Alexandre Candeias
Commodity Buyer Mechanical Parts - Chemicals, SEALS&GASKETS, TAPES&LABELS at Visteon Corporation
Lisbon Metropolitan Area Portugal
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Top SchoolAlexandre Candeias is a Materials Engineer with nine years of experience bridging materials science and procurement in the automotive sector, currently serving as Commodity Buyer for mechanical parts at Visteon in the Lisbon metro area. He progressed from a global procurement trainee to a full-time buyer within six months, managing categories such as chemicals, seals & gaskets, and tapes & labels while collaborating closely with engineering, project management and logistics teams. Known for strong organizational skills, adaptability and a disciplined, no-procrastination work ethic, he combines hands-on materials characterization experience (ceramics and composites) with commercial sourcing acumen. Alexandre contributes to open-source back-end projects—improving Laravel logger stability and compatibility—demonstrating a practical coding aptitude beyond his engineering role. A curious traveler and competitive athlete (11 years as a federated tennis player), he brings team spirit and a creative impulse toward photography to his professional life.
9 years of coding experience
Engenharia de Materiais, Engenharia de Materiais, Engenharia de Materiais, Engenharia de Materiais at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa - FCT NOVA
Portuguese, English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (14)
face10
logging10
facade10
php10
f10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
middleware9
image6
html6
css6
flexbox6
dynamic6
java6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jeremykenedy/laravel-logger
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Alexandre contributed to the Laravel Logger package by updating the code to maintain consistency in class usage, specifically involving the use of facades. They modified the `ActivityLogger` trait to update facade usages and fix function names. They also addressed compatibility issues in the `Activity` model for Laravel versions below 5.8 and removed unnecessary code. These changes improve the package's stability and adherence to coding standards.
traitlogger-dashboardloggingactivity-logrequest-logging
alexandre433/discord-php-framework
Apr 2022 - Mar 2025
A Framework for discord-php
Contributions:4 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
discordphpdiscord-botframeworkdiscord-php
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