Experience

IMPER ITALIA S.R.L.

• Italy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant manager

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Multinational company in the construction sector, part of a Russian group (Technonicol) that develops 1.5 billion euros on about 50 plants worldwide whose core business is bitumen membranes for construction. Multinational company in the construction sector, part of a Russian group (Technonicol) that develops 1.5 billion euros on about 50 plants worldwide whose core business is bitumen membranes for construction.



WALLMAX S.r.l

• CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

  • 2016 - Aug 2021

  Holding company with headquarters in Milan and locations in India, Singapore and the USA, which manufactures through-wall modular cable for use in shipbuilding, railway and construction. Role: Operations Manager worldwide with the initial task of managing the industrialization phase of the Indian start-up (factory in Faridabad (New Delhi)). Results: • Second-choice production reduced from 80% to 1%. • Waste reduced from 40% to 1%. • 5 patent applications filed in which I’m the inventor. • Increased production from 100.000 €/month with 87 direct workers to 285.000 €/month with 65 direct workers (+147%) during first step and then we reached 350.000 €/month with 147 workers (+250%). Show less



Gutta Italia S.r.l.

• Italy
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • 2014 - 2016

  Multinational construction / paper industry that produces bituminous sheets of cardboard used under the tiles and plastic items, produced by molding and extrusion, used in the building field. The company, based in Zurich , has a turnover of about € 200 million / year, has production sites in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Russia,but it’s present with sales offices throughout the world. Role: Operations Manager (production, logistic, purchasing, quality and safety) Apr 2014 – Gen 2016 Activities: • Coordination of the functions mentioned in the Filago (BG ) plant. • Managing of 50 employes. Results: • increased production from 190.000 mq/month to 420.000 mq / month; • increased the efficiency from 43% to 69%; Show less



Sirena SpA

• Wellness and Fitness Services

• OPERATIONS MANAGER

  • Jan 2010 - Oct 2013

  Alarm Systems, Sirens, Semaphores and safety signaling for industrial and automotive sector, (approx. 180 employees, turnover of €26m). Role: Operations Manager (production, logistics, purchasing) Jan. 2012 - 01/10/2013 Production and Logistics Manager Oct. 2010 - 01/10/2013 Production Manager Jan. 2010 - 01/10/2013 Activities: • restructure and coordinate 8 production departments, a total of approx. 150 resources; • report directly to the owner; • coordinate a plan of redefinition of production processes following the Lean manufacturing methodologies; • Set up and manage customer service department; • Manage logistics and purchasing departments; • Introduce quality process control. Results: • increased production from 2600 Pcs / day to 3700 Pcs / day (+58%) peaks at 4000 Pcs / day; • reduced direct production employees from 114 to 94 (-17% ); • reorganized purchasing department, cutting costs by €195,000; • reduced waste and faulty product costs by approx. €80,000. Show less



Sigmar srl

• Italy
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PLANT MANAGER

  • 2008 - 2009

  Highly automated company with a turnover of about €10m per year. Specialized in implementation of electromechanical articles (water signal and blow by heaters for diesel) mainly for the automotive industry. Role: Plant Manager I did not work at Sigmar long enough to implement organizational changes fully owing to the restructuring of the plant as a result of the current economic crisis. Nevertheless I did play key role I the following. Activities: • Coordinated the work of 60 employees in the following areas: production, planning, maintenance, logistics, quality and safety; Results: • began reorganizing production and logistics departments in accordance with the lean production concepts; • introduced the TPM in the maintenance activities; • introduced mechanical improvements on automatic lines; • carried out feasibility study on setting up of internal plastic moulding department. Show less



Taurus Sages Srl

• PRODUCTION MANAGER

  • 2007 - 2008

  Taurus Sages is a company specialized in small technical rubber articles (seals, O-Rings, etc.) for the automotive sector and household products. Role: Production Manager/ Industrialization Manager/ Safety Manager Activities: • Manage the work of 35 resources. • Safety management Results: • reorganized production, reducing workload on logistics employees by 30%; • rationalized production lines to avoid dead times and loss of time. Once removed the logistic department from the emergency the next step would have had to be to reduce the stocks warehouse using, as much as possible, a system pull. • set up an evaluation system for the industrial costs which permitted to be more precise in phase of realization of the prices estimates; • introduced second-shift production, saving approximately €70,000 per year; • cut production times by half in trimming department; • reorganized safety in the plant to comply with 81/08 law (produced an operating procedures manual). Show less



Sigom srl

• 1 - 100 Employee

• PLANT MANAGER / MANAGING DIRECTOR

  • 1994 - 2007

  Production of rubber-metal silent blocks, hoses and seals for automotive industry; and membranes for expansion vessels for hydro-thermo sanitary field, (Peak turnover approx. €6m, 120 employees in two plants: Turin and Marzara del Vallo (Sicily). Roles: Managing Director Jan. 2002 – 17/04/2007 Plant Manager Jun. 1998-17/04/2007 Quality Manager Feb. 1997-17/04/2007 Production and Industrialisation Manager Oct. 1994 - 17/04/2007 Safety Manager Oct. 1994 - 17/04/2007 Besides the above, as there was no Human Resource Manager in the company, I very often found myself covering this role. Results: • Under my leadership as Managing Director the company was awarded the following certificates: ISO 9001 and AVSQ 94 (automotive sector) QS9000 (automotive sector, General Motors Group); the ISO/TS 16949:99 and later the ISO/TS 16949:2002. Sigom was also awarded the TUF product certification, DIN 4807, (part 3 and part 5) for its membranes for hydro-thermo sanitary applications. • As Safety Manager I supervised the work necessary to help the company meet national safety standards defined in the Italian Government Decree 626\94. As a result of my work, on 10/03/2003 Sigom was also awarded the environmental certification: UNI EN ISO 14001. Technical and organizational results achieved while holding the position of production and Industrialization Manager: • two international patents. Many checking and testing machines were based on my ideas/projects; • Sigom specialized in selling technology. We realized many “turnkey” projects in the form of moulds, presses and work parameters for our customers: high tension insulators for China, and a Bladder for the molding of tyres, to name but 2. Sigom was the first firm in the world to mould the bladder using injection technology. Show less