Experience

Davide Groppi

• Italy
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Sep 2018 - Present



SPAL Automotive

• Italy
• Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Supply Chain Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  ● Company overview Spal Automotive is a multinational company producing fans and blowers for automotive industry (mainly car, truck and bus). The headquarter and production plant is located in Correggio RE where are employed about 1000 persons. Spal Automotive is present worldwide with commercial and distribution subsidiaries in China, USA, Brazil, India, UK, Russia. Spal Automotive characterized by a vertical manufacturing process such as plastic moulding, steel turning, mould production, SMD assembly, brush and brushless motor assembly. ● Role description With report to the COO, management of the SC Corporate department. ● Job Description Management of the logistics and planning& procurement departments. Contract negotation for sea shipments to China and USA. Collaborate with subsidiaries for the definition of delivery strategy and planning. Collaborate with COO for plant layout definition and automatic warehouse implementation. Coordinate the purchasing bottleneck teams.



Landi Renzo S.p.A.

• Italy
• Automotive
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Supply Chain Director

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2017

  ● Company Overview Landi Renzo Group is an Italian Multinational Company specialized in design, manufacturing and sale of alternative fuel systems and components for LPG and CNG car. Landi Renzo Group is active on the international market with different brands (mainly Landi Renzo, LovatoGas, EmmeGas and AEB) and the main customers belong at AM & OEM as first tier supplier (GM, Toyota, FCA, RSA, PSA, VW). Landi Renzo Group is one of the main competitor on CNG and LPG system with a market share up to 25%. Landi Renzo Group is active word wide with manufacturing plants in Italy (2), Poland (2), Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, China, Brazil, Argentina and Romany. Total employees 1.000. ● Role description With report to the vice President COO, management of the SC Corporate department for a total of 18 direct reporting. ● Job Description Design and implement the Supply Chain assessment at Corporate level Over stand the Supply chain activities in all the manufacturing plants Define the Industrial plan and Yearly Budget for Supply Chain area Coordinate the projects for manufacturing relocation inside the Group Define Make or Buy strategy and coordinate the projects of manufacturing and logistic externalization Define the SC score card corporate level and check KPI status Define the MRP strategy and setup SAP parameters for the correct information flow in the system (multi divisional architecture) Coordinate the Forecast Process and the S&OP monthly meeting using SAP APO DP Define and coordinate the lean logistic projects through the Landi Renzo Group Implement the SAP APO SNC module Improve the Supply Chain activities of all the Manufacturing plant in order to standardize the logistic procedure through the LR Group Coordinate the communication with OEM customer for all the supply chain issue included the approval process for the manufacturing and logistic relocation Cooperate with the Industrial Financial Department in the new project cost return evaluation



AEB Spa

• Italy
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial manager

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2013

  ● Company Overview AEB is an Italian Company located in Cavriago (RE) specialized in the design, manufacturing and sale of electronic equipment for LPG and CNG car system. Total employees 180. Since June 2011, AEB has been part of Landi Renzo Group. ● Role description With report at the CEO, management of the industrial area for a total of 9 direct reporting. ● Job Description Design the industrial architecture in order to assure the company target for product quality and cost Management and development of Human resource for industrial area Define investment plan and yearly budget for industrial area Define and coordinate improvement plan in order to increase the effectiveness of industrial processes Coordinate the plan & procurement team Coordinate the Lean Manufacturing team and coordinate Lean projects Main projects and achieved targets Increase the OEE (a delta up to 15%) thanks to the re-engineering in Lean view of all the manufacturing processes Decrease the inventory level and the Net Working Capital thanks to the new design of the Supply Chain process using Lean methodology Increase the delivery performance up to 98% Decrease of the level of No Move / Slow Move Coordinate the product value analysis Decrease the indirect cost of production (a delta up to 1.5%) using Lean manufacturing method in internal logistics As Quality Specialist coordinate the internal team in order to reach the ISO/TS 16949 certification Cooperate in the team for SAP implementation



Faital S.p.A. [ALPS ALPINE GROUP]

• Italy
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Quality Manager

  • May 2001 - Jun 2008

  ● Company Overview Multinational Company with headquarters in Italy - San Donato Milanese (MI). Manufacturing plants in Italy, Spain, France, Mexico and Hungary. Faital designs, produces and sells loudspeakers for the automotive market and the total number of employees in the group is approximately 800. ● Role Description With report at the CEO, management of the Corporate Quality Department for a total of 20 direct reporting. ● Job Description Responsible for corporate ISO/TS16949 certification Quality manager for Italian plant (13 persons) Supervisor of the remote Quality Group (Spain, France, Mexico and Hungary). Quality relationship with the customers (customer claim manager and quality interface for new product developments). Manager and supervisor of the problem solving and continuous improvement groups. Main projects and achieved targets Implementation and developing of the Faital Corporate Quality System according to the ISO9001 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 standard Implementation and developing of the Italian Plant Environment system according to the ISO14001 standard. Safety system development. RSPP for Italian plant.



Palm srl

• Viadana MN

• Business Development Manager

  • Nov 2000 - May 2001

  ● Company Overview Company producing wood pallet and packaging located in VIADANA (MN) and with branch plants in Segrate (MI), Vaiano Cremasco (CR) and a sawmill near Prague (Czech Republic). A total of 120 employees. ● Role Description General Manager Assistant. ● Job Description Experience in economic and financial analysis. Development of a cost reporting system following the methodology of Direct Cost. Experience in commercial management. Experience as product manager ● Company Overview Company producing wood pallet and packaging located in VIADANA (MN) and with branch plants in Segrate (MI), Vaiano Cremasco (CR) and a sawmill near Prague (Czech Republic). A total of 120 employees. ● Role Description General Manager Assistant. ● Job Description Experience in economic and financial analysis. Development of a cost reporting system following the methodology of Direct Cost. Experience in commercial management. Experience as product manager



Arvedi Tubi Acciaio

• Italy
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • Jun 1996 - Nov 2000

  ● Company Overview Company located in CREMONA (CR) specialized in steel pipe manufacturing. A total of 500 employees. ● Role Description Quality Assurance Manager. ● Job Description Experiences in Quality System Management according to the ISO9002 standard. Quality system implementation according to the automotive QS 9000 standard. Internal supervisor of a company training for the process of re-engineering. ● Company Overview Company located in CREMONA (CR) specialized in steel pipe manufacturing. A total of 500 employees. ● Role Description Quality Assurance Manager. ● Job Description Experiences in Quality System Management according to the ISO9002 standard. Quality system implementation according to the automotive QS 9000 standard. Internal supervisor of a company training for the process of re-engineering.