Rodrigo Cardoso Lopes
Country Manager Italy @ MICHELIN Connected Fleet
About
A passionate and results-driven leader who develops strategic direction and delivers execution with excellence. I believe in people empowerment, autonomy, diversity, and trust as key success factors in delivering sustainable results. With over +14 years of experience in Fleet Management, Internet of Things (IoT), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and the transportation industry, I have held senior positions in global organizations across multiple continents, including South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, in areas such as Business Development for International Expansion, Country General Manager, Sales, Operations, Marketing, Strategy, and Finance. Currently, I serve as the Country Manager at MICHELIN Connected Fleet, where I have full P&L responsibility and lead the strategic direction and execution of fleet management services for the B2B Italian market. I have driven global expansion and sustainable growth initiatives, achieving significant milestones, such as doubling revenue and the customer base over the last 4 years, while ensuring business break-even aligns with the plan. Currently working in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial business expansion venture, driving businesses from launch to scale-up and consolidation. I am always seeking to deliver high-quality work that drives sustainable, profitable, and scalable business growth. Having lived on four different continents, including France, Italy, Brazil, the United States, and Indonesia, I bring a holistic view, a global perspective, and a growth mindset to tackle opportunities and solve problems. I'm always looking to grow my personal and professional network. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn or contact me directly at rcl.lopesrodrigo@gmail.com Skills: Strategic Thinking | Corporate Strategy | Strategic Planning | Market Analysis | Strategic Alliances | Business Plan | Financial Modeling | Financial Analysis | Organizational Transformation | M&A | Post-Merger Acquisition (PMI) | P&L management | Budget Forecasting Business Unit Integration | Business Expansion | Sales and Operations Performance | Sales Forecasting | Operational Excellence | Process Improvement | Operations Management | Sales Growth | Revenue Growth | Business Process | Field Operations | Product Management | Project Management | Sales Operations | Key Account Management | Customer Satisfaction Resiliency| Change Management | Entrepreneurship | Leadership | Coaching | Multi-Cultural Interpersonal Communication | Polyglot | Resilience | Curiosity | Adaptability | SaaS | Cross-functional Leadership
France
Paris
Information Technology & Services
Operations, Decision-Making, Problem Solving, Manage Complex Projects, Business Transformation, Financial Modeling, Business Operations, Customer Satisfaction, P&L Management, Strategic Thinking, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Business Integration, Restructuring, Team Management, Corporate Strategy, Sales Planning, Business Process Integration, Research Skills, Product Marketing, Workforce Management
Experience

Country Manager Italy
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
• Responsible for the strategy and overall business growth of a fleet management company in Italy, driving double-digit growth in sales and revenue, while increasing ROS (Return on Sales) and the fleet base year-on-year. • Lead a team of professionals across Sales, Finance, Administration, Operations, Customer Support, and Customer Success. • Oversee the overall P&L of the business. • Manage Post-Merger Integration (PMI), ensuring business stabilization, implementing company culture, driving people development, and leading change management initiatives.

International Expansion Strategy & Planning Manager
Paris, Ilha de França, França
MICHELIN Connected Fleet services and solutions are designed to provide the tools and information fleet operators and managers need to easily manage their fleets on a daily basis and transform their operational efficiency. • Create and follow up Global Expansion Roadmap and Strategic Plan. • Optimized the forecasting and budget exercises in Expansion, resulting in 30% reduction in actuals vs forecast gap year-on-year. • Designed comprehensive governance to control countries’ P&L and performance, resulting in better control and faster data-driven decision-making. • Work together with Country Managers to make plans to improve business growth. • Delivered in-depth P&L project review, acting as a business partner and working with a cross-functional team, focused on building a plan to increase profitability.

International Business Development Manager
Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Managed business development projects in different countries worldwide (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Africa, Spain and Portugal). • Led cross-function project team to integrate business unit. • Led 2MM€ business unit integration project to the acquired company at EU level. • Migrated current customer base to the new business unit created

Project Manager & Business Process Owner
Clermont-Ferrand e Região, França
• Conducted platform migration project involving +500 B2B customers in 13 countries over Europe. • Delivered brand-new SaaS platform for Europe, developed in Latin America. • Led governance between EU and Brazil leadership teams, impacting over +100 people. • Implemented new business operational model.

Project Leader – International Business Expansion
Jacarta, Indonésia
• Led a team of four multi-skilled people in a joint venture commercial pilot. • Conducted a feasibility study to expand the business to the Indonesian market through a joint venture with an Indonesian multinational telecommunications conglomerate. • Defined Operational Process, Marketing, and Sales approach to run the business.

Operations Process, Training and Method Manager
Clermont-Ferrand e Região, França
• Facilitated business knowledge transfer from South America to Europe teams, impacting more than 150 people in more than 10 countries. • Defined the operational model to run the new service offer in Western Europe, including the development of technical network to operate the new offer in Europe for 13 different countries.

Field Strategy and Training Manager
Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Sascar is a Michelin Group Company and is a Fleet Management Company. Using cutting-edge technology, it provides the tools and information to fleet operators/transportation businesses to improve their operational efficiency. • Led a team of 10 specialists, coordinators and analysts working on national operations. • Implemented Field Service Workforce Management Software (1MM€ Project), resulting in 30% efficiency improvement of jobs scheduled and executed. • Restructured e-learning training platform for over +300 technicians, resulting in faster onboarding process to new hires and impacted directly into quality of service. • Led purchase-to-pay department for Service Providers (180K services/year – 6.5MM€).

Senior Business Specialist
São Paulo, Brasil
• Restructured technical network to better scalability & profitability (reduced from 280 to 150 companies). • Created and Implemented the Excellence Program for Customer Experience Team. • Created and Implemented a Quality Program (franchise model equivalent) for the service providers.

Trainee (Job Rotation Program)
Sascar / GP Investiments
São Paulo, Brasil
3 months projects mentored by Directors and result presented to the board. • Created Business Valuation used for future M&A process (Finance and M&A Dept.). • Created methods to follow up and improve the routine of sales team (Sales Planning Dept.). • Launched a new offer from product creation to customer journey. (Marketing Dept.). • Created a technical network restructuration plan for the Operations Dept.

Logistics Intern
Bauru e Região, Brasil
• Conducted a Storage Capacity and Safety study. • Created Reports of Operation KPI's. • Participated in the evaluation and qualification of operation third party partners. • Supervised logistic operations in the warehouses of the plant.
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