Valeria Geraldo De Almeida
Chemical Engineering
Lyon,ARA
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Enthusiastic technical manager eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of Civil Construction Market and training in Products of Building Finish. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Civil Construction
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Global Expert Manager for EMEA Region
Sika S.A
Lyon, France
05.2019 - Current
- Sika S.A is Swiss multinational company in building sector, manufacturing chemicals products for bonding and sealing. In 2019 Sika acquired ParexGroup, globally.
- Local Job Site: France GTC Lyon Global Technological Center of Innovation and National Center of Formation
- Technical transfer and continuous improvement, identification of raw materials and potential cost savings, technology transfer to local needs, raw materials and manufacturing process, training regional Research & Development Team R&D Team for best practices and service local regulations;;
- Support to marketing and corporate purchasing teams, technical correspondent of marketing and corporate purchasing team. Contribution to Designing and Optimizing “Right Performance” with “Right Cost”;
- Manage corporate R&D projects selected by the Corporate Marketing team, competitive intelligence (competitor research, exhibitions, fairs, patents), assess the attractiveness of adjacent technologies or application segments, build and/or consolidate expertise in key segments (self-levelling, grouting, binding alternatives);
Corporate Technical Manager
ParexGroup Industria e Comercio de Argamassa Ltda
Sao Paulo, Brazil
03.1998 - 02.2019
- 11 years of contribution.
- ParexGroup French Multinational company in building sector, part of CVC group Fund V, one of leading manufacturers of Facade decoration, adhesive mortars, sealants and technical mortars. In 2019 was acquired by Sika S.A. Sika and ParexGroup are two strong companies that are highly complementary in product offering and channel penetration. With this acquisition, Sika will expand its product portfolio for building finishing market, further strengthening its world leader position in construction chemicals.
- Local Job Site: Brazil Center of Research and Development
- For 3 years ahead as Technical Coordinator of Research and Development and Technical Assistance Departments creating of new technical assistance department focused on vision client, positioning with Organizational Human Department best positioning of responsibilities accordingly human expertise’s. Launching with Information Technology Department specific tools for driver best-selling products specification. Member of Marketing Expert Team to generate values of product. Participation of 3 editions of Corporate Branding Projects;
- 4 years as Technical Manager ahead of SRM&QC (Strategic Raw Materials and Quality Control Department) with projects focusing on development and strengthening partnerships, reducing dependence strategic with suppliers and promote accuracy to approval for industrial plant with Quality Control Methodologies;
- As Quality Control Department, head create of Project named by Cross Manager Responsibility focused on expertise of members of Quality Control, organizing with Organizational Human Department best positioning of responsibilities accordingly expertise’s for promote incentive to professional growing, This project received level ONE of Innovation Action Awards by ParexGroup International Corporate
- Working together with Supply Team, Regional and Corporate to focusing on development of projects on products optimizations and raw materials;
- Participating in 8 projects editions of Cost Efficiency, Purchasing & Formulation, with financial return reached of $2M representing an average growth rate of 2% the net margin;
- Member of Executive Innovation Team, coordinated by Corporate Marketing, highlighting what each department (MKT, R&D, Technical Assistance and Industrial Plant) should focus on managing technical information and technical performances;
- Articulating with Engineering sector new Concepts of Tile Adhesives helping users to access best ratio Price versus Consume Price versus Performance;
- Participate as lecture of 6 editions of Dry Mix Mortar International Conference, with publication of technical articles to International and National Civil Engineering sector;
Technical Coordinator
Weber Saint Gobain
Sao Paulo, Brazil
04.2006 - 03.2009
- 4 years of contribution.
- Local Job Site: Brazil Corporate Center of Research and Development
- Development of new raw materials and suppliers: to develop alternatives for situations of strategic dependence to which company is or will be subjected, with support of Product Development, Industrial and Supplies areas;
- Studies and proposals for viable Innovation and Synergy projects, related to products and processes;
- Participation in technical evaluations of products applied in works, aiming at improving quality of formulations, application methods and study of pathologies;
- Technical leadership in Normative Committees related to civil construction, focused on product Mortar;
- Representation of Department and monitoring of development programs related to formulations as new raw materials, laboratory test studies conducted at external institutes, universities and suppliers (non-exclusive);
- Engineering and Supplier Qualification: quality control management of raw materials approved in industrial units;
Trainnee
Vorantim Cements - Votorantim S.A
Sao Paulo, Brazil
03.1998 - 02.2006
- 9 years of experience.
- Votorantim Cements is one of eight largest global construction materials companies – cement, concrete, aggregates and mortar, present in 11 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay (South America); Canada and United States (North America); Luxembourg and Spain (Europe); Turkey (Europe/Asia); Morocco and Tunisia (Africa). In Brazil, it has more than 25 factories, 4 major product brands in more than 15 types of technology segments (cement, lime, aggregates, mortars, concrete, mortar for decoration, painting). It was pioneer in co-processing of waste, contributing to sustainability of industrial activity.
- Job Local Site: Brazil Corporate Center of Research and Development for Cements & Concrete
- Trainee Cement, processes, sand processing, Dry Mix technology system;
- Performad in mortar for projection system with emphasis on improving productivity;
- Two months in technical training with input suppliers in Burghausen and Bomlitz - Germany to increased best additives for use in limestone aggregates;
- Established portfolio repositioning and competitor analysis, performed in development of products for emblematic cases, creation and publication of book http:www.habitare.org.br publications_vol1. See page 15 (Valeria Geraldo de Almeida - VotoMassa;
- Performed in product development cases for flagship companies cases http:www.sincoengenharia.com.br west-side
- Team leadership for research and development of 3 types of coating for facade of buildings. Formulations were tailor-made according to facade construction project.
Education
High School Diploma -
FEI - Centro Universitário De Engenharia
Sao Bernardo Do Campo Brazil 01.1992 - 05.1997
M.D. - Standard Normalization
UTPR Universidade Tecnologia Federal Paraná
São Bernardo Do Campo 10.2003 - 10.2007
MBA - Project Management
FAE Faculdade De Administração E Economia
Curitiba 06.2002 - 06.2004
J.D. - Improvemment Skills in French Langue
Ecole Politechnique
France 02.2022 - Current
J.D. - Business Sustainability in The Circular Economy
Universidade De Londres & Royal Holloway
On Line, London 05.2022 - Current
Skills
Creative professional
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J.D. - Business Sustainability in The Circular Economy
Universidade De Londres & Royal Holloway
05.2022 - Current
J.D. - Improvemment Skills in French Langue
Ecole Politechnique
02.2022 - Current
Global Expert Manager for EMEA Region
Sika S.A
05.2019 - Current
Technical Coordinator
Weber Saint Gobain
04.2006 - 03.2009
M.D. - Standard Normalization
UTPR Universidade Tecnologia Federal Paraná
10.2003 - 10.2007
MBA - Project Management
FAE Faculdade De Administração E Economia
06.2002 - 06.2004
Corporate Technical Manager
ParexGroup Industria e Comercio de Argamassa Ltda
03.1998 - 02.2019
Trainnee
Vorantim Cements - Votorantim S.A
03.1998 - 02.2006
High School Diploma -
FEI - Centro Universitário De Engenharia
01.1992 - 05.1997
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