João Bensimon

Experience

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  Toque a Campainha

  Jan 1997 - Oct 1998

  Marketing Director

  Responsible for Marketing, Sales and Purchasing. I've defined the marketing strategy and product portfolio. Responsible for managing and training all sales force with 8 stores and more than 60 vendors. Main projects: eCommerce; Commercial Control System - management of physical, financial and commercial stocks; Visual Product Control - purchasing process; Marketing Database - analysis of habits and location of clients.

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  Citibank

  Nov 1998 - Oct 2000

  Project Manager

  Responsible for the Project Control System which controls every project since the estimation, planning and control. This project was the basis for CMM certification. I've coordinated the Intranet Project with standards definition, site development (Brazil) and implementation of internal messaging tool.

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  Embratel

  Nov 2000 - Sept 2004

  Project Manager

  Coordinator of Co-Billing project managers (Co-Billing with other operators - Telemar, Brasil Telecom, Telefonica, Oi, Claro, Vivo, Vesper) and member of the negotiation team with the operators. Responsible for financial and HR control in the area. Follow-up of the Embratel Smiles Partnership support system. Responsible for the sales control and activation system of dedicated Internet connections.

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  Insight Consultoria

  Sept 2004 - Jul 2005

  Consultant

  ODC Project - Off-Shore Delivery Center. Coordinator of Business Process Modeling Team for e-SCM-SP certification from one of the largest IT companies in Brazil in order to qualify it for offshore services, in partnership with COPPE / UFRJ. The project modeled the processes for certification in adherence to the main current management techniques: PMI, ITIL, COBIT, Solution Selling, presenting results at steering committee with the C-level.

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  BRQ

  Aug 2005 - Oct 2006

  Project Manager

  Portfolio Management that included Brasilveículos, Royal & Sunalliance, Texaco, Universal Music, Ipiranga. One of the main projects was Collective Optimization (Brasilveículos) with a budget of U$ 2 Million in 19 months. Responsible for various maintenance projects using web interface with Oracle database, as well as consulting projects in Systems Architecture.

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  Petrobras

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2008

  Project Manager

  Responsible for all Intranet projects from International Area. Main websites: Expatriate Employees, Angola and Nigeria Units. I’ve managed projects for Southern Cone Market Integration Area (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) which gave the market view and fed the company's Strategic Planning. Participant of Knowledge Management Group and responsible for the project that transformed the Intranet into a tool for this purpose. Responsible for the International IT Area Annual Budget Planning (2008). Show less

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  Telcordia Technologies

  May 2008 - Dec 2012

  Senior CALA Program Manager

  Key part of implementation of the Telcordia’s Global PMO when were defined policies, processes, standards, tools and templates to support project managers and provide information to the CEO, before it was acquired by Ericsson in 2012. Responsible for a portfolio of over US $ 70 million. As Program Manager I was responsible for a portfolio of projects throughout Latin/Central America managing teams in several countries (USA, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Ukraine). Responsible for clients such as: Oi, Claro, Vivo, TIM, Telefonica (Brazil and Colombia), Nextel, America Moviles (Mexico) and Movilnet (Venezuela). Show less

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  Ericsson

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  Program Manager - Business Controller

  Global Operations – Financial control of a global area with more than 600 people spread across more than 40 countries. Responsible for the cost recovery of more than US $ 650K through control processes. Financial/Resource analysis with cost recovery, utilization / billability optimization, allocation forecast and competence mapping. I’ve Innovated and implemented new processes and tools of financial control and resource management contributing to optimize resource utilization and billability.

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  Petfun Petshop Group

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2019

  Digital Transformation Consultant

  Digital Transformation Consultant – Led the Digital Transformation project which has increased results in more than 20% and defined/improved all internal processes. Created better financial analysis with more significant reports and relevant KPI’s. This change let the company to increase the results and almost tripled the number of stores in just 2 years.

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  Softtek

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  Service Manager

  Service Manager - Implementation leader of service's management processes in dedicated AMS in SAP modules and legacy systems. Agile Leader implementing, supporting and managing agile project teams. Responsible for financial control and management of a team of 60 consultants, maintaining always positive customer relationship generating upselling for the contract.

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  Dow

  Mar 2022 - now

  Senior Project Manager

  Leading global enterprise-wide IT projects at Dow across Cybersecurity, Finance, Legal, Cloud Systems, Applications, Enterprise Architecture, Supply Chain, EH&S Operations, and Analytics. Managing a $10M budget and leading cross-functional, globally distributed teams to deliver high-impact results. Driving strategic initiatives aligned with organizational goals, ensuring timely delivery while managing scope, risks, and resources. Skilled in fostering collaboration, maintaining transparent stakeholder communication, and providing updates on progress, milestones, and financial performance. My expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement enables me to deliver innovative, efficient, and value-driven solutions. Show less