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REVOCOAT SAS
- GENERAL MANAGER
2010 - maintenant
Responsible for the operative Global activities of Revocoat in Europe , AP , LA
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PPG Industries
- Global Director Substrate protection
Rueil-Malmaison
2008 - 2009
Geneva area,Switzerland :Global responsibility for the core product/technology of a PPG Industries global business unit with direct accountability for establishing technology strategy and vision (global and regional).
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PPG Industries
- General Manager Industrial Coating EMEA
Rueil-Malmaison
2005 - 2008
General Manager of the Industrial Coatings EMEA business unit of PPG Industries with 700+ employees and turnover of more than $300MM in the General Industrial, Coil and Extrusion, Transportation and APA, Wood Coating, and Powder Coating segments.
• Full responsibility for business unit P&L and operational activities (direct reporting of finance , manufacturing , supply chain , sales and marketing , technical service and R&D)
• Member of the PPG Industries EMEA leadership team and global business unit leadership team.
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PPG Industries Europe
- European director General Industrial coating
Rueil-Malmaison
2004 - 2005
Paris,France : European responsibility,transferring from Italy to France, managing and leading the General Industrial activity group ($180 MM) with full P&L accountability and direct reporting of sales, marketing, technical, and technical service activities.
• Developed strategy for expanding in emerging area (CEE, Middle East and Africa) and overall strategy for the EMEA General Industrial coatings business generating more than 40MM$ in 3 years.
• Reorganized the technical structure and leadership to accelerate new product development .
• Integrated and rationalized a powder coatings business acquisition in Italy.
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PPG Industries Italy
- Market Manager South East Europe
1999 - 2004
Milan, Italy. Responsible for sales and technical service activities in South East Europe based in Italy ($30MM).
• Redesigned and implemented a new organization for the Italian market.
• Launched “Service Center” application laboratory to increase customer service and responsiveness.
• Increased profit of the regional business from 8% to more than 15% on sales .
European account manager for CNH (Case New Holland).
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Dow Italia spa
- Senior Industry Manager
1996 - 1999
Milan ,Italy. Sales responsibility for $75MM Polystyrene sales in the Italian Region.
• Key account manager for DOW’s largest European customers for Polystyrene in the packaging industry ( vending , films, injection moulding)
• Global key account manager for MATTEL Inc.
• Interim European Asset Manager for Styrenics at DOW HQ in Horgen, Switzerland
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DOW Italia spa
- Sales Manager Epoxy resins and polyurethane
1990 - 1995
•Milan Sales representative for Epoxy resin, Isocyanate and Polyols for the Italian coatings, powder coating and construction industries ($20 MM).
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ICI Italia spa
- Technical sales representative
1988 - 1990
Milan, Italy Technical sales responsability in Italy for Ethylene oxide and Derivatives.
• Managed detergent industry in Italy as key account manager for Colgate, Unilever, and P&G.
• Organised a large toll conversion arrangement in Italy to overcome plant force majeure event in UK.
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Dalmine spa ( Tenaris group)
- R&D projects manager
1986 - 1988
Bergamo , Rome Italy
• Led and managed projects financed by the European Community for the development of new steel alloys material and production process improvement for manufacture pipes for oil industry.
• Completed successful experimental validation of mathematical model for oven heating profile to eliminate geometry defects in pipe production. Resulted in $ 2MM annual savings for eliminating non-conformity.
