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Hired as VP R&D Food Preparation EMEA and then grown to Global R&D SeniorVP Food Preparation as well as Global Product Line Head.
Managing  up to a team of 950 people, with a spending bu of almost 100M€/yr, and an average  CapEx bu of 2-300M€/yr.
Serving 15 Factories  (EU, Asia, Australia, NA, LA), in charge of product strategy definition, innovation, product cost and product  quality.
With a long record of success in product breakthrough. as well as process breakthrough, great experience of  Company digitalization
Contributing to several Company acquisition, long experience in M&A deployment, restructuring and major reorganization
Major accomplishments: successful strategies in steam cooking (#1) and in induction cooking (#2) as well as the introduction of Kaizen principles in R&D work.
Quality record level never achieved before by any division.
Creator of Open Innovation in  Electrolux.
New manufacturing footprint, deployment of  Industry 4.0 principles.

Head  of Food Preparation R&D, serving 2 Factories in Italy and in France from one team.
In charge of the reorganization of the overall team and introducing new approach to NPD.
Major accomplishments: re-launch of Hoover brand and energy consumption limit compliance

Global platform manager BI ovens. Serving a factory in US and a factory in Europe from the same R&D team. 
Delivering TTM reduction, cost improvements, quality, innovation, complexity reduction, standardization using global leverage.
Key player of  globalization process introduced in these years.
Major accomplishments : Acquisition of Ikea as key customer for the first time. Creation from scratch of an international successful team  not co-located with the receiving factory. Significant volume increase both in EU and in NA

From R&D engineer up to R&D Director in Czech republic office, managing for the first time a truly international team and in a difficult situation.
First experience of remote management.
Great learning period working both on engines and on frame development. 
Major accomplishments :  re-launch of Husqvarna brand, doubling volumes in 5 years. World champion  Motocross 500cc class in 1993 using a 4T engine (1st time after 18 years)

A Master in Business Administration is the perfect complement for an engineer education

Mechanical engineering degree in one of the best college in Italy