Alessandro Centonze Email & Phone Number

Passionate and ambitious product planner / account manager / import export manager / marketing specialist with +15 years experience in the Netherland, Japan and Italy in diverse professional environments. Results focused, confident in the ability to propose own ideas when appropriate, possessing strong initiative, ability to prioritize assignments and adept at liaising with customers and stakeholders. Highly successful in identify new business opportunities, utilizing strategic partnerships and establishing relationships with key persons.

Listed skills include International Trade, English, Import, Management, and 63 others.

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  Product Management Section Manager

  Hoshizaki Europe B.V.

  Apr 2023 - Present - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  Section manager for the Product Management Department of Hoshizaki Ice Machine, Sushi Cases, Beer Dispensers and other equipment for professional HoReCa businesses.Management of product portfolio, technical specifications, purchase prices, profitability, selling prices and sales volumes. Keeping close contact with stakeholders: internal (sales branches and factories), external (dealer and end users) to better understand the field, market trends, competitors, customer requirements.Starting investigation and case studies concerning new product development.Constant collaboration with all other departments in European HQ, Japanese HQ and factories in UK, China and USA.Periodical and deep communication with factories to actively develop, phase in and phase out machines to keep an up to date and competitive portfolio. Duties and responsibilities: Actively manage the product category Confer with branches to identify new product Initiate product development and improvements (innovation, market opportunities) Portfolio optimization Confer with factories and Sales about phase out of products Deep collaboration with factories, development teams, sales branches, internal departments, external partners Competitor analysis & Market research Collaboration with Sales, Pricing Department to set the price strategy Support Marketing Department for the product launch