Experience

Corpo Italiano di Soccorso dell'Ordine di Malta
• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Volontario

  • Aug 2021 - Present


Guess Europe Sagl

• Switzerland
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2018 - Present

  Product manager for Guess Man shoes collection. Defining collection structure sharing retails and wholesale agents’ feedbacks.Solidifying and implementing business relations with suppliers. In charge for development of Guess Man and Kids shoes collection. Increased man sell-in pairs by 28% and turnover by 38% (years from 2015 to 2021). Improved kids sell-in pairs by 55% and turnover by 62% (years from 2015 to 2021).Developing eco-friendly shoe man collection using recycled or sustainable upper and lining materials. Overseeing fob for Guess shoes collections to achieve target margin requested.Guiding all development stages from paper patterns to sales samples shipped out to agents in Guess showrooms. Responsible for collections industrialization for shoes Man and Kids collections.Periodic business trips to China, Indonesia and Portugal to assess the state of the development.Presenting the Man and kids collections to wholesale agents. Show less

• • May 2015 - Jan 2018

  Managing the Guess Woman Bags private label collection from design sketches to industrialization sharing design and merchandisers requests. Daily interactions with suppliers to speed up the developments to meet the deadlines to get SMS on time for sales campaigns.Oversee the fob prices and the cost of development of the goods



Tommy Hilfiger

• Netherlands
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Women Shoes Product Development Manager

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Managing the development of the European collection for women shoes sportswear and denim Following up all development steps from creative direction briefing to final samples collection and supervising the development process and the activities of the designers, the developers and assistants. Business trips to the suppliers to define the collections, either from a product or cost managing side. Managing the development of the European collection for women shoes sportswear and denim Following up all development steps from creative direction briefing to final samples collection and supervising the development process and the activities of the designers, the developers and assistants. Business trips to the suppliers to define the collections, either from a product or cost managing side.



Ballin Shoes

• Italy
• Apparel & Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of development for Ballin brand (Shoes and Accessories) and customers' collections

  • Apr 2012 - May 2014

  Managing the team for Ballin, Chanel, Jimmy Choo, Louboutin, Tom Ford and Tabitha Simmons collections. In charge for Ballin clients collection development. Managing all steps, from design request to sale samples. Carrying out collection frame for Ballin women shoes and accessories with Brand Management. Defining Ballin collection in terms of styles numbers, end use and retail prices. Overseeing cogs for Ballin collection to achieve target margin requested. Supervising development of Ballin collection with Creative Director and shoes and bags team. Key account for all Ballin client's quotations. Responsible for collections industrialization of all labels developed in Ballin Show less



Hugo Boss Ticino SA

• • Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

  Following up all development steps from creative direction briefing to final samples collection and supervising the development process and the activities of the designers, the developers and assistants. Coordinating developing team for Hugo Boss shoe man collections: Boss Selection, Boss Black, Boss Orange, Boss Green and Hugo. Managing directly developing in Italy and China and supervising Indian factories. Building collection structure plan together with Head of Creative Management for each brandIn charge for fob collection. Achieved a decreasing by 19% for following last two years. Analysing strengths and weaknesses of the previous collections and the new ones to develop. Creating the strategies to be applied or implemented focusing on the goals to reach.Defining together with Brand Management the collections ad hoc for the key markets for our products. Deep knowledge of Asian fashion supply market and its dynamism Business trips to the suppliers to define the collections, either from a product or cost managing side. Attending as firm representative in periodical forums with wholesalers.Research Trip with Creative Director and Designers Show less

• • Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  Responsible for collection development for Boss Orange men shoes. Analysing and discussing the collection plan received by Brand Management.Analysing feedback from different markets. Managing the strategic collection plan. Responsible for target costing and retail price in order to achieve the minimum margin required.Analysing sales (sell in) of the collections. Presenting the collections to the salespeople

• • Jun 2005 - Jan 2006

  Supporting the coordination of the collection based on the input coming from the Product Manager Contact with the suppliers in order to manage the purchase of raw materials. SAP Data entry for “master data”.



Ales Market research

• Italy
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quantitave reseracher

  • 2002 - 2004

  Responsible for national and international market research for Ales Market Research S.r.l., Institute of private research Responsible for national and international market research for Ales Market Research S.r.l., Institute of private research