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Rui Brandão

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Sales Director South Europe & Iberia at Barnes
📍 Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Rui Brandão is the Sales Director for Iberia & South Europe at Barnes Molding Solutions, overseeing major brands like Synventive and Thermoplay. With a background in mechanical engineering and a career spanning over two decades, he has extensive experience in sales management and technical solutions. Colleagues have described him as responsible with an enormous will to learn.

He has cultivated a resilient and stress-resistant character throughout his career, thriving when acting under pressure. Rui values personal growth and has focused on developing strong interpersonal and communication skills, particularly within multinational and multicultural environments. His career reflects a journey of continuous development, starting in a small company and advancing into complex leadership roles.

Unique fact: In a post-graduate program, Rui was recognized by the director as the most interested and responsible student in his class.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Sales Director South Europe & Iberia
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Molding Solutions
His entire career has been in the tooling and molding industry, from Moldit to his current director role covering multiple molding solution brands at Barnes.
International Sales Leadership
He is in charge of sales for Iberia and South Europe, including France, Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, managing both internal teams and external distributors.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Sales Director South Europe & Iberia
Barnes
2-2020 - 6-2024
Regional Sales Manager Iberia
Synventive Molding Solutions
10-2016 - 2-2020
Regional Sales Manager Portugal
Synventive Molding Solutions
11-2015 - 10-2016
Field Sales Engineer
Synventive Molding Solutions
10-1998 - 10-2015
Operations / Production manager
Moldit
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Education
10-1993 - 7-1996
Bacharelato
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
10-1990 - 7-1993
Curso Técnico-Profissional de Moldes
Escola Secundária Soares Basto de Oliveira de Azemeis
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