Bruno Cima

• Senior Consultant / Project Manager in the Retail Industry within a Information Technologies project
• Development of software platform to support after-sales service and reverse logistics for products maintenance and repair.
• Streamlined processes to cut downtime and optimize employee productivity.

• Work in several industrial and logistics complex transformation projects designing and implementing solutions regarding:
• Organization and competences,
• Business processes and KPIs,
• Production and Logistics facilities, layouts, flows design
• Requirements specification for IT development and support.

• Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
• Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
• Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Supply Chain, Production, Operations, Sourcing Processes and performance assessment, re-design and implementation, namely:

- Organizational models.

- Business processes and KPIs.

- Logistics and production infrastructures, layouts and flows design.

• Design of the National Reference Model for port logistics and public administration processes, aiming the development of the new Logistic Single Window (LSW) platform.
• Logistic Single Window platform is the main digital support of all maritime ports in Portugal, covering all the logistic and administrative processes of the port community ecosystem, namely: port authority, customs, maritime police, harbour captaincy, veterinary and health inspection services, terminal operators, logistics service providers, etc.
• Assessed needs for projects and made proposals to senior executives.

Sales and operations planning processes design

Mentoring of innovation projects and potential start-ups integrated in the Oporto University Innovation programme.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
• Design, create and manage a cross-functional supply chain management team, including: integrated planning, Client support service, purchasing, inbound and outbound logistics.
• Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
• Supervised 30 staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
• Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
• Monitored and tracked supplier performance to enforce adherence to quality standards and established timelines.
• Formulated demand planning and generated supply chain management metrics.

• Performance evaluation, business case development and supply chain assessment.
• Re-engineering and detailed design of processes in the several logistics areas: Supply chain planning, Production control, Procurement, Stock management, Sales and billing, Dispatch logistics, Warehouse layout and material flows, Product configuration, Quality management, Workflow.
• Defining sales forecasting models and planning strategies.
• Defining production and product costing models.
• Drawing up commercial proposals.
• Evaluating companies in the areas of Processes, Organization and Information Systems with a view to identifying opportunities.
• Coordinating project teams in the different logistics areas;
  Development of project management activities, namely: Planning and control of activities, Preparation of progress reports and participation in progress meetings; Client management.
• Developing data migration plans and tools.
• Configuring and parameterizing the logistics modules of the BaaN IV and BaaN ERP systems.
• Configuration and parameterization of the logistics modules of the SAP R.3 ERP system, namely PP, PP-PI, CO-PC, MM, SD, DMS, QM.
• Implementation of the SAP-APO system: SNP and PP-DS.
  Preparing training plans and materials and conducting training sessions.

• Process re-engineering, Preparation of quality manuals and procedures in the area of new product development.
• Planning and control of the several business areas in regard to New Product Development.
• Drawing up new product development manuals.
• Organization and definition of information flows. Programming and control of the several phases of the new product development plan.
• Application of statistical forecasting methods. Development of computerizes decision support tools for statistical analysis and control of sales forecasts.

• Project to improve and restructure the new product development area