Highlights:

Skills:Project Management, Strategic Planning, Contract Negotiations, People Management Skills, Vendor Relationships, Technology Innovation, Procurement Oversight, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving

Production Manager 06/2022 - current
Rotoplastic Srl, Samarate, Busto Arsizio, Varese Italy
Industry: Manufacturing
Assumed full responsibility to manage and plan all the plant operations, including internal logistics, supervising, production with extra office responsibilities. Oversaw the generation of maximum profitability and ensured full production levels were met while simultaneously performing safety, quality, cost, and inventory management within operating budget constraints. Supervised and directed all employee disciplinary and training programs, safety programs, and plant improvement projects. Supervision and plan of the daily activities of the technical, purchasing and quality control departments.
Assumed full responsibility to manage and plan all the plant operations, including internal logistics, supervising, production with extra office responsibilities. Oversaw the generation of maximum profitability and ensured full production levels were met while simultaneously performing safety, quality, cost, and inventory management within operating budget constraints. Supervised and directed all employee disciplinary and training programs, safety programs, and plant improvement projects. Supervision and plan of the daily activities of the technical, purchasing and quality control departments. Key Accomplishments: • Demonstrated strong operational process improvement background through effective cost reduction, tactical planning, productivity gain, and revenue growth strategies. • Developed a very skilled working force and reduction of poor performing employees.--
Sales Manager International 01/2016 - 12/2021
ELMI Srl, Santo Stefano Ticino, Milano Italy
Industry: Manufacturing
Proactively maintaining and retaining relationship with existing Customers and building effective long-term relationship and loyalty. Engage high-level negotiations, generating lucrative contracts, and build beneficial partnership with clients via regular, productive communication. Ensure management and employees’ full understanding of business need, audit compliance and tracking progress and implement internal process on the entire production chain.
Proactively maintaining and retaining relationship with existing Customers and building effective long-term relationship and loyalty. Engage high-level negotiations, generating lucrative contracts, and build beneficial partnership with clients via regular, productive communication. Ensure management and employees’ full understanding of business need, audit compliance and tracking progress and implement internal process on the entire production chain. Develop the annual budget, operational process and strategic business goals, devising tailored proposal for increased efficiency, and reduced operating costs while mitigating production or supply chain issues. Act as key member of Board of Directors (BoD). Key Accomplishments: • Demonstrated exceptional team building capability which ultimately lead to maximum financial performance and employee satisfaction. • Significant interpersonal skills to secure the best and loyal client relationship.--
Procurement Manager 01/2006 - 12/2021
ELMI Srl, Santo Stefano Ticino, Milano Italy
Industry: Manufacturing
Oversee purchasing and procurement operations for entire company including, collaborating with senior leadership and tech department to identify needs for current and future projects. Hold responsibility for pre-qualifying and negotiating contracts, issuing RFP’s, vendor analysis, and order close-out. Effectively regulated each order’s quality and delivery time in accordance with company policy. Act as key member of Board of Directors (BoD).
Oversee purchasing and procurement operations for entire company including, collaborating with senior leadership and tech department to identify needs for current and future projects. Hold responsibility for pre-qualifying and negotiating contracts, issuing RFP’s, vendor analysis, and order close-out. Effectively regulated each order’s quality and delivery time in accordance with company policy. Act as key member of Board of Directors (BoD). Key Accomplishments: • Spearheaded the development of software to better track and process orders across production chain, increasing overall efficiency and productivity. • Simplified product’s technical requirements, reducing overall cost. • Utilized strong negotiation and interpersonal skills to secure the best suppliers and contract rates.--

I.T.I.S. Cannizzaro 09/1991 - current
Rho, Milano, Milano, Italy
Degree: High School Or Below
Major:Computer Science
Understand and apply the fundamentals principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. Analyze problems in computational terms, and practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems, to create, organize, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content. Make appropriate use of data structures as lists tables or arrays, design and develop modular programs that use procedures or functions. Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems.

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