Business professional with extensive leadership experience and track record of driving operational excellence. Known for fostering collaborative team environments and delivering consistent results. Proficient in strategic planning and change management, with focus on adaptability and reliability.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Leader Sleep & Respiratory Care (S&RC) LATAM
Philips SEM SA
Panama City, Panama
05.2020 - Current
Company Overview: Royal Philips, EURONEXT, NYSE – Revenue EUR 19.4B
Crisis management leader for UNO LATAM, with a Recall completeness of about 98%
Leveraged business opportunities during CV-19 towards record LATAM revenues and gross margin
AOP over achievements YoY (34% above 2023 AOP)
Customer NPS > 85% for the 3rd consecutive year
Led a complete business verticalization in LATAM enabled by a License to Operate model
Directed the Sales, Marketing, Clinical and Service into a 3-year strategy set-up to a significant market share recovery
Led and directed the setting up and execution of a LATAM Reputation Campaign to position Philips brand among a network of medical and non-medical KOL’s/DOL’s, customers and partners, and end users (patients)
Carried out a LATAM Commercial Excellence Program (Resilience Return Program) w/ double digit growth
Oversaw and directed business transformation projects (e.g
Sleep Pharmacy new Go-to-Market, E-commerce channels)
People’s development obsession while building resilient teams: introduced and executed a successful people’s development plan based on meritocracy while growing a talent pool of collaborators
Royal Philips, EURONEXT, NYSE – Revenue EUR 19.4B
Drives the overall organizational performance (OIT, Sales, Margin and Operational Excellence)
Leads Sales, Clinical and Product Services and Marketing to jointly engage and satisfy customers’ needs
Develops, updates, deploys and drives the commercial strategy for commercial teams
Acts as the 'voice of the market' towards business groups by spotting market trends and evolutions and being engaged in the constant process of business development
Coach and develop direct teams
Mentorship of high talents/high performing individuals
Builds best-in-class Indirect channel management relations and optimizes these contacts for commercial leverage
Led Global medical device Recall in LATAM by orchestrating direct team and enabling functions towards remediation completeness with zero Regulatory and Legal issues
Strategic Business Architect EMEA/LATAM
Philips Medical Systems BV
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
07.2017 - 04.2020
Company Overview: Philips Medical Systems BV, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Key contributor to the overachievement of 2017-2020 Long Term Strategic Partnerships (LSP's)/Solutions sales results with exponential and double-digit growth, in LATAM
Co-lead the NBx/Transformation SRC project: Sleep Digitalization in Brazil to pilot phase (launched January 2020)
Led the successful deployment of configurable Solutions, in LATAM
Build, coached and mentored a team of Bid Managers, Finance Consulting and Strategic Architect in LATAM driving them into high-performing and successful sales results
Drove multiple experts for comprehensive solution design while orchestrating End2End, multi-year, configurable and complex LSP's/Solutions, with LATAM teams
Build and led C-Suite 'Co-Create' sessions (> 13 sessions)
Successfully developed value propositions & solution frameworks by extensively understanding customer healthcare ecosystems
Developed business solutions by connecting with diverse experts, inside and outside the organization and by using customer insights
Led the integration of other functions/staff (e.g Bid Managers) and the onboarding of Strategic Business Architect in LATAM
Led peer-to-peer best practices exchange by leading the development of LSP's/Solutions Proof Points
Global Business Manager – Homecare
The Linde Group
Munich, Germany
03.2013 - 06.2017
Company Overview: DAX30 – Revenue EUR 34B
Led the definition, set-up, development and implementation of the Linde Healthcare Academy for the Homecare business
Directed the process to launch the Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) business and the Remote Sleep Diagnosis in Colombia (revenues of 0.5MioEUR in the launch year)
Led the launch of a global COPD and NIV marketing campaigns (including Health Economic dossier)
Set-up, steered and led 2x Medical Core Team groups (COPD & NIV) which lead to new core respiratory solutions and a continuous support for growth
Led & conducted extensive respiratory market research that lead to market sizing, prioritizing and targets setting
Drove & developed the mid & long-term global strategy for the core respiratory offerings
Led a team of 7 indirect business and marketing reports, in a matrix organization
Identified and built opportunities for growth by developing and implementing new product/service offerings in existing and new markets
Homecare expert lead for the definition, set-up, development and implementation of Homecare Minimum Safety Requirements, in a global Team of Experts
Led & steered collaborative cross functional communication & cooperation with global/regional/local teams to define the areas of mid & long-term growth homecare and developed the so-called global road maps
Global Business Development Manager – Ventilation Therapy & REMEO
The Linde Group
Munich, Germany
03.2011 - 02.2013
Company Overview: DAX30 – Revenue EUR 34B
Led the revenue growth in Non-Invasive Ventilaiton in EMEA countries (>11% YoY)
Co-led the Homecare Product Portfolio Harmonization (PPH) achieving savings of 10MioEUR in EMEA countries
Led and developed the Ventilation product & service offering (from the start-up phase to implementation)
Co-lead the REMEO team to successfully launch new solutions in new geographies/countries
Developed Ventilation mid & long-term global strategies
Directed marketing strategies, actions and proper financial planning for the Ventilation product & service offerings
Led the research and implementation of existing and new Ventilation product and service offerings, including new business models across the globe
Led & drive Marketing Communications in developing and implementing homecare marketing campaigns for International scientific events/symposia
Together with Information Systems carried out the set-up of new Telehealth Solutions in Homecare services
Global Business Development Manager - Six Sigma & Cluster Headache
The Linde Group
Munich, Germany
04.2009 - 02.2011
Company Overview: DAX30 – Revenue EUR 34B
Led Global Revenues increase by 29% and EBIT growth of 15% with Cluster Headache service offerings
Led the set-up and implementation of a global Cluster Headache marketing campaign
Led the search, analysis and incorporation of new product, service and business models based upon depth customer knowledge in the Cluster Headache segment
Developed and implemented the global Cluster Headache strategy
Drove new product, service and business models into superior commercialization and transferred them to countries globally
Monitored monthly countries performance of existing service offerings through selected KPI’s while successfully maximized sales & EBIT
Led an internal expert team with the basis of assuring constant product and service development and innovation
Led and drove an external team of medical stakeholders (neurologists, pain specialists, patient associations) to successfully identify customers’ needs
Homecare Business Development & Respiratory Clinical Specialist
Linde Sogas
Lisbon, Portugal
06.2004 - 03.2009
Co-owned Homecare P&L with Revenues increase from 2.2MioEUR to 10.6MioEUR (2004-2009)
Led the launch of the Cluster Headache service offerings, in Portugal
Led the introduction of the Six Sigma methodology in Homecare, in Portugal
Led the clinical supervision of care of the homecare team w/ 7 direct reports
Led the definition, development and implementation of all Homecare service clinical and operating procedures
Collaborated in the development and implementation of the mid & long-term homecare strategy
Built and led a local team to define and implement selected Key Performance Indicators for the Cluster Headache offering and Six Sigma methodology
Led the set-up and implementation of Six Sigma program in the commercial homecare team
Led a regional team of clinical specialists responsible for the screening, analysis and incorporation of new product and service offerings
Co-lead the set-up, development and execution of Homecare marketing campaigns
Promoted homecare product and service offerings directly to physicians ensuring a sustainable patient growth
Collaborated in the Portuguese National Homecare tender submission being the lead in the definition of the clinical/technical services and medical devices
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Catolica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Lisbon, Portugal
01-2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Catolica Portuguese University
Lisbon, Portugal
03-2000
Skills
Organizational leadership
Operations management
People Development
Stakeholder management
Continuous improvement
Business development
Marketing strategy
Performance management
Crisis management
Analytical thinking
Decision-making
Cross-functional team leadership
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Upper intermediate (B2)
French
Elementary (A2)
Certification
Six Sigma: Black Belt License - 2012
Lean Methodologies License - 2017
C-Cuite Methodologies License - 2018
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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evening
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Accomplishments
Achieved Customer NPS >85% by delivering ultimate customer experience
Achieved double digit sales growth YoY by introducing a 3 year sales, Marketing, Clinical and Service Excellence Program
Led and resolved product recall through orchestrating a multi-stakeholder group (internal/external) towards remediation
Built and developed a core team of individuals transforming them into a high performing team
Software
Office 365
Quote
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.
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