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Fernanda ELVAS RAMOS ROCHA

Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro

Summary

Professional with more than 15 years at Oil and Gas Industry. Specialising in business development with focus on tendering. Capable of securing profitable contracts through comprehensive market research, strategic bid preparation, and persuasive negotiation. Mastery in developing compelling proposals tailored to client needs and budget parameters.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
2026
2026
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Tender Manager

Baker Hughes
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
08.2023 - 05.2025

Managed complex commercial processes involving collaboration with multiple stakeholders to secure 25 contract signatures, approximately one billion dollars.

The main activities:

  • Analyze and Negotiate Contract Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) and Technical Specifications to mitigate potential risks;
  • Coordinate several functional/multicultural groups to develop cost-out options, based on customer requirements;
  • Identify risk and reward balance, proposing mitigation measures;
  • Conduct in-depth market research for competitive bidding strategies;
  • Identified winning strategies through detailed analysis of client requirements;
  • Work diligently on cost estimation, reducing CAPEX/OPEX necessity or approving them in a cost-out scenario;
  • Approve proposals with leadership team;
  • Prepare comprehensive tender documents to increase likelihood of project approval.
  • Negotiate & finalize T&Cs for projects with customer
  • Handover the contract to the execution team
  • Coordinated post-tender feedback sessions with internal stakeholders-enhanced future bid strategy.


Solutions and Innovation Specialist

Ipiranga
10.2022 - 07.2023

Structured Solutions & Innovations area within B2B department

The area goals are developing initiatives to facilitate negotiations for strategic fuel supply contracts and creating new products and services with multidisciplinary teams following agile methodology principles, aligned with energy transition.

Investment Specialist

XP Investimentos
04.2022 - 09.2022
  • Responsible for carrying out the retail commercial process, respecting the steps of the sales funnel, and using techniques such as SPIN Selling in the negotiation of construction and maintenance investment portfolios service based on customer profile and economic context.

Commercial Lead

TechnipFMC
11.2019 - 03.2022

Responsible for the proposal phase of SURF projects with Brazilian and international operators, with a focus on proposals and bids preparation and contract negotiation. The main activies are described below:

  • Receive and analyze customer requirements;
  • Conduct internal meetings with critical departments to prepare the proposal;
  • Carry out the risk management methodology;
  • Gather all the information necessary to prepare the proposal's P&L, with a focus on cost reduction;
  • Review the P&L;
  • Prepare the Commercial Proposal;
  • Conduct business negotiation with customers;
  • Conduct contracts critical analysis;
  • Hold Handover meetings for the execution team.
  • Perform 'Post mortem' if necessary

Project Engineer

TechnipFMC
07.2013 - 10.2019

Responsible for be the liaison between client and organization's departments to provide products following contract requirements. Experience with projects which delivered flexible pipes and associated accessories and also subsea equipments such as ANMs.

Customer Quality Engineer

FMC Technologies
07.2011 - 08.2013

Worked with the quality supervision from contract analysis to equipment delivery to customers. Developed a relationship with clients as project quality single point.

Education

Master's Degree - Production Engineering

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Degree - Production Engineering

Fluminense Federal University

Extension Course - Subsea Engineering Applied to Oil and Gas Production

ENGESUB

Extension Course - Oil Exploration and Production

ENGESUB

Skills

  • Easy learning
  • Proactive leadership
  • Good interpersonal communications skills
  • Determination
  • Collaborative working
  • Tender submission process familiarity
  • Client liaison
  • Cost-reduction strategies
  • Bid management

Languages

Portuguese
Native
English
Fluent

Timeline

Tender Manager

Baker Hughes
08.2023 - 05.2025

Solutions and Innovation Specialist

Ipiranga
10.2022 - 07.2023

Investment Specialist

XP Investimentos
04.2022 - 09.2022

Commercial Lead

TechnipFMC
11.2019 - 03.2022

Project Engineer

TechnipFMC
07.2013 - 10.2019

Customer Quality Engineer

FMC Technologies
07.2011 - 08.2013

Degree - Production Engineering

Fluminense Federal University

Extension Course - Subsea Engineering Applied to Oil and Gas Production

ENGESUB

Extension Course - Oil Exploration and Production

ENGESUB

Master's Degree - Production Engineering

Universidade Federal Fluminense
Fernanda ELVAS RAMOS ROCHA