Melk Lopes

• Optimized production and material flows in a customized manufacturing environment • Led value stream analyses and improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste • Drove Lean transformation, building a continuous improvement culture • Standardized work to improve stability, quality and onboarding • Developed shopfloor leadership to sustain work standards • Improved transparency through visual standards at point of use • Collaborated cross-functionally to ensure sustainable improvements

• Conducted testing of furniture products and components per international standards, ensuring compliance and quality • Analyzed test results and delivered clear documentation to support decision making • Defined testing requirements, improving standardization and procedures • Contributed to industry standardization in furniture technology • Supported quality management and continuous improvement initiatives

• Led operational excellence across 2 plants (1,000+ employees), improving performance • Drove Lean transformation (Kaizen, RCA), embedding continuous improvement • Increased capacity from 55 to 107 containers/month via optimization • Coached teams (55+ employees), strengthening shopfloor leadership • Supported ISO 9001 and implemented OEE for data-driven decisions • Contributed to plant ramp-up, ensuring scalability and readiness

- Daily work within stadiums and exclusive transmission areas; - Contact directly with the technical teams of transmission of diverse countries; - Use of continuous English and Spanish (official languages used in the event); - Subordination only the engineering chief of the company which was composed of Australians and Germans; - Resolution of technical problems of equipment used in the area of commentators (LAWO); - Work performed throughout the Cup period in the city of Curitiba.

Führungskompetenz/Personalmanagement, die Festlegung einer Strategie, Grundkenntnisse finanzieller Aspekte, Leistungsoptimierung in der Produktion, neueste Werkstofftechnologien oder das Thema Energieeffizienz: Das Spektrum der Holztechnik und somit auch die Anforderungen an Ingenieure entwickeln sich stetig weiter. Für Führungspositionen im internationalen Umfeld der Holzwirtschaft ist vertieftes Spezialwissen gefragt. Genau dieses vermittelt der internationale Masterstudiengang Holztechnik.

"General knowledge in management of companies to guarantee results and security in decision making - FGV"

"Able to apply engineering knowledge and manage industries manufacturing products from wood, so professionals must have knowledge of the quality of wood as raw material, of mechanical transformation and production processes, administration and economics areas - UFPR"