Gabriel has been in his current role since 2020 where he is in charge of Industry 4.0, industrial performance management, performance analytics and industrial strategy as well as advanced manufacturing engineering. He has 28 years of manufacturing experience, 25 of which was with Renault-Nissan Alliance. Gabriel went from a supervisor at a body shop and head of a paint shop to Automobile and Powertrain Plant Manager, with a high focus on lean manufacturing. In mid-2012, he took the role of Regional Industrial Director in South America for Renault-Nissan with responsibilities in production as well as supply chain management and process engineering. He then moved to Corporate taking the Head of Manufacturing Quality position for 3 years with intensive work with teams from both companies - Renault and Nissan - on different aspects as Suppliers Quality, Build in Quality, and Shipping Quality as well for Assembly Plants as Powertrain. He was Head of Industrial Performance since 2017 during 3 more years for Renault Group in close contact and developing similar working methods with Nissan on strategic Lean approaches to make one of the most competitive brands in the world from a manufacturing point of view.