Mayara De Carvalho Noronha
Appleton,Wisconsin
Summary
I am a product scientist with over a decade of experience in the consumer goods industry, where I have built my career in diverse areas such as R&D and process engineering. Passionate about statistics and mentoring junior scientists, my main qualifications include product leadership in regional and global projects, expertise in product development, and leadership in consumer studies, claim substantiation, and benefit visualization. I have a demonstrated track record of publishing and generating intellectual property. With my diverse skill set and experience, I have successfully led teams and projects, driving innovation and achieving tangible results. Exceptional leadership, project management, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, Power BI), Zoom and AutoCad. Bilingual, fluent in Portuguese and English. Advanced Spanish. Basic Italian.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Scientist/ Product Design, R&E
Kimberly Clark - North America
12.2023 - Current
- Product leadership across the Huggies ® Diaper programs
- Lead claims and Benefit Visualizations across Huggies® and Retail Brand diapers to bring our product benefits to life.
- Work with the R&E project leads and Marketing team as well as Personal Care R&E, developing and executing learning plans.
- Lead the interaction with the Marketing team to ensure product design is meeting our concept and is on strategy.
- Responsible for the product design and learning plan for large diaper innovation programs.
- Coach and mentor junior scientists
Lead Scientist/ Product Design, R&E
Kimberly Clark - North America
01.2020 - 11.2023
- Lead Scientist in Baby Child & Care category, with focus on research and development to support Kimberly Clark North America innovation strategy
- Successfully implemented new product designs from front-innovation to manufacture
- Lead of new claims development and substantiation, delivering several superiority claims and differentiated Benefit Visualization demos to the category
- Proficient in prototyping and to translate ideas and concepts into products
- Partnered with Marketing, Legal, Sales and Regulatory specialists to support business plans for new products
- Mentored new interns through a product design project, serving as the main technical resource for the entirety of their internship
- Active member of Inclusion & Diversity-Voice of Consumer team at Kimberly Clark North America.
LATAM R&E Lead Scientist
Kimberly Clark - Latin America
07.2018 - 01.2020
- Leadership in Research and Development projects of Feminine Pads (Intimus Gel and Kotex) in Latin America
- Responsible for projects on a regional scale, working with a global, regional and local multidisciplinary teams (Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Regulatory and Consumer Research)
- Responsible for the development of new products from the initial Innovation to the commercialization
- Responsible for the development of specification and BOM to new products
- Led the development of new raw materials with different suppliers on a global scale
- Technical contact point, providing product leadership for strategic brand definitions, new product specifications, leadership in commercial machine testing and design of new Test Methods
- Product leadership in consumer studies and Claim substantiation
- Author of an Absorbent Patent ID application.
Global Innovation Center Project Engineer, R&E
Kimberly Clark - Global
04.2016 - 06.2018
- Project engineer in the Global Innovation Center, leading new projects to Feminine Pads and Adult diapers categories
- (Intimus, Kotex, Plenitude and Depend)
- Led the process execution to convert the product concept into the commercial machines with a fast learning curve
- Responsible for the design and development of new products and machine equipment in AutoCad.
- Process lead on the implementation of a new technical laboratory to bench testing and claims support
- Statistical analysis based on Six Sigma Black Belt, and excellent knowledge in JMP
- Leadership in the open innovation and standardization efforts to product and process improvements in Brazil, Mexico and the Czech Republic
Personal Care Process Engineer
Kimberly Clark - Brazil
06.2012 - 03.2016
- Process Lead of Wet Wipes, Feminine Pads and Infant Diapers commercial machines
- Responsible for mapping, analyzing and executing activities focused on increasing productivity, with direct actions to reduce operational and product costs
- Process Lead responsible for the development of new products, design and tests on commercial machines with multifunctional teams
- Solid Knowledge on manufacturing tools and Lean Six Sigma project leading (Kaizen, DMAIC, Problem Solving, Ishikawa, Statistics analysis, etc.)
- Process Lead in machine check outs in Italy and United States
- Technical support to a new production shift start up in South Africa
- Key project leader in Six Sigma Black Belt projects, delivering improvement in products and processes with cost savings deliverers that exceed $1MM/Y in Infant diaper machines.
Production Engineering Intership
Kimberly Clark - Brazil
01.2011 - 06.2012
- Production Engineer Internship working with Infant Diapers
- (Huggies)
- Development of production improvement activities to reduce waste and increase efficiency of Infant Care Diaper and Feminine Pads machines
- Job rotation in Production Engineering, Process Engineering, Maintenance, Quality Control and Materials
- In my second year of internship I was the only intern designated to be responsible for one of the Lean Manufacturing's methodologies, leading the implementation of the 5S Pillars in two Infant Care Diaper machines.
Education
AutoCad -
Impacta Certificação e Treinamento
Six Sigma Black Belt -
MI Domenech - Lean Six Sigma
Project Management Specialization -
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Business Administration and Management, General
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
01.2017
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Production Engineering -
Universidade Paulista
01.2012
Skills
- Research management
- Project Management
- Research and experiments
- Intellectual property
- Excellent Communication
- Statistical modeling
- Multitasking Abilities
- Relationship Building
Volunteer Experience
- Disaster Dispatcher, Team Support Lead, American Red Cross, 03/2022, 04/2023, Coordinate assistance during times of disaster and deploy the most appropriate resources to support efforts in Wisconsin.
- Project Lead, Content Developer, Arise Impact, 04/2018, 02/2022, Online volunteer as Project Lead on Life Skills Courses, leading strategy and execution of bilingual courses to support better employability results for people with disabilities. (NGO based in India, part of United Nations Online Volunteering Program)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Italian
Limited Working
Timeline
Senior Scientist/ Product Design, R&E
Kimberly Clark - North America
12.2023 - Current
Lead Scientist/ Product Design, R&E
Kimberly Clark - North America
01.2020 - 11.2023
LATAM R&E Lead Scientist
Kimberly Clark - Latin America
07.2018 - 01.2020
Global Innovation Center Project Engineer, R&E
Kimberly Clark - Global
04.2016 - 06.2018
Personal Care Process Engineer
Kimberly Clark - Brazil
06.2012 - 03.2016
Production Engineering Intership
Kimberly Clark - Brazil
01.2011 - 06.2012
AutoCad -
Impacta Certificação e Treinamento
Six Sigma Black Belt -
MI Domenech - Lean Six Sigma
Project Management Specialization -
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Business Administration and Management, General
FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Production Engineering -
Universidade Paulista
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