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Volunteers Director
PMI CENTRAL ITALYVolunteers Director
Jan. 2025ItalyAs the Director of Volunteers, I am committed to fostering and managing a thriving community of professionals, supporting their personal and professional growth through volunteering. - Community Building: Organize initiatives and events to strengthen the sense of belonging and build a robust professional network. - Talent Development: Identify individual strengths to assign roles and responsibilities that maximize each volunteer's contribution. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with various chapter committees to support strategic initiatives and ensure operational efficiency. - Volunteer Management and Engagement: Oversee volunteer activities, ensuring an inclusive and collaborative environment that encourages active participation. - Development Programs: Design and implement initiatives to promote continuous learning and skill development for volunteers. - Onboarding and Mentorship: Establish a structured onboarding process for new volunteers, guiding them through their initial journey with dedicated mentorship. My goal is to create a dynamic and supportive environment where every volunteer can unlock their potential, make meaningful contributions, and advance their professional growth.
Project Leader Products & Processes
Beko EuropeProject Leader Products & Processes
Mar. 2024Fabriano, Marches, ItalyAs Project Leader in a dynamic and fast-paced international environment, I drive cross-functional initiatives focused on process optimization and product development across European and global teams. I lead projects from concept to implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, effective resource planning, and risk management. Key achievements and responsibilities: - Spearheaded process streamlining initiatives that improved operational efficiency and reduced development cycle time. - Led cross-functional teams through planning, execution, and delivery phases, acting as a central point of contact between global stakeholders and business owners. - Implemented data-driven decision-making by conducting cost-benefit analyses and evaluating make-or-buy strategies. - Managed full project lifecycle deliverables including stakeholder plans, communication roadmaps, scope statements, and project schedules. - Facilitated workshops, gate reviews, and project rituals to align stakeholders and remove roadblocks. - Played a pivotal role in building a structured Project Management Office (PMO), introducing standardized processes and governance models. My role blends agile principles, strategic oversight, and hands-on leadership to ensure successful product launches and continuous improvement across the organization.
Senior Product Specialist - GIWH Europe&Americas
Ariston GroupSenior Product Specialist - GIWH Europe&Americas
Sep. 2022 - Feb. 2024Fabriano, Marches, ItalyMain Activities: Collaboration in identifying the main evolutionary directions of the structural platform: key pillars of the value proposition, product range extension and technologies, industrial footprint, and supplier base Definition and management of the product portfolio for the assigned business line, in line with strategic guidelines, growth objectives, market needs, and competitor offerings Collaboration with key company functions (primarily Markets, R&D, Quality, and Purchasing) for the development of new products and their market introduction In-depth analysis of competitors' product ranges and key value creation drivers: product structure, features and technologies, price positioning, channels, industrial and commercial footprint Deep understanding of customer needs and purchasing behaviors: end users, installers, commercial partners, through market visits and collaboration with the local marketing team Definition of the potential business plan and development economics for new products, in synergy with the country marketing team Monitoring of sales by product line, analysis of market dynamics and product trends Management and optimization of the product catalog life cycle
Senior Product Specialist - GIWH & GSWH EU, MEAR
Ariston GroupSenior Product Specialist - GIWH & GSWH EU, MEAR
May. 2022 - Oct. 2022Fabriano, Marches, ItalyMain Activities: Collaboration in identifying the main evolutionary directions of the structural platform: key pillars of the value proposition, product range extension and technologies, industrial footprint, and supplier base Definition and management of the product portfolio for the assigned business line, in line with strategic guidelines, growth objectives, market needs, and competitor offerings Collaboration with key company functions (primarily Markets, R&D, Quality, and Purchasing) for the development of new products and their market introduction In-depth analysis of competitors' product ranges and key value creation drivers: product structure, features and technologies, price positioning, channels, industrial and commercial footprint Deep understanding of customer needs and purchasing behaviors: end users, installers, commercial partners, through market visits and collaboration with the local marketing team Definition of the potential business plan and development economics for new products, in synergy with the country marketing team Monitoring of sales by product line, analysis of market dynamics and product trends Management and optimization of the product catalog life cycle
Head of Social & Media Committee
PMI CENTRAL ITALYHead of Social & Media Committee
Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2025Italy
Marketing & Social Media Committee Member
PMI CENTRAL ITALYMarketing & Social Media Committee Member
May. 2020 - Feb. 2022Italy
Volunteer - Branch Marche
PMI CENTRAL ITALYVolunteer - Branch Marche
Jul. 2019Ancona Area, Italy
IT Project Manager
DOIT ConsultingIT Project Manager
Apr. 2019 - May. 2022FabrianoMain tools used: - Azure DevOps; - Visual Studio; - Microsoft Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word); - Microsoft Project; - Dynamics 365. Main Roles: - Project Manager - Product Manager - Scrum Master/Team Leader - Product Owner - V&V Lead Main activities: - Manage multiple projects (10 people) following Agile Methodologies as Product Owner on Enterprise level. - Establish and promoted a culture based on transparency, ownership, open and honest feedback. Improve track dynamics, morale and productivity. 100% of milestones were met on time or ahead of time and on budget. - Redefine goals and strategic alignment of the trackโ€™s Tech Roadmap. Led to clear ownership areas, expectations and execution timelines. all project activities planned were completed on time and on budget. - Define new Test Engineering culture in Commercial Ops and led department effort around it. Increased UX and Unit Testing coverage of +80%. - Coordinate internal and third-party resources for project execution; - Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within the scope and within the budget; - Assist in defining the scope and objectives of the project, involving all interested parties and ensuring technical feasibility; - Guarantee the availability and allocation of resources; - Manage changes to the purpose of the project, project planning and project costs using appropriate verification techniques; - Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques; - Report and forward requests to the team project as required; - Risk management; - Creation and maintenance of a complete project documentation; - Monitoring of project performance, in particular to analyse the successful of short and long term objectives; - Development of spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document when required.
Industrial Controller Intern- Supply Chain Management
Whirlpool EMEAIndustrial Controller Intern- Supply Chain Management
Sep. 2018 - Mar. 2019FabrianoMain tools used: - Microsoft Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word); - SAP ERP; - G Suite (Google Sheets). Main activities and acquired skills: - Management control for the achievement of company planning; - Implementation of a cost management structure for company projects; - Creation and monitoring of the standard costs of spare parts in SAP, including BOM and internal production cycle times; - Analysis of cost deviations, updates and corrections of SAP data; - Preparation of reports for material planning forecasts and mapping of cost accounting processes; - Verification of the accuracy of cost calculations by examining large changes or unforeseen results; - Management of spare parts from factories and suppliers direct to warehouses; - Planning and control of the budget of the Consumer Service field (analysis of variance, direct work, costs of materials); - Elaboration and analysis of the Profit Plan 2019 of the Costing area

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