audits, non compliance management, and operations support; ● Working in Customer & Project Quality, with direct interface with customers and internal areas; ● Quality Management System (QMS) management, covering standards, audits, and document standardization; ● Leadership and development of Quality teams at Brazilian plants; ● Continuous interface with operations and engineering to align priorities and mitigate risks.

Reports to the Director of Operations & Global Director of Quality | Leadership of 04 Coordinators and ~50 indirect employees. Outsourced operation (full service) for the cosmetics industry, performing: ● Factory quality management, covering receipt of raw materials, production processes, management systems, controls, handling of deviations and non-conformities; ● Leadership of the quality management system, including quality assurance, quality control, and management of 4 laboratories (physical-chemical, microbiology, raw materials, and packaging materials); ● Direct interaction with strategic clients (L'Oréal, Procter & Gamble, Natura, and Boticário), conducting deviation analyses, investigations, and technical approvals; ● Management of regulatory affairs, ensuring compliance with current legislation and ANVISA requirements, including registrations, notifications, and product regularization; ● Regulatory support for the quotation, formulation, and feasibility processes for new products, analyzing impacts on production costs and the need for investments in equipment.

Reporting to the Director of Quality and EHS | Leadership of ~30 professionals. Responsible for managing the quality of suppliers, third parties, and projects, with strategic operations in Brazil and Asia (accessories), ensuring supply stability, risk mitigation, and integration between areas, performing: ● Conducting quality control of outsourced suppliers (~8) in Brazil and Asia, including audits, approval, deviation management, and performance; ● Budget controls and indicators, participation in Strategic Quality Planning, action plans, and presentations to the Operations Board; ● Quality leadership in projects, with preventive action from conception, structuring controls, and reducing launch risks; ● Coordination of the receiving laboratory, covering inspection, sampling, double checking, and release of packaging materials; ● Implementation and maintenance of the quality assurance model for suppliers; ● Interim role in factory quality (São José dos Pinhais), with management of controls and industrial laboratories; ● Management of packaging and raw material suppliers, involving extrusion, injection, blow molding, flexible printing, metal and cardboard forming, and chemical processes; ● Management of KPIs, budget, and strategic quality planning.

Reporting to Senior Quality Manager Americas | Leadership of 08 Employees (Engineers and analysts). Scope: 7 factories in Brazil and the Andean Region | 12 suppliers | Production of +10 million units/month. Strategic management of Quality and Engineering in the Americas, working on production processes for cosmetics, home care, and personal care, performing: ● Acting as a regional technical reference in hygiene, cleaning, and beauty products, with expertise in the manufacturing processes of bottles, caps, valves, sprays, and dosing systems; ● Quality leadership in own plants, third parties, and distribution centers, with responsibility for the process, finished product, and packaging; ● Executive responsibility for the quality of suppliers and third parties, including audits, qualification, development, and performance management; ● Leading quality in new product projects, from ideation at headquarters to defining specifications, control criteria, FMEA, and quality plans; ● Management of quality indicators, covering rejections, deviations, improvement projects, and action plans at third parties; ● Responsibility for the validation of products, machines, and processes, including industrial startups, FATs (Factory Acceptance Tests), and application of WCM concepts; ● Regional focal point for the parent company and subsidiaries (US and Argentina) for technical and strategic quality decisions, including the structuring of regional technical forums.

Reporting to the LATAM Quality Manager

Reporting to the Brazil Quality Manager

Reporting to the Brazil Quality Manager

Scope: Worked in a quality laboratory in the food industry, reporting to the Brazil Quality Manager