Luiz Guilherme Minniti Bergamini
Mexico City
Summary
Experienced supply chain professional with over 20 years of experience, skilled at aligning strategic goals with daily activities. Strong background in business management consulting and leadership in supply chain operations across various cultural and global environments. Known for dependability and a history of achieving operational excellence.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Production and Supply Operations Head Mesoamerica
Syngenta Crop Protection
01.2025 - Current
- Lead the Production and Supply organization in Mesoamerica
- Oversee operations in 22 Countries
- Manage a team of 25 people, US$ 34 million in Inventory and US$ 12 million in costs and 1 Production Site
- Implemented service level differentiation in Logistics achieving US$ 1 million in cost savings
- Developed and implemented a Cost-to-Serve approach to differentiate operations to customers, in alignment with the finance and commercial teams
- Managed inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
Production and Supply Operations Head Latin America North
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2022 - 12.2024
- Lead the Production and Supply organization in Latin America North
- Manage a team of 65 people, oversee operations in 26 countries and 3 Commercial Units
- Manage US$ 50 million in Inventory and US$ 16 million in costs
- Drove Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) culture in the Territory
- Represented the 2 production plants in the Territory Leadership Team
- Successfully led the Panama Hub closure managing the impact on people and rebuilding the Production and Supply Leadership Team in the Territory.
- Successfully sponsored the Ease of Doing Business (EODB - SAP update) project in the Territory for 2 Commercial Units – Central America and Caribbean – impacting 25 countries.
Supply Planning Head Latin America
Syngenta Crop Protection
05.2018 - 07.2022
- Lead the Regional S&OP process and the deployment of the Global Planning strategy aligned to territories priorities
- Sustained double digit volume growth in the region, while managing inventory performance - reduced 3.7 p.p. from Average Inventory Ratio (31.3% in 2017 to 27.6% in 2020)
- Improved product availability perceived by customers
- Delivered significant improvements in Production Planning, Supply Planning and Master Data - LATAM has the 3 best plants in the World considering planning practices and became the region with the highest use rate of APO (Planning system) in Syngenta
Supply Planning Head Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
10.2015 - 04.2022
- Managed US$ 300 million in average inventory, lead a team of 9 people and the Brazil S&OP
- Managed US$ 300 million in average inventory
- Improved planning processes in the territory by leveraging the team's capabilities and adopting best practices (Distribution Planning, Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Master Production Scheduling in APO)
- Reduced blocked inventory average from US$ 55 million in 2016 to US$ 42 in million in 2017, freeing up US$ 13 million in working capital.
Head of Supply Strategy and Design Latin America & Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
01.2013 - 09.2015
- Lead the Supply Strategy and Design practice in Latin America.
- Key Project: Crop Protection Production Capacity Strategy (Odysseus). Identified the need to expand the capacity of the local network of production assets to avoid capacity constraints in the future.
- Responsible for setting-up an area to lead main Supply Chain projects in Brazil with End-to-End scope (suppliers to customers) or with great complexity
- Assigned to Foundation project as Business Transformation Lead, to prepare the Seeds Supply Chain Organization in Brazil to receive an ERP.
Operations Manager – Project Plene Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2010 - 12.2012
- Set-up and run the Logistics, Planning and Customer Services areas for a new business (Project Plene)
- Operations grew from a team of 2 direct reports to 3 direct reports with a budget of US$ 15 million in 2 years
Supply Chain Strategy Planning Manager Latin America
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2008 - 07.2010
- Responsible for leading the senior Supply Chain leadership in Latin America through 2 Strategic Planning cycles prioritizing projects to reach the company growth and profitability ambition
Business Management Consultant
Integration Consulting
06.2004 - 07.2008
- Key customers: Alcoa, DHL, Hospital Albert Einstein, Hospital Sírio Libanês, Johnson & Johnson, Martins, Mastercard, Nokia, Suzano.
- Delivered projects on time, on budget and on scope, managing customer expectations, team delivery and project profitability.
- Developed strong communication skills covering all levels of hierarchical organizations, from senior executives to shop floor personnel
- Managed and delivered projects with success fee targets summing more than R$ 10 million of business benefits as savings or cost avoidance
Education
Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain
INSEAD
Fountainebleau, France01-2014
Postgraduate - Business Management
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK01.2012
Bachelor - Civil Engineering
Escola Politécnica Da Universidade De São Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil01.2001
Skills
- Operations management
- Logistics Management & Customer service
- Decision making & Problem-solving
- Team leadership & People Development
- Strategic Planning and Implementation
- Inventory management and Control
- Continuous improvement
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Production and Supply Operations Head Mesoamerica
Syngenta Crop Protection
01.2025 - Current
Production and Supply Operations Head Latin America North
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2022 - 12.2024
Supply Planning Head Latin America
Syngenta Crop Protection
05.2018 - 07.2022
Supply Planning Head Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
10.2015 - 04.2022
Head of Supply Strategy and Design Latin America & Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
01.2013 - 09.2015
Operations Manager – Project Plene Brazil
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2010 - 12.2012
Supply Chain Strategy Planning Manager Latin America
Syngenta Crop Protection
08.2008 - 07.2010
Business Management Consultant
Integration Consulting
06.2004 - 07.2008
Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain
INSEAD
Postgraduate - Business Management
University of Warwick
Bachelor - Civil Engineering
Escola Politécnica Da Universidade De São Paulo
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