Experience

DirAction

• Italy
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  DirAction is a company of Professionals with deep expertise in operational performance improvement.We generate tangible performance impact focusing on:- Operational processes- Organizational systems - People skills- Information and data for managing performanceOur support model is fully flexible and covers:- Performance diagnostics- Transformation programs desig and implementation- Executive coaching



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engagement Manager

  • Feb 2008 - Jan 2012

  Led several projects with operational, service and supply chain focus in different industry sectors. Main examples include:· Managed acceleration program for the construction of a 300M chemical plant. Redefined construction plan to allow faster commissioning. Launched performance management system to track construction progresses. Introduced lean construction methodology in the yard daily operations. Achieved impact: over 30% construction time reduction· Conducted a Energy Efficiency study for a major chemical company. The study led to the identification of the leversto reduce the factory energy consumption by 10%, on top of having a client pool of experts ready to reproduce the same exercise in other plants- Led an optimization program for a motorway tunnel excavation: identified levers to improve processes, reduce criticalmachines failures and introduce a performance management system. Identified impact: 20% time compression- Developed and implemented a finished goods, raw material and WIP inventory reduction project for a leading consumer goods company. The study identified levers to reduce the inventory level by 10%, applying, on top of the classical techniques, an innovative method based on increased goods production frequency· Conducted the diagnostic and the transformation of two different leading European Interbank Financial Institutions, achieving a 30% headcount reduction with an improved service level and quality to the final customer· Led the diagnostic of the engineering department and back offices of 2 important (1500 employees each) pharma factories (30-50% improvement potential identified)· Led the lean transformation of a 200 operators production department of an important pharma factory. Achieved impact -20% HC by removing the unnecessary verifications, standardizing the SOPs and instilling the CI culture· Implemented the "lean solutions" in 32 branches of a leading British bank



Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Project Engineer

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2007



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• New Installations Manager

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2006

• Maintenance assistant

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2005



ETH Zürich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher and Assistant

  • May 2002 - Aug 2003



Amec Foster Wheeler

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Feb 2002 - Apr 2002