Vanessa Brito Bento
Gerente de Compras Indiretos, Engenharia e Manutenção @ Agricopel
About
I am a professional with a career that spans over 20 years of experience at multinational companies working with Strategic Purchasing (Capex and Opex) with operations in Brazil and Latin America. I have a dynamic profile that allows me to work on different activities simultaneously. I am extremely organized and it allows me to work under pressure or in an ever-changing environment, prioritizing activities and managing conflicts. Strong experience in contracting materials and services (Direct and Indirect) with the TCO approach, developing and approval of suppliers, cost reduction projects leadership, reaching all increasing operating margin targets, budget control, incrementing KPIs, and achieving and exceeding the stipulated savings.
Brazil
Jaraguá do Sul
Logistics & Supply Chain
Gestão de recursos, Análise financeira, Implementação de estratégia, Habilidades analíticas, Gestão de relacionamento com o fornecedor, Negociação, Fabricação enxuta, Fornecimento estratégico, Melhoria contínua, Gestão da cadeia de fornecimento, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Cadeia de fornecedores, Gestão de suprimentos, Global Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Compras, Gestão da cadeia de suprimentos, Gestão de projetos, Gestão de contratos
Experience

Gerente de Compras Indiretos, Engenharia e Manutenção
Jaragua do Sul, SC
Reporte ao Diretor de Supply Chain, com equipe de 30 colaboradores diretos Soma-se à Gestão de Compras as demais responsabilidades abaixo: ● Liderar e coordenar a equipe de Engenharia na execução de novas obras de postos, bases avançadas e fábricas de arla, bem como nas reformas das unidades já existentes. ● Liderar e coordenar equipe de Manutenção, garantindo a execução eficiente de todas as atividades relacionadas à operação, manutenção preventiva e corretiva das instalações e equipamentos da empresa. ● Planejar, desenvolver e implementar estratégias de manutenção que visem à maximização da disponibilidade operacional dos ativos, minimizando tempos de parada não planejada e otimizando custos. ● Gerenciar projetos de melhorias e reformas nas instalações, incluindo a implementação de novas tecnologias, adequações às normas de segurança e sustentabilidade, além de garantir a conformidade regulatória. ● Elaborar e controlar orçamentos de manutenção e engenharia, acompanhando indicadores de desempenho e buscando continuamente a otimização de recursos e processos. ● Supervisionar a homologação e gestão de fornecedores e prestadores de serviços externos, assegurando a qualidade, pontualidade e conformidade com os contratos estabelecidos. ● Participar ativamente do cronograma de novas unidades, alinhando as atividades de engenharia e manutenção às metas operacionais da empresa. ● Implementar e acompanhar indicadores de gestão para chamados em aberto, garantindo seu atendimento dentro dos SLAs estabelecidos para cada uma das atividades-chaves. ● Manter uma comunicação eficaz com demais áreas da empresa, como operações, logística, segurança e comercial, garantindo o alinhamento das ações e o alcance dos objetivos estratégicos.

Gerente de Compras Indiretos
Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Reporte ao Diretor de Supply Chain, com equipe de 10 colaboradores diretos Responsabilidades: ● Criação e gestão de departamento de Compras Estratégicas para aquisição de materiais e serviços indiretos (Capex e Opex) para 62 postos de combustíveis, 10 bases avançadas, 4 fábricas e 2 CDs distribuídos entre Sul, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste. ● Elaboração de Política e Procedimentos de Compras a fim de garantir as melhores práticas de aquisição de bens e serviços, dentro dos parâmetros de boas práticas estabelecidos pelo mercado e pelo Código de Conduta da companhia. ● Identificação e alavancagem de negociações estratégicas a fim de redução de número de transações, redução de custos e melhoria do nível de atendimento aos usuários. ● Criação de Indicadores e Níveis de Serviços para a área de Suprimentos. ● Prospecção, desenvolvimento e qualificação de fornecedores estratégicos ● Elaboração e gestão de RFI, RFP e RFQs lançadas ao mercado pela equipe direta ● Volume anual negociado: R$ 300 MM Principais resultados obtidos: ● Reestruturação de perfil de equipe departamental; ● Redução do número de regularizações de 78% para 13% do volume total de transações em 2024. ● Elaboração de bids e contratos nacionais que resultaram em redução de 15% no número de processos e fornecedores ativos em sistema. ● Saving de, aproximadamente, R$ 7 MM, nos ultimos 12 meses.

STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER
Barueri, São Paulo, Brasil
Reporting to the CFO, with 10 direct employees. Responsibilities: ● Creation and management of the Procurement Department for the acquisition of indirect materials and services (Capex and Opex) for 40 warehouses throughout Brazil. ● Elaboration of Purchasing Policy and Procedures in order to guarantee the best practices in the acquisition of goods and services, within the parameters of good practices established by the market and by the company's Code of Conduct. ● Identification and leverage of strategic negotiations in order to reduce the number of transactions, reduce costs and improve the level of service to users. ● Creation of KPIs and SLAs for the Procurement area. ● Prospecting, developing and qualifying strategic suppliers ● Elaboration and management of RFXs released to the market by the direct team ● Annual volume: BRL 390 MM Main results: ● Staff´s restructuration and optimization under a 20-percent cost reduction ● A 70-percent to 26-percent regularization number reduction regarding the total transaction volume ● Elaboration of the bidding processes and domestic (Brazil) contracts with an outcome of 30- percent reduction to the operations and active suppliers in the system. ● Savings of, approximately, R$ 15 MM, over the last 12 months

Senior Procurement Category Manager
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategic Negotiations Brazil, with 3 direct employees. Responsibilities: • Indirect materials and services management (Opex and Capex) for 50 airports in Brazil, for the Infrastructure, Airports, and Local Administration categories.Negotiation and management of service contracts such as Civil Works, Projects, Maintenance, Cleaning, Assembly and Industrial Projects, Waste Management, Ground Handling, Supply of gases, fuels, printed matter, office supplies, and PPE. • Prospecting, developing, and qualifying strategic suppliers. • Preparation and management of RFI, RFP, and RFQs released to the market by the direct team. • Market understanding of each subcategory, ensuring alignment with requesters, regarding the development and implementation of an adequate negotiation strategy with suppliers. • Realization of the annual budget of the Categories with the creation of effective solutions and projects for different market behaviours in terms of pricing, expected inflation, and payment terms, aiming at the impact of the financial mitigation. Monitoring of KPIs and monthly reports to the global board • Annual negotiation: USD 160MM Main results: • Saving in 2021: USD 26MM • Vendor base reduction of 30% in 2021 • 100% approval in the team's satisfaction survey

Procurement Regional Coordinator – Latin America
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, with 1 direct and 6 indirect employees Responsibilities: • Team management to disseminate the Global strategy through the Strategic Sourcing process. • Coordination and contracting of: a) Latin America logistics projects focused on cost reduction, and services quality increase in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Annual volume of US$ 123 MM. b) Industrial goods and services (Indirect) with suppliers from Latin America and Global serving 10 plants in the region with an annual transaction volume of US$ 50MM. • New regional suppliers identification with cost reduction methodology. • Contracts negotiation and management for Maintenance, Assembly and Industrial Projects, Forklift Rental, and Waste Management. • Ensure compliance with the Purchasing Policy, internal audits, and Sarbanes-Osley (SOX). • Integrate the global Purchasing team to define the strategy and negotiation of the sea and air freight. • Supporting to the Global team, responsible for the Capex equipment and services acquisition. • Working closely with stakeholders to comply with the Purchasing Policy and to meet the internal needs. • Working in the preparation of the annual budget and monitoring the team's activities, to guarantee the implementation deadline of savings projects. • Conducting traditional biddings and e-auctions through Mercado Eletrônico e Elemica (Webb). Main results: • Development of national suppliers of molds for tires, which reduced by 35% the acquisition cost of these items concerning imported ones; • Unification of the entire waste management process generated by the factory to a single supplier, with a 20% reduction in annual cost and revenue generation of approximately USD 100K/year from the sales of recyclable items. • Annual savings of more than US$ 4.5MM, reletade to the global maritime freight negotiation process for AL.

Buyer – Brazil
São Paulo, Brasil
Reporting to the Procurement Manager Responsibilities: • Services acquisition for a project to implement a manufacturing unit in the Amazon, including technical consultancy, logistics, labor outsourcing, facilities, environmental consultancy, and purchase of high added value equipment (Capex and Opex). • Negotiation with strategic suppliers for service in remote areas • Purchase orders emission in the Oracle system and preparation of a preliminary contract draft • Monitoring the implementation and management of services Main results: • Contracting of sustainable development service that benefited more than 1000 families in Juruti - PA • Creation of a methodology for organizing and keeping strategic contracts, which generated a 15% time verification reduction of the information and, consequently, improvement in the payment terms of suppliers.
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