Alvaro Soares

Guarantee that all customs legislation is followed and monitor changes. Manage compliance projects implementation. Control commerce of dual-use items and dangerous goods with countries under embargoes or sanctions, making sure they are fully respected and minimizing losses to operations in these countries. Implement standards, procedures and guidelines for import and export activities. Facilitate and participate in internal and supplier's reviews and audits, recommending remedial actions.

Coordination of import and export shipments of assets, consumables and resale material. Day-to-day use of special Customs regimes. Development and follow up of KPIs with recovery of undue extra costs and issue of claims. Planning of activities and creation of procedures. Team leader for logistics projects. Negotiation and hiring of third party logistics providers (freight forwarding, Customs clearance, port operations and local transport).

Responsible for the management of logistics of samples of perforation fluids, adhering to all local and international legislation for the transport and storing of dangerous goods. Management of domestic movement of samples between bases, onshore and offshore rigs, ports and airports. Import and export of samples, assets and consumables under special customs regimes. Management of dangerous goods warehouse containing items of great sensibility to the clients. Dangerous goods certified: IATA & IMDG.

Coordination of all logistics demands of four segments of the company, managing domestic and international transport of equipment and parts. Door-to-door control and follow up of imports and exports. Management of domestic movement of cargoes. Negotiation and hiring of logistics third party providers. Development of managerial reports with KPIs follow up. Development and implementation of improvement projects with cost reduction and optimization of tasks.

Working directly in the foreign trade department and in projects related to the Supply Chain Management as a whole. Solid experience in trading routines of medical equipment, raw materials and machinery, dealing with several government agencies and different customs requirements. Responsible for optimization projects through the application of Lean Manufacturing tools and philosophy. Leader in the implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) between Brazil, Spain, Malaysia and Germany.