Maria Dias da Costa

Maria Dias da Costa has over six years of experience in global vendor planning, currently serving as the Global Vendor Planning Team Leader at Aptiv since November 2017, after progressing from roles including Global Vendor Planning Supervisor and Global Vendor Planning. Prior to this position, Maria completed an internship at Tintas CIN in early 2017, focusing on Lean/Kaizen methodology and conducting a master dissertation on optimizing production lines for water-based ink. Maria holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, obtained between 2011 and 2017, and has experience at Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm during the 2015-2016 academic year. Early education was completed at Colégio Alemão do Porto, graduating in 2008.