The consulting and training company - MLZulzke Interação Empresa/Cliente -
created at February 1991 until 2011.
July 2011 - Ms Maria Lucia Zulzke owner of the Consulting and Training Company in Brazil. |
First semester 1987 - I had a course in marketing at Fundação Getulio Vargas-SP.
23 Food Engineers, 3 women, 1974 - Unicamp |
Professional Experience:
1991 - I started running my own Consulting and Training company in February 1991
in order to work
as an advisor and to give lectures - MLZulzke Interação Empresa/Cliente.
After 2005, the trade mark was changed to MLZ Interação Empresa/Cliente.
Clients: Avon, Brahma, Banco do Nordeste, Credicard, Unibanco, Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Elida Gibbs, Jornal O Dia, Nitroquímica, Souza Cruz, Tintas Coral, Brinquedos Estrela, Usina Nova América, Coca Cola, Nestlé, Sadia, Perdigão, Petrobras, Visa University, Hospital Sírio Libanês, Warner Lambert, Fundação Levi Strauss among other companies.
I was invited to speak as lecturer at several Business Administration, Marketing and Public Relations Faculties, including PUC, ESPM, Unicamp, Fea - USP, Fundação Getulio Vargas-SP and others. During 7 years I was the teacher of University Visa to give classes about Customer Service, to professionals that work in banks with the flag Visa.
I was also invited to speak at several associations such as Associação Brasileira de Controle de Qualidade, Associação Brasileira de Treinamento e Desenvolvimento, Senac, Clube dos Dirigentes Lojistas de Minas Gerais, Associação Comercial do Paraná, Sindicato das Agências de Propaganda do Rio de Janeiro, ABRAS, APAS, ABLA, Associação Brasileira de Bebidas etc
I wrote many articles for newspapers and magazines and I gave several interviews.
During 10 months, in the year 2000, I was a manager at Ethos Institute of Companies and Social Responsibility, in São Paulo, and I was in charge of the coordination of some materials available
at the site: www. ethos.org.br: "How companies can invest in Women´s Health"; "Consumer´s Expectations - corporate social responsibility in Brazil" - I wrote the report 2000 - the research was made by Indicator/ Brazil and there was a partnership among Environics International , The Conference Board and The Prince of Wales Business Leaders. Other
manuals and publications are also available.
at the site: www. ethos.org.br: "How companies can invest in Women´s Health"; "Consumer´s Expectations - corporate social responsibility in Brazil" - I wrote the report 2000 - the research was made by Indicator/ Brazil and there was a partnership among Environics International , The Conference Board and The Prince of Wales Business Leaders. Other
manuals and publications are also available.
Publications:
A book entitled " Abrindo a empresa para o consumidor - a importância de um canal de atendimento" - Qualitymark Editora, 1991, 1997. It serves as bibliographical reference by students of some of Brazil´s leading universities.
Some papers presented in Seminars and Congress, about Consumer Rights, Food Package, Consumer Privacy, Customer´s Affairs and Call Centers and so on.
1985 - Private Sector:
In April 1985, I was invited to work inside Rhodia/ Rhone Poulenc and to take a job as a critical internal consumer, as a kind of "Consumer Ombudsman" , where I stayed until January of 1991.
The experience and activities were related at the Rhone Poulenc World Communication Committee, which met in Madrid - Spain, January 1989 - " Consumer Valorization Policy - a Brazilian Experience".
In December 1989, I was one of the founders and elected the first President of Secanp - National Association of Consumer´s Affairs Professionals in Companies, similar to SOCAP.
Founders: Avon, O Boticário, Colgate Palmolive, Consul, Coca Cola, Danone, Kodak, Kibon, General Motors, Heublein, Johnson & Johnson, Lacta, Nestlé, Nutrimental, Philips, Rhodia, Refinações Milho Brasil, Sadia and Sharp.
Sponsored by Rhodia, we had some meetings with very important professionals/
authorities in the field of Consumer Protection like Mrs. Esther Peterson, 20 October of 1988. She also spoke to the small group of private companies ´professionals - the same that would be founders of Secanp, in the next year - we were eager to seek information and ways to
create in Brazil
a "win-win" sector, strong and trustful, to industries and consumers.
Public Sector - Government of S.Paulo state:
In 1976 I began my professional career at Procon-SP - Consumer Protection Service of the State of S.Paulo. During 9 years I had the position of Coordinator of the Food Division, and during 2 years I was Coordinator of Technical Surveys and Vice-Director (83-85).
Many articles were written and 2 small leaflets to instruct consumers on food consumption - milk products and meat products (bellow). Both had a huge and positive exposition and were printed in newspapers, magazines, special publications.
Because my articles and interviews about food´s labels, as a way to get information concerned what we eat and buy, Journal Folhinha de S.Paulo, 1982, printed this special article (bellow) with history of a girl and her friends that go to Procon-SP to ask how to prevent themselves.
They found at Procon, a Food Engineer - Maria Lucia. The history is informative and sweet.
Since 1976, during these 34 years, Brazil has established and promoted a lot of improvements in consumer´s protection.
Maria Lucia Zulzke, em S.Paulo - SP - Brasil, em 29 de abril de 2010, às 11:31 am.