Sandra Vaz

Experience

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  Nestle

  Jun 1992 - Sept 2002

  • R&D manager

    Feb 1998 - Sept 2002

  • production manager

    Jul 1995 - Feb 1998

  • Quality Assurancy Manager

    Jun 1992 - Jun 1995
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  Universidade de São Paulo

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Pos doc em Bioquímica
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  Nestlé

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2019

  • R&D Center Head for Biscuits

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2019

  • Discover&Development Lead

    Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Product Mastership Head

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2015
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  Various Companies

  Sept 2019 - May 2023

  Consultant in Food Industry

  An excellent professional with extensive experience in the food companies Orquidea and Nestlé in different areas: operations (8 years), R&D (10 years) and Product/New Business (1 year) in progressive positions. Currently, working as consultant helping companies to increase sales, redefining the portfolio and improving the business performance developing new opportunities areas.

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  Orquídea Alimentos

  Dec 2019 - now

  I´ve been working as Product Manager for wheat flour, pasta, biscuits and cookies developing and improving products and changing the portfolio considering the consumer inputs, business needs and competition. Also, defining the roadmap for next years and investigating new opportunity areas for the company.

  • R&D and Innovation Manager | Product Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Product Manager

    Dec 2019 - May 2023