Adelino Gouveia

Experience

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  Pavigrés Group

  May 1999 - May 2002

  Financial Controller

  🔑 Mission e Main ResponsibilitiesFinancial Controller, Treasury and Cash-Flow Management, Internal Quality Auditor📈 Implemented and Responsible for the monthly evaluation of financial performance of Group distribution companies (FP&A consolidated reporting, France, Germany, UK, Singapore, Spain, Belgium), providing strategic information to the Board. 📈 Head of Treasury (Banks, Collection, Payments and Treasury allocation) and Quality Internal Auditor.

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  Imerys

  Jun 2002 - Jun 2007

  International Financial Controller

  🔑 Mission e Main ResponsibilitiesFinancial Division Controller, Responsible for the Control and Planning, FP&A, Consolidation & Reporting, Budget & Forecasting, Compliance, Internal & External Audit.📈 2006 to 2007: Based in Lyon/France – Head of Financial Control of Imerys Structure Division (managing 10 Controllers / Business Units in France), controlling, reporting, budgeting, consolidation, capex, business partnering and support.📈 2002 to 2006: Based in Aveiro/Portugal – Division International Financial Controller (in charge of 3 Business Units at Portugal and Spain), management controlling, Cash, IT, Reporting & Consolidation, Business Partner providing insights for financial and operational strategic decisions. Show less

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  Nuair Iberica (Nuair Group - Abac Group)

  Jun 2007 - Mar 2009

  CFO | CEO

  🔑 Mission e Main ResponsibilitiesFinancial and Administrative Director, also acting as CEO (representing the CEO), 📈 Lead a full turnaround in the company, from negative results to profit, from a “heavy” structure to an efficient and performant company by: total redesign of the commercial strategy, reduction of structure costs, change to more functional facilities, implementation of a new ERP bringing necessary information for the (good) decision making and reconfiguration of the organizational structure of the company. Show less

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  Grupo MCS - MOTA CERAMIC SOLUTIONS

  Mar 2009 - Sept 2012

  Finance And Administrative Director

  🔑 Mission e Main Responsibilities | from 3 of the Group CompaniesFull bottom-line accountability for finance and accounting operations. Managed and consolidated banks and treasury management operations, in permanent interaction with Banks and other stakeholders, in search of funding both for the daily short term treasury needs and long term for capex strategical investments.📈 Leveraged keen negotiation skills to manage accounts receivable and accounts payable, finance, and funding with banks and investors. Planned, designed, and implemented a detailed standard cost model, in order to better access the real contribution and gross margin per product, providing guidance and direction on business and strategic development activities. Show less

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  Extra Motion - Engineering & Performance

  Oct 2012 - Mar 2015

  Founder – CFO / CEO

  🔑 Mission and Main ResponsibilitiesFounder, CFO & Co-CEO📈 Introduced and implemented business development strategies to increase revenue growth. Spearheaded all phases of projects from inception to completion. Executed a variety of operations, including HR, legal, quality assurance, accounting, and IT.Key Contributions:• Planned, designed, and streamlined fine tune modelling of a new high tech company from the scratch.• Achieved €1.5M funding by creating and delivering five years of business plan to the European Union. Show less

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  Imerys

  May 2015 - Mar 2021

  Finance Director & Senior Industrial Control EMEA

  🔑 Mission and Main ResponsibilitiesDirected high performance financial and IT teams to accomplish set business objectives. Spearheaded the development of budget, financial forecast, and respective variances. Provided executive-level support and guidance on strategic decisions. 📈 From 2019 to 2021, based in Paris HQ and following a Group global organizational restructuring, reconstruction of the full industrial financial controlling and reporting process, consolidating the entire EMEA region (~80 industrial sites ~10Hubs), finding simple and structured solutions to complexes issues, bringing clarity and proven efficiency gains to support decision making. 📈 From 2018 to 2019, UK based, I was Finance Director & Business Unit Controller of the English Performance Minerals Division, successfully leading and implementing the process of restructuring and reporting simplification, contributing to the re-establishment of the company's commercial & industrial strategy, improving business margins and optimizing cash-flow management and results. 📈 From 2015 to 2018, based in Brazil (Kaolin South America Division), I was Chief Financial Officer & Board Member. Among other results, we´ve:• Modeled and implemented the methodology "Zero Base Budget", contributing to the internalization of mining services and to enable the Implementation and monitory of an annual Improvement cost saving program, with average year cost reductions of ~5% on sales (~€6.0M per year);• Developed and executed an Internal Audit control department and procedures enforcement in full compliance with company standards.• Engaged in capital and cash flow optimization, improving A/R procedures (reducing DSO) and a tight / optimized inventory management, worth around €5m of Working Capital. Show less

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  EDILIANS

  Nov 2021 - now

  CFO (Iberian Division) & Integration Manager

  🔑 Mission and Main ResponsibilitiesCFOHead of Finance & IT of the Group's Iberian Division (Spain & Portugal, ~150M€), and Integration Senior Manager (responsible for the implementation of the integration and transformation project and the recently acquired Iberian entities (Group headquarters in France ~600M€).