A NEW CHAPTER: WORKING IN A GLOBAL COMPANY
I have been loved my Japanese collegues and friends -but it was time to change, the only constant existing.
Therefore, I decided to accept an exciting and challenging role nearby Ariston Thermo Group, a rising Global Company in the Industry related top 5, headquartered in the Middle of Italy and operating in the entire World with >30 Production Plants and >150 Sites.
I became the Head of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Development programs across Plants in Europe, North America and APAC regions, implementing project’s guidelines and managing resources in order to achieve planned results across the Group’s T&I and the Supply Chain Areas.
As listed below, my role is (in summary):
-Supply Chain Strategy.
Footprint improvement in order to evaluate, manage and deliver Global Supply Chain activities in order to support the M&A Strategy Team.
Designed, headed and developed a Global Working Capital Reduction Program at Group level, across EU and APAC areas; program has been expanded to Agility in order to combinate industrial needs to an overall cash to cash cycle’s improvement. Results after 1 year: +378% (>100 M€) Working Capital, at better operating conditions of domain.
Program furtherly expanded his domain to InterCompany asset management to optimize internal operations and global cash-to-cash cycle, by financial and fiscal perspectives.
-Operations/Global Supply Chain Areas.
Supervisor of WCM and WCL programs nearby selected plants in Italy, Belgium, Russia and France. Headed the 3PL Partner’s development in Italy (WCL), headed the internal Team, expanded the program from 1 to 5 sites across Europe (WCL).
Attempt to WCM Bronze for Russia Plant in 2 years, from ranked 2nd place as worst plant at the very beginning of my assignment.
-Digital Transformation.
From Technology Roadmap, to scouting (nearby funds, startups and suppliers) including field delivery, co-managed projects related to the digitalization/Industry 4.0 of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Group.
Technology Roadmap settled down the Digitalization Strategy in the 2020 Plan.
-Lectures: “Supply Chain: the challenge to the Digitalization”, Executive Master nearby ISTAO Business School (Ancona, Fall 2018)
Post Graduate Studies
After June 2009, I did have to decide what to do of my career: I studied IELTS test of English and I achieved the Advanced Level under British Council Final Test, for first; then, I prepared the Italian Final Test of Engineering: after 4 steps in Bologna (BO), I have been a member of the Italian National Border of Engineers, class A, Sector Industrial Engineering, since that time, it was year 2010.
Moreover, I sent my application to ISTAO Business School, Ancona (AN): once accepted, I also managed to gain a scholarship supplied by ISTAO Partners; ISTAO Business School is the oldest Italian Business School, and it was founded by Prof. Giorgio Fuà, according to Adriano Olivetti and to the CRN. The Institute also collaborate with the most prestigious World Universities (i.e. Harvard and MIT).
My final internship was nearby Consulgroup, Ancona (AN), a medium size consultancy company, collaborating with PE funds and operating in the middle of Italy, mainly concerning Restructuring: I became a “Lean Agent”.
In the same time, I managed to be admitted to spend 1 year at the Boston’s MIT (MA, USA), with the guide of professors Jim Rice: burocracy and organizational issues did not let me leave.
Since that, my dream would have been called a 3 letters word: “MIT”
High School Time
Born in Ancona, March 1984, I have been attending the Public Scientific Liceum “Luigi di Savoia”, sited in Ancona (AN); meanwhile I got experienced some months abroad (London and Dublin) to study English. Partecipated to several competitions such as Latin’s Games, Math’s Olympics and Bocconi ELEUSI Games- passed the final examination with the highest marks, I also won the CONI/Panathlon prize 2001 as “student athlete”.
It was definitely time to leave: my destination was Alma Mater Studiorum, the oldest University in all over the world, the University of Bologna, Bologna (BO).