Danillo Leite

Experience

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  UFMG Business Incubator

  Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

  Undergraduate Intern

  . Member of organization staff of UFMG Entrepreneurship Week. Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development for technology peptide company (PepSint). Updated a Business Plan for mobile marketing company (GoMobie) and improved market efficiency on new products

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  UFMG Quality and Innovation Technology Centre (Innovation Lab)

  Dec 2009 - Dec 2011

  Undergraduate Research Fellow

  . Co founded the UFMG Entrepreneuship Club . Worked as an analyst for the Brazilian Innovation program in partnership with SEBRAE. Coordinated and developed seven Business Plans for university spin-off companies including resources allocation ($15,000 per company) . Led a team of sixundergraduate students and published 2 academic papers (XVII The International Conference on Production Engineering and Operations Management)

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  Amgen

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  IS Business Systems Analyst Intern

  • Merged Amgen Clinical Database with acquired LATAM company; crafted data cleaning strategies and lead to 50%+ reduction in manual reviews of entries and 15% reduction of IT tickets on account provisioning

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  Arbor Gestão Para Resultados

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

  Supported senior leadership of Rumo (the largest railway logistics company in LATAM) to define quality management KPIs and targets for new compensation structures leading to a ~10% cash-flow improvement

  • Business Consultant

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Consultant Intern

    Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
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  McKinsey & Company

  Feb 2017 - May 2019

  Business Analyst

  • President of McKinsey BA Learning & Development (Jan 2018 – Dec 2019); managed 10 consultants on People Development initiatives; led a $25k+ event for BA development and received record positive feedback• Recognized for mentorship in 2019 by the McKinsey Sao Paulo office as only non-partner with a large number of mentees. Initiative surveyed 600+ employees in Brazil, supplemented with 50+ in-depth interviews• Built a new organizational model for an aerospace and defense company to support major transformation; defined value drivers under responsibility of top leadership (N to N-2) and generated $25MM in SG&A savings• Spearheaded performance transformation to optimize assembly lines of a home appliances plant using Lean Manufacturing; acted as manager of client team (8 people), yielding ~$10MM in EBITDA savings in 3 months• Devised strategic reaction to competitor aggressive price move market FX variations in two-wheel automotive segment; formulated new global assembly footprint; presented financial scenarios to international board• Conducted energy procurement diagnostics in an isolated area of the Amazon, identifying potential savings of ~20% by acting on negotiation levers and applying design to value techniques on maintenance operations• Outlined workforce planning for 7k+ employees; planned a 5-year talent strategy (focused on digitization, advanced analytics, and RPO skills) in LATAM bank, yielding to $250MM+ savings in operations Show less

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  Agentero

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  Product Manager (McKinsey Secondment)

  Insurance-based San Francisco startup founded in 2017 to help agents manage book of business, cross-sell and up-sell• Launched Aggregator business model to provide market-access to InsureTech carriers; crafted Product Requirements documentation for new product features; added ~$1MM in annualized revenue, worked directly with Product VP and CEO; managed a team of• Spearheaded MAPFRE referral campaign, largest company partnership, with team from 6 different nationalities

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  London Business School

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

  Master in Business Administration - MBA
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  REEF

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Chief of Staff - COO

  • Led REEF EU organizational redesign efforts, developing cash burn rate models, and crafting expansions scenarios to Germany and France• Worked closely with EU COO on strategic priorities, both as a project manager and hands-on planning and delivery expert• Managed selected strategy projects, such as recruitment and onboarding strategy at-scale

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  McKinsey & Company

  Nov 2022 - now

  Junior Engagement Manager

  • Managed the Transformation Office for a major global bank, overseeing a 10+ team of McKinsey and client members to drive ~£120m in OpEx benefits• Led due diligence on capital strategy and performance for a global mining company focusinng on South American sites, optimizing a portfolio with ~£1Bn in CAPEX• Redesigned claims journeys for a global insurance company, resulting in ~£60m in benefits• Crafted European expansion and exit strategy for a global building materials manufacturer, focusing on margin, throughput, capacity, and operational maturity• Coordinated the digital transformation of a major road network player, creating a strategic blueprint for 2035• Conducted a tech-enabled operational assessment for a real estate client. Identified automation opportunities and developed a scalable model for replication across portfolio companies• Developed learning materials and led McKinsey training sessions on Service Operations, with a focus on using Generative AI tools Show less