Wilton Santos, Msc

Experience

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  Volkwagen

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2003

  Electrical Engineering Specialist
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  Nielsen Claritas

  Jan 2004 - Jul 2004

  Quality Assurance Intern

  Internship assignment as part of an international exchange program.Test and quality assurance over software deployment phases.

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  IBM

  Jul 2005 - Dec 2010

  Project Manager

  - Management of a portfolio of IT Infrastructure Projects on-behalf of American Express customer covering web, midrange, mainframe and network technologies.- Documented project scope estimated cost and complexity. Presented detailed contracts for approval then managed the execution to deliver expected results within cost, scope and duration commitments. - Managed global team of technicians and IT professionals to deliver consistent results that met all customer expectations.- Led both, local and offshore teams (+40 employees) spread among Brazil, Argentina, India and US.- Manage the transitioning of worldwide enterprise business intelligence application support into the follow the sun-model from India and United States to Brazil.- Responsible to manage and report the on-going support health status.- Led test planning and execution for web projects. Show less

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  Stefanini

  Nov 2010 - Mar 2012

  Project Manager

  Led a large Payroll implementation for Johnson & Johnson in Brazil which involved a complete new infrastructure and business process design definition. As an IT Project Manager I was responsible for all project lifecycle phases, managed third part-vendors to deploy a LG Payroll software solution, integrated several applications with this new core system, coordinated data migration, testing, business process design and support project audit.

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  Johnson & Johnson

  Apr 2012 - Jul 2020

  - Served as the regional IT Project Manager in Latin America, to enable the shared service center hub in Bogota, by a large roll out deployment in HR and Payroll systems.- Partnered with senior leaders to stablish strategic plans and objectives.- Managed a large cross-functional team across LATAM and North America.- Cultivated relationship and collaboration among peers to foster trust and increase team engagement.- Administered project third part vendors to deploy, integrate and test systems.- Launched successfully Workday Systems for Argentina and Venezuela. Brazil is currently in progress. - Executive reporting to regional and global leaders on overall status, risks, issues and potential upcoming changes. Show less - Led the workstream of Finance in an SAP ERP deployment successfully for 13 countries in LATAM for Medical and Pharma sectors, streamlining worldwide corporate best practices and capabilities.- Partnered with regional and global headquarter leaders in finance for standardized company processes on standard cost and full absorption policies.- Developed regional workshops for product solution design.- Coordinated finance regional teams (~20 resources) focused on execution, testing strategy and change management.- Facilitated minimum value product prioritization over backlog, execution monitoring until final product testing and delivery. - Facilitated the adoption from analytical tools and process on purchase price variance, P&L, balancing, purchase price variance, and full absorption calculation.- Coordinated the inventory management transition from different platforms over to SAP ERP.- Supported regional testing on finance Invoice to cash, accounting and supply chain finance processes. Show less - Strategic Business partner for finance in IT acting as a trusted advisor to provide technological guidance to help the company enhance opportunities on business added value initiatives and mitigate potential internal and external risks and threats. - Active listening, negotiation, and conflict management skills applied extensively to integrate teams toward goals and objectives. - Successfully deployed Electronic invoice and SPED projects in SAP platform to adequate the company with governance legislation. - Led the pillar of IT finance in LATAM stablishing a network with regional key partners on new opportunities and prioritizations. - Managed several groups of project managers and consultants working in the portfolio of finance on consumer sector. Support senior leaders with Annual IT budget and forecasts.- Key focal point foreseen Brazilian legislation obligations on Electronic Digital Accounting and Electronic Digital Tax systems. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager

    Dec 2017 - Jul 2020

  • Senior Project Manager

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  • FINANCE PROJECT LEADER SCF – LATAM

    Oct 2015 - May 2017

  • BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER/ SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

    Apr 2012 - Nov 2015
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  ArcelorMittal

  Sept 2020 - Mar 2023

  Business Partner / Senior Project Manager
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  Mastery Consulting

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2023

  Business Partner / Project Manager
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  Mars

  Mar 2023 - now

  Digital Technology Portfolio Manager