Vanessa Sousa

Responsible for leading end-to-end Supply Chain operations for utility-scale solar projects, ensuring the successful execution of procurement, logistics, inventory management, supplier performance, and project material delivery strategies. • Lead Supply Chain activities to guarantee the on-time delivery of Atlas-owned materials and direct-billing supplier services, supporting project construction milestones and business objectives. • Represent Supply Chain in executive project meetings with EPC contractors, monitoring procurement progress, delivery schedules, logistics execution plans, inventory controls, material receiving processes, and site readiness. • Drive supplier and EPC accountability through governance routines, weekly supply reviews, action plans, escalation management, and performance monitoring. • Manage on-site Supply Chain teams responsible for material receiving, inventory control, documentation management, invoice tracking, and compliance with corporate procedures. • Ensure proper unloading, storage, preservation, and inventory management of materials at construction sites, mitigating operational risks and preventing material losses or damages. • Lead sourcing and bidding processes for logistics providers, customs brokers, and transportation companies, securing integrated logistics solutions and cost-effective service agreements. • Oversee procurement governance activities, directing teams responsible for purchase order management, payment scheduling, invoice processing, and coordination with Finance, Accounting, and Tax departments. • Guide teams in supplier management, measurement validation, invoice compliance, and adherence to corporate financial closing deadlines. • Build strong relationships with EPC contractors, suppliers, logistics partners, and internal stakeholders, fostering collaboration and operational excellence across the project lifecycle.

Responsible for coordinating procurement, logistics, inventory control, supplier management, and material deliveries to support large-scale renewable energy projects. • Managed the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, including purchase order issuance, invoice approvals, supplier coordination, and payment follow-up. • Coordinated domestic and international logistics operations, including transportation planning, customs documentation, shipment tracking, and delivery monitoring. • Maintained inventory accuracy through stock control activities, cycle counts, reconciliation processes, and discrepancy investigations. • Acted as the primary interface between suppliers, freight forwarders, EPC contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure material availability and project schedule adherence. • Managed supply chain databases, procurement records, supplier information, and cost tracking reports to support operational and financial controls. • Monitored logistics and procurement KPIs, proactively identifying risks and implementing corrective actions to avoid project delays. • Supported continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational efficiency, inventory optimization, and process standardization.

Responsible for analyzing and optimizing supply chain processes, identifying operational improvement opportunities, and supporting the implementation of initiatives focused on efficiency, cost reduction, and service level enhancement. • Conducted end-to-end assessments of procurement, logistics, and inventory management processes to identify bottlenecks and operational risks. • Analyzed supply chain performance data and developed recommendations to improve operational efficiency and business performance. • Designed and presented improvement plans to management teams, supporting strategic decision-making and process optimization initiatives. • Coordinated the implementation of continuous improvement projects, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and project objectives. • Strengthened communication and collaboration between suppliers, customers, and internal departments to improve supply chain performance and service quality. • Monitored project execution, tracked milestones, and evaluated the effectiveness of implemented solutions through performance indicators.

Coordinates activities that affect operational and business requirements; Responsible for planning of daily operations to some customer’s; Communicates with all relevant employees to ensure delivery times are met; Manages the stock control, and checks that inventory records are accurate; Ensures the operational team has enough time to provide and send bookings confirmation based on the client's request; Communicates any changes in the order or delivery date to relevant parties; Monitors operational team correspondence; Makes sure the working environment maintains access to quality equipment; Follows up constantly with carriers, customs broker and shipping lines; Outstanding analysis; Training new employees.

Bookings request via INTTRA or carriers systems; Send booking confirmation to the clients; Monitoring carriers deadlines; Checking shipping line schedule to check disponibility; Contact by phone and/or emails all shipping lines, exporters, trading companies and truck company involved to solve problems and guarantee the loading; Create stuffing schedule to client's approval; Hire truck company to the clients in order to loading the product and delivery to stuffing terminal; Supervise the cargo discharge at stuffing terminal; Follow up constantly with truck company, loading plant, stuffing terminals and shippings lines; Control and Monitor the whole operations to avoid loss shipment; Keep all clients duly informed about the whole process; Send loading confirmation and local taxes to the clients; Spreadsheet updates; Claim analysis; Outstanding controls and negotiation;

Execution Specialist on containers and Agri Bulk Commodities / Commercial Assistant Coordinate operational activities of the branches, supervise and instruct the execution team, create and apply new procedures, training new employees in containers and vessels operation and Control Union ports division web system, director’s assistance in order to prospect new clients, make and send formal proposals, coordinating service orders, vessels execution, certificates issuance, and clients handling. Responsible for validating ISO procedures.

Profile :- Critical analysis of nominations. Project aim definition for branches. Supervision of process. Create draft of certificates. Issuance of electronic e-certificates and hard copy certificates. Client Handling. Control and Billing of all process. Outstanding. Implementation of Administrative procedure. Achievements : - Execution of Sugar / Miscellaneous container shipment.

PROFILE :- i. Phone contact. ii. Database update. iii. Credit card fraud analysis. iv. Analysis of purchases (Customer profile/habits). v. Fraud Prevention such as loss, theft and other kinds. vi. Block of credit card after fraud confirmation. ix. Dispatch of new credit cards. ACCOMPLISHMENTS :- Prior Fraud detection on credit cards in order to avoid financial loss to the bank, help customer with instructions of how to use your credit card in the safe way.

Client's contact to address confirmation; Database update; Send credit card to customers; Accomplish goals for each client contacted; Search clients telephones through web sites as auxílio a lista.

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