CV_CALOVNI_PLANT MANAGER

Application to:  Plant Manager - Milano - Chemical company 			

Candidate:   Massimo Calovini                                                                   

To the kind attention of the selection responsible, 


Italian engineer, with international experience in Italy, China, India. 
Italian, German, North American industrial corporations.
- Industrial manufacturing and continuous process experience for 18 years in executive positions as plant manager and plant general manager, with operational P&L responsibility.

- Industries regulated by ISO certifications, ISO9001, ISO/TS16949, ISO14001, ISO/OHSAS18001, GMP, ISO13485, and high awareness for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE).
- Automotive, oil&gas, metallurgy, and plastics industries. Familiar with metallurgic and chemical processes, including polymerization of monomers reactions; Crosslinking of polymers by addiction of silane and processing; battery ion solution separation membrane production in the reactor.
- Part of the productions in the field of components for medical devices and for medical applications (catheters and PE connection pipes, and fittings)  according to Good Manufacturing Practice and the ISO13485.

Experience in all the plant functions, operations and supply chain, maintenance, logistics, Quality, cost control, personnel management, including the Unions management, and first of all safety. 
Expert in operational excellence, Continuous Improvement, LEAN projects, Visual management,.
Used to define development strategies, plan investments and resources, budgeting, periodic cost vs budget verification.
Drive the Team with a hands-on approach, providing guidance and motivation, setting KPI and metrics to measure the progress and identify critical areas where is necessary more attention and support.  

I am married, one daughter, 11 years old.   I am now working in China. 
I am interested to return to Italy to let my daughter know better our Country of origin.

Attached, please find all the relevant information. 
I would be glad to provide further details if required.

Looking forward to your reply.

With kind regards,
Massimo Calovini
Tel. +8613817290366

Shenyang, 2022/11/14

EDUCATION:

● Master of Science in Engineering	Polytechnic of Milan, Italy.   100/100  Summa cum laude
   Specializes in management engineering and automation engineering.
   
● Lean Manufacturing (MIP, Milan)          ● ISO/TS16949 (ANFIA, Italy)	      ● HSE (D.L. 626) (ISFOR BS)    
● Supply chain management (ISFOR BS)  ● Project management (ISFOR BS)   ● Problem Solving (ISFOR BS)  ● Motivational sales.  (St. M.Silvano, Milan)    ● Team management                ● Light metals (ISFOR LUME)          
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ROLES ALONG THE CAREER

Design engineer, Project manager, Sr.Project manager&Sales manager, Automation manager, Operational excellence&Quality head, Procurement head&Plant manager, Operations director, PlantGM

Corporate and regional roles, with cross-functional experience, acquired in plant and company startup projects (5), defining the organization and growing the business to maturity, controlling the costs, and increasing sales, production capacity, and performance.


KEY EXPERIENCE 

●   Senior manager, international experience:  Italian, German, and North American corporations.         
●   Europe 16 years;    ●  China 13 years;   ●  China/India/S.E.A. 3 years;    ● U.S. (HQ’s projects periods).  

●   Executive for over 15 years with hands-on manufacturing operations, plant&technical direction,
      product development, and sales&marketing support.

●   Experience in: 
- Metallurgy and polymers processing. 
- Automotive (chassis, powertrain, lighting, electric systems, seating): combustion, EV, HEV. 
- Appliances/HVAC, 
- Mechanic and oil-hydraulics Power Transmissions, 
- Air compressors, 
- Industrial Automation/robotics/ capital equipment in the metals/plastics processing and
  assembling, and mechatronic components, PCBs, and firmware/software manufacturing.

●   Startup of production plants and business:   Italy 1, China 3, India 1, (3 of them, greenfield),
from the business plan to the production ramp-up.

●   Supply chain and product BOM localization, product/process re-engineering, and procurement.
●   Operations and Quality System setup.   Certifications. Audits.    Supplier, Process, and Product Quality.
●   Local market sales and export to Europe, Canada, the U.S., APAC region.   



Career overview:    Engineering 10 years,    Series manufacturing 20 years.


►  10 years    Engineering/ Automation / Capital equipment

Design Engineer, Project manager, Sr.Prj mng/ Sales, Automation manager.	         Italy, Germany, US

Automation of industrial machinery and plants in the continuous process industry for metals and plastics, and in the manufacturing, testing, and packaging.

►  20 years   Series manufacturing, including continuous processes, and plant startup projects.	

Project management, Quality, Operations&Supply chain, Plant manager, GM. 	            Italy, China, India

●  Assembling of finished products, and production of the parts and functional components. Special processes according to the sector and the product.
●  Main processes:
- Assembling  (fastening, welding, wiring, in-line testing, packaging).  
- Metal stamping,   - Pipes/wires forming,   - Injection molding and over-molding (polymers/elastomers),  
- Pipe extrusion (Cu, Al),  - Pipe roll-forming&welding (stainless steel, PEX-AL-PEX); - Polymers extrusion.  
- Pressure die casting,   - Hot forging, - CNC machining (Brass, Steel). - Heat treatment (austempering), 


●  Plant startup projects
 
Italy:  
- Sitra/Gambari, Italy, 16Ksqm 2001 greenfield prj.                Metal roll-forming, hot stamping, p.extrusion. 
China: 
- Olimpia Splendid, Qingpu 8ksqm 2005 brownfield prj.                 Design&Series mfg. Appliances, HVAC.
- Mevis, Yangzhou, 6Ksqm 2013 greenfield prj.      Series mfg. metal stamping, heat treat., injection mold.
- Draexlmaier DAW, Anshan, 25Ksqm 2018 greenfield prj.             Series mfg. Automotive electric systems.
India:  
- DinamicOil, Haryana, 3ksqm 2010 brownfield prj. 		     Series mfg. CNC-machining, assembly.



SKILLS:

●   Performance-driven manager, that enjoys new challenges enabling changes.
●   Leadership and decision-making in business and manufacturing environments delivering consistency, 
      stability, and trust in all the phases of the operations. 
●   LEAN mindset.       ●  Customer-oriented.	●  Excellent interpersonal skills and communication.
●   Cross-functional Team Leadership.		●  Comfortable working in a multicultural group. 
●   Builds and coaches high-performance teams, who work with motivation.
●   Curious, willing to learn, absorb the experience of others, and share his own experience.
●   Strong in negotiation.   ●  Ability in problem-solving.   ●  Analytical thinking.   ●  Attention to detail.
●   Result-oriented and skilled in planning activities and resources (experience as project manager).
●   Skilled in understanding the Customer’s needs and proposing focused solutions.
●   Drives Operational Excellence along the entire Value Chain, through metrics and KPIs.     
●   Gain quickly the trust of people, because honest, straightforward, with solid values and integrity.
●   Hands-on approach,  leading by example and engaging stakeholders to ensure participation.
●   Strong leadership, ability to approach and motivate the Team with the right level of assertiveness.
●   Anticipate the risks and take action to mitigate them.  
●   Robust personality, trustworthy, reliable, value-based, innovative, and solution-oriented.

MAIN COMPETENCE (FOCUS COACHING THE TEAM)

●  Coach, motivate, and mentor the Team, ensure cooperation between the departments, proactive participation, and delegate to develop their leadership based on self-consciousness of ability/ weakness.

●   Customer service setup and management. Metrics definition to control service efficiency & quality.

► OPERATIONS:  Strategy, investment planning, budgeting, and capacity adjustment.  
●  Ensure planning, organization, and the direction of effective day-to-day operations (production and project development) for timely deliveries with high-quality standards.
●  Hands-on in project management and product development. 
●  High level of awareness for Health, Safety, and Environment protection (EHS)  ● Risk assessment.  
●  Kick-off and support the projects for the plant’s Certifications:  IATF/ISO16949, ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS-ISO18001, ISO45001, ISO50001, ISO13485, GMP, ANSI/ESD S20.20, CE, SER/BSCI, C-TPAT, RoHS, CSA, UL, etc.
●  Establish the management systems, KPIs, and operational metrics definition.  
●   Focus the Management Team on Operational Excellence with a logic of Continuous Improvement (CI), using the tools:  LEAN, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Visual Management, TPM, and Problem-solving techniques.
●  Drive R&D and Engineering to identify areas of product and process improvement/cost reduction.
●  Strong technical background joined with commercial ability in negotiations and contracting.
●  Expert in problem-solving, guiding the team in the root cause analysis, immediate&definitive solution. 

► SUPPLY CHAIN:   Coordinate the procurement teams on Direct and Indirect materials purchasing, with surveillance of planning, deliveries, and quality ensuring cooperation with Logistics and Supplier Quality. ● Logistics and warehouse management  ● Safety levels. ● Critical parts handling with multiple channels.         
● Experience in product/parts phase-out, design changes, stock management.  ● Make or buy choice, know-how acquisition by M&A or internal.   ● 3rdparties management of contract manufacturing.  
●  Supplier scouting, process/parts qualification, negotiation, contracting, management, risk analysis.
●  Cost reduction leveraging on cost analysis, VAVE, and the raw material prices trend (CPI).    
● Manufacturing processes knowledge allows supplier’s quality issues identification and solution.

► SALES:  Customer relationships, support to the Sales Team in direct sales, and to distributors/ agents.  
●  Consultative customer approach in application requirements analysis and solution proposal, pursuing co-development projects.    ●  Salesforce footprint.    ● Technical sales, KPIs, and metrics.   
●  Distributors management, application requirements identification, product selection. Score system.  

► FINANCE:   Finance control, capital investment planning/implementation, human resources planning. 
●   Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility, with full understanding and use of the main financial indicators.
●   3 years strategy plan. Yearly plan actualization to deploy on the departments as plan /budget input.  
●   Working capital and cash flow monitoring.  ● Revenues, and stock value.  ● Costs control vs budget. 
●   Drives resource rationalization and cost reduction, implements control systems over CAPEX & OPEX.

► HR and personnel management, selection, retention, and mentoring of the managers and the technical staff. ●   Periodic personnel assessment. ● Training program for polyvalence & succession plan.
●   People management, with experience in conflict resolution.  ●   Change management. 

► ORGANIZATION: management, procedure development/optimization, compliance with company policy.
●  Implement Risk analysis, Emergency plan, and Escalation process. Flexibility to fast changes.
●   Group’s plants and HQs connection and cooperation projects. Facilitating mutual understanding. 
●   Stakeholders relationships; shareholders and Board cooperation, support, and reporting. 
●   Represents the corporation in the Country/region.   Local government relationships.

●  Dynamic, auto-motivated, a strong sense of ownership of the business and the projects, open to travel to Customers/Suppliers, being on-site to lead the projects with hands-on leadership and support. 





LANGUAGES

● English, fluent.	● Italian, native.	● Chinese, beginner (open to taking training)


IT TOOLS 

●  Advanced IT skills, for office and technical applications, ERP, CAD, and SW tools in automation; 
Microsoft Office; Microsoft Project; ERP (Compiere, SAP); databases (SQL); MIS/MES; CAD2D/3D (TopCAD, SolidWorks);  CAD/CAM; LabView; Intouch; microprocessors, VMEbus (C/C++, Smalltalk, Python), field-bus (CAN); PLCs (Siemens, A-B). 


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 

2018       Mentorship training.	 				       (Draexlmaier – Shenyang) 2 days
2013       ISO/TS 16949  APQP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP.			(QuotaSette-ANFIA)  15 days
2005       Business plan							(ISFOR – Brescia)  3 days
2005       Balance Sheet Analysis 						(ISFOR – Brescia)  3 days
2004       Problem Solving       						(ISFOR – Brescia)  5 days
2004       Supply chain management					(ISFOR – Brescia)  5 days
2004       Project management (basic+advanced)				(ISFOR – Brescia)  5+5days
1999       Light metals hot molding and cold cutting technology.	(ISFOR-LUME – Lumezzane)10 days
1998       Health, Safety, Environment  (D.L. 626)			(ISFOR – Brescia ) 5 days
1997       The Low Voltage Directive 73/23-93/68				(NEMKO – Milano)  2 days
1997       The Electro Magnetic Compatibility 89/336   			(NEMKO – Milano)  3 days
1996       LEAN  PRODUCTION			       			(MIP – Milano)  15 days
1995       ERP PRODUCTION PLANNING  CA/MANMANX			(Computer Associates)  3 days
1994       Training analisi transazionale Berne  (Staff management)	(M.Silvano – Milano)  8 days
1994       Training comportamentale  (Communication and Sales)		(M.Silvano – MI) 5 days
1992       PROJECT MANAGEMENT   					(OILGEAR - Frankfurt)   6 days
1990       Data acquisition. LabView basic training	          (National Instruments – Milano)  3 days
1990       Data acquisition. LabView advanced training	          (National Instruments – Milano)  2 days
1988       Specification formalisms: Data Flow Diagram, Entity Relationship, Petri Nets (MIP– Milano) 5d.
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