Marcela Tavares Bartholomeu Vieira
Street: Aroazes, 870 bloco 02 apt 604 – Jacarepagua Rio de Janeiro - RJ / Brazil.
Zip Code 22775-060 Phone: (55-21-354*-**** / 99527-5783
Married / 36 years / Brazilian
E-Mail: ***********@*******.***
Summary
Professional with 15 years of experience in Import and Export, Brazilian Special Regimes, transport and Logistics, working with International Companies and Projects in different Countries. Last 10 years focused in Engineer Projects in South America. Graduated in International Relations, Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt), focused in productivity, cost reduction and operational improvement.
Skills
Logistics / Import / Export / Brazilian Special Regimes / Customs Compliance / Productivity / Supply Chain / Purchasing / Negotiation / Leadership / Fluent in English / Intermediate Spanish / Portuguese native / Computers Programs (Microsoft Office) / ERP: JD Edwards and MXM.
Work History
BW Offshore Brasil LTDA
FPSO / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period: 01/2016 to nowadays) – Import and Export Senior Analyst
Invited to restructure Foreign Trade Department with Supply Chain Management Directory.
Manage and Control Import, Exports of consumables for FPSO units.
Temporary Admission of FPSO Units using Repetro (Brazilian Special Regime to suspend taxes of Oil & Gas vessels)
Productivity Process, Cost Reduction, Financial Savings and freight negotiation and operational Improvement.
Implement Procedures, SOPs, KPIs and Compliance Control.
3PL Control
Responsible for all International Purchases to 3 Fleets in operation in Brazil.
Lead Supply Chain Team (4 Buyers).
Direct report to Supply Chain Manager
Rolls-Royce Brasil LTDA
Marine Business / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period: 11/2013 – 09/2015) – Customs Compliance Leader
Major Projects and responsibilities:
Planned and executed the strategy for Tax Exemption for EAS Project adapting the project profile to the current Legislation. Saving: BRL 4,6MM per Drill Ship
Negotiated Storage cost for heavy equipment in Pernambuco in order to reduce Project Cost. Saving: 42% reduction based on shipment plan.
Implemented SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) Customs Broker Operation, with lead times and KPIs defined. Result: Reduction in 5 days the customs and delivery process with Customs Broker.
Planning and Control Imports and Exports to attend Marine Projects (Duque de Caxias Factory in Rio de Janeiro).
Drawback Application and Control (Special Tax Exemption in Brazil)
Customs Compliance (Rolls-Royce Compliance and local Legislation).
Logistic Solutions for heavy equipment, raw material and spare parts.
Freight Quotation (International and local freights)
Place International Orders for Internal Suppliers.
Diligence local and International orders
3PL control
MS Logistica LTDA
Customs Broker / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period: 06/2013 – 11/2013) – Operational Leader
Major Project and responsibilities:
Reduced lead time per process established KPIs for each step of each type of operation. Results: Reduction in 15% the total lead time per shipment.
Established goals to each analyst for high performance and accomplish Costumer`s KPIs.
Performance evaluation based on productivity. Implemented a procedure to eliminate the subjectivity on performance evaluation. Result: Motivated the high performance professionals that were recognizes by their performance.
Leading a team with 20 analysts.
KPI Analysis per costumer according each operation.
Regulations of Customs Clearance process at airport and sea port.
White Martins Gases Industriais LTDA (Praxair Inc. Group)
Gas / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period: 05/2006 – 11/2012) – International trade Specialist
Major Project and responsibilities:
Training the Project Team with International Trade Forum explained all steps of the Logistic Process to Import Cargo in Brazil. The intention was given to internal costumer and operational areas all the information to avoid misunderstands in future projects. Result: Operational Improvement and planning the Project reducing risks with shipments.
Implemented Six Sigma Project in order to reduce Logistic lead time for argon round trip by truck. Goal: Reduced the lead time from 8 to 3-4 days, saving product (that gradually evaporate during the transport) and inject more product in stock, resulting in better sales (sold out Product).Results approved by Company. Actual gain: BRL 1.8MM in one year.
Recognition award. Reduced Freight Total Cost for Mossi Project in 30%.
Stablished lead times for each type of operation. Result: Operational Improvement.
Feasibility Study for each Project Shipment. Stablished risk points and solutions avoiding delays and high cost.
Stablished SOP for Customs Broker and freight forwarders.
Control 3PL (third party logistic) Performance.
Managed a bidding process for regular freights (small shipments) for each type of operation. Results: Reduction of 20% on freight cost annual.
Planning execution, cost control of all engineer projects in South America.
Lead team with 3 analysts.
Receiving, analyzing and processing purchase orders for import and export.
Follow up with suppliers to ensure the readiness date of cargoes to avoid delays.
Quotation with freight forwarders and checking best logistics for each kind of cargo, according to the size and urgency.
Control Budget for freights per Project.
Monitoring the arrival and clearance for all cargoes and delivery in the final destination.
Attending the Engineering team since the proposal phase, in order to identify points of difficulty and present Viability Study for all shipments and shipping costs.
Import of specialty gases (Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, SF6, Mixtures, etc). Including Round Trip logistic in South America.
Presentation of productivity proposals in order to save money and time on Logistics procedures (Six Sigma Projects).
Nuno Ferreira Cargas Int LTDA
Freight Forwarder / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period June, 2004 to April, 2006) – Import Assistant
Major Project and responsibilities:
Created routines for Pricing Area and standard profit for each costumer. Result: Low freight according the Costumer Profile.
Created procedures to import products for each Costumer.
Preparation of quotations for import and export.
Follow-up of quotations.
Freight negotiation with Vessel Lines, NVOCC, truck companies and Air Companies.
Coordination of import and export shipments.
Visit current Costumers and potentially Costumers.
Administrating the office in Rio (paying bills, salaries, suppliers, freights, etc).
Bayeux Comércio Internacional LTDA
Customs Broker / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period December, 2002 to October, 2003) – Import Assistant
Major Project and responsibilities:
Created routine for better use the working time to perform more tasks with more productivity. Result: Operational Improvement.
Responsible for receiving, sorting and sending all invoices relating to spare parts to Bayeux Office and the Peugeot Citroen factory
Assistance in planning delivery and load containers to the factory.
Bio-Rad Laboratórios Brasil LTDA.
Laboratory / City: Rio de Janeiro
(Period November, 2001 to October, 2002) – Import Trainee
Major Project and responsibilities:
Created a procedure to revalidate Certificates before expiration date.
Request for Import License to send to broker (check weight, Verification
Registry validation, NCM, Manufacturers)
Verification of Certificates of Analysis to send to broker, check labels along with the Certificates of Analysis.
File cases.
Education
Graduation B.A – International Relations
UniverCidade College
Status: Completed in December, 2003
Green Belt (DMAIC Methodology).
Status: Completed in June, 2008.