Nitai Morais
16 years at Vale and VLI, in commercial roles, in planning terminals integrated with rail and port, and in operations management. Based in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Career by area
Logistics and operations consulting
Bulk logistics, feasibility and verification for those buying, selling or investing, and operational diagnostics for industry. Since 2026 through NP Consultoria e Serviços, the Nitai Lab company.
Iron ore and steel
Responsible for planning, processes, maintenance and operations at the Santa Luzia and Ouro Preto terminals in Minas Gerais, with up to ten segregated ore products and a full planned shutdown without lost production. Acting manager for eight months.
Grain and fertiliser terminal planning
Long, medium and short-term planning for the Araguari and Pirapora terminals: capacity sizing, budget defence, capex and opex, and new business built on idle capacity and each operation's seasonality. TPS implementation with TSSC and the company's first EBITDA model per operating unit. Acting manager for six months.
Fertiliser chain and terminal turnaround
Planning of the chain from the port of Tubarão, via the EFVM and FCA railways, to the terminal and the customer. Turnaround of the Pirapora grain terminal up to its first permanent certification from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Commercial and key accounts
Account management for steel mills and fuel distributors in Belo Horizonte, São Luís and Ouro Branco, including the pig iron portfolio and the first wagon demurrage charge billed to a major client. Three-time winner of the company's customer-service ranking.
Technical visit to an iron ore processing plant
Verification also means being there: seeing the plant running, the stockpiles, the access and the cargo's path to the railway and the port.
Clients served within VLI
Over 16 years at Vale and VLI, in the iron ore, grain, fertiliser and fuel chains.
TPS with Toyota itself
I implemented the Toyota Production System with direct consulting from TSSC, the Toyota centre that brings the method to companies outside Japan. The terminal became VLI's TPS school, with month-long immersions for professionals from across the company.
- MBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, FGV (in progress)
- Postgraduate degree in Multimodal Engineering, PUC Minas
- VLI Leadership School, Fundação Dom Cabral
- Strategic Negotiation and Conflict Management, Ibmec
- Business Administration, FUMEC
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