With over 20 years of experience in Supply Chain, in the areas of Foreign Trade, Distribution, Purchasing, Project Management, Production Planning, Inventory and Account Management, João Finatti has built his carreer in multinational companies around Campinas and recently has been dedicating himself to both running Meridian with training and developing business people and also as a trader at Mercocamp, with inbound and logistics processes.

 

Here is an overview of his career path:

At Itron Soluções para Energia, Gás e Água, João has worked with Importing and exporting processes, warehouse and inventory management, demand and production planning, and delivery to both domestic and international customers.

 

As an Account Manager at Sanmina SCI do Brasil, he was responsible for corporate accounts in Brazil, in the areas of telecom and automation, within the control of all manufacturing sub processes and cost reduction plans, as well as profitability management for Sanmina SCI.

 

At Lucent Technologies, João took three different roles, all involving the Supply Chain Area. In the Procurement area, developing suppliers and negotiating contracts, in the Inventory area with the goal of reducing and optimizing inventories and as an Operational Manager with the implementation of RECOF, an import regimen granted by the government for companies which are focusing the exporting markets.

 

At IBM, where he started his career in the Supply Chain Area, worked in the areas of Production Planning, then in the Purchasing and then 3 years as a Distribution Manager.