Andressa Arantes

Consult on digital transformation initiatives by aligning process, data, and technology to deliver KPI-driven operational improvements. Develop Power BI dashboards and automated, real-time data solutions in coordination with frontend and backend teams.

Built operations for a 20+ store e-commerce business, implementing KPI-based daily routines and real-time leadership visibility via Power BI dashboards. Drove 21% revenue growth and 45% profit increase, reduced order defect rate by 32%, and improved refunds recovery workflow by 210%.

Developed RPA solutions including an automated phone-based medical appointment confirmation workflow that wrote responses back to the source system. Built automated data transfers, alerts, and analytics using Power BI, SQL, APIs, and M365—eliminating 20 hours per week of manual work.

Led 10+ process improvement projects across automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, services, transportation, and IT using Lean Office, process mapping, Kanban, and OEE. Reduced managers’ office tasks by 20 hours/month through automation and developed manufacturing efficiency and production control systems.

Served 60+ companies by diagnosing business needs and designing improvement projects with stakeholders across process, finance, marketing, people, and innovation management. Facilitated implementation through to adoption, strengthening execution capabilities and measurable outcomes.

Managed 130+ employees across supervisors and team leaders, continuously reallocating resources based on production and project needs. Reduced final assembly line stoppages by 85% through shop-floor quality improvement and created an award-winning People Development system in Power BI for automated job descriptions and training management.

Delivered R$1M+ in savings in one year by leading strategic body shop projects and implementing real-time Power BI production monitoring for 6,000+ machines across 33 lines. Reduced microstoppages by 40%, increased OLE by 9% at the bottleneck ($500K savings), and improved technical cleaning efficiency from 20% to 80% (R$400K savings), managing vendor installation efforts.

Served as an official WCM auditor (Silver expansion), auditing plants in the USA and Mexico and coordinating multidisciplinary quality projects. Improved geometry quality from 47% to 86% CPK>1.33 in 5 months and led improvement pillars delivering 14% shop cost savings through Kaizens, Quality Maintenance, Poka-Yoke, and Lean Manufacturing.

Built the plant’s WCM audit and process improvement function from scratch at a greenfield site, including methodology, roadmaps, training, KPI/KAI control, and audit action plans. Implemented plant-wide systems connecting maintenance, inventory, and people workflows and launched a SharePoint-based anomaly card and KPI system, achieving Score 2 in the first AM audit.

Completed a master’s degree in Automotive Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.

Completed a bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (Automation Engineering) at Universidade de Pernambuco.