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Christian Ranzani

Operation manager & Sales Consultant at Assirelli Italian Design
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Seasoned furniture designer and product developer with expertise in design thinking and project management.
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Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, ZA
Languages
  • Italian -
  • Afrikaans -
  • Chinese (basic) -
Skills
  • Furniture
  • Interior Design
  • Cad
  • Product Design
  • Product Development
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Christian Ranzani is a seasoned professional with 15+ years of experience in furniture design, interior design, and product development. He has worked with various companies, including Assirelli Italian Design, Ranzani Trading Design, and Ilk Group Limited, and has expertise in design thinking, design strategy, and project management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Product Design from London South Bank University and a N3 degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Cape Town.

Experience

  • Assirelli Italian Design
    • Design Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Operation manager & Sales Consultant
      • Feb 2010 - Present

      Work with clients, architects, interior designers on concepts and designsProject managementSales consulting

    • Project Manager
      • 2013 - 2016

  • Ranzani Trading Design
    • South Africa - Cape Town
    • Owner
      • 2009 - Present
      • South Africa - Cape Town

      Ranzani Trading Design creates photorealistic renderings from your floor plans for kitchens, living rooms, bed rooms, apartments, lofts, office spaces to help you visualise the outcome of your interior design choices.Ranzani Trading Design also turns these virtual concepts into reality by producing their own living room furniture.Far East buying experience i.e. design, sourcing factories, prototyping, quality control, shipping, etc

  • Ilk Group Limited
    • Sales Manager
      • Feb 2009 - Aug 2009

      Sales, Marketing campaigns, Administered warehousing, Administered deliveries

  • The Chair Company Ltd
    • Operations Manager
      • Mar 2006 - Feb 2009

      Setting up quality control & production operations in China & Taiwan Overseeing manufacture & shipment of the TCC furniture range in China & TaiwanTraining staff in Far East for efficient & qualitative furniture productionAccount manager & customer relationship management for MFI & HND UKProduction manager of the TCC furniture range for Hafele, B&Q, Magnet, WickesManaging development process & prototyping of all furniture productsApproving design ideas & overseeing CAD designs for manufactureManaging shipping logistics, defining & implementing container specs & packagingCost controlling the furniture productionAdministering social responsibilities, environmental policies & factory record books in Far East Resourced suitable factories in the Far East on ad hoc basis

  • Concrete Blond
    • Product Development
      • Jan 2006 - Feb 2006

      Interior refurbishment of “Cranley Gardens” project for Life ArchitectsDevelopment of concrete panels for walls & floors at “Cranley Gardens”Built moulds & testing concrete for casting of panels

  • SCP
    • Production & Quality
      • Feb 2005 - Dec 2005

      Developed furniture designs, built prototype & produced finished productCreated accurate CAD drawings for product developmentSourced materials, briefed manufacturers & oversaw product surveyingManaged costing for development of products Established business contacts & supply relations

  • Moochdesign
    • Project coordinator
      • Oct 2004 - Jan 2005

      Managed & coordinated the Portway Primary School fence manufacturing

  • 1st Edition Restaurant
    • Manager
      • 2002 - 2005

      Restaurant manager

  • Trattamenti Termici Nervianesi, Milano, Italy
    • Mechanical technician
      • Oct 2001 - Jan 2002

      Produced armatures for electrical power windmills

  • Edward Barber & Company
    • Toolmaker
      • Jun 2000 - May 2001

      Managed & coordinated the running of the work shopTool making & pattern making

  • Dennes Engineering, South Africa
    • Mechanical technician
      • Feb 1997 - Apr 2000

      Served an apprenticeship in fitting & turning:Worked on milling machines, lathes & shapers Qualified in welding (arc welding, gas welding, tig welding & soldering), drilling, pressing machines & gas cutting Successfully participated in course on hydraulics & pneumatics Gained expertise with design & manufacture of printers & packaging machinesInstalled production line machines for printers & packaging machines

Education

  • 2002 - 2004
    London South Bank University
    Bachelor of Science, Engineering Product Design
  • 1996 - 1997
    College of Cape Town
    N3, Mechanical Engineering

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