Gianfranco Mazzarella Email & Phone Number

Florence, IT

Firenze

Active member of the Textile and Bio Based materials task force in Italy to improve process and supply chain efficiency.Develop new portfolio of materials based on cellulose and textile with a strong sustainability, not because is the mood of the moment but because is right for all of us. Developing the Textile Luxury Collection and managing the material.

Florence Area, Italy

Florence Area, Italy

Accountabilities:Support the product development process of bags and small leather goods by developing new materials (mainly leather and fabrics) based on the collection guidelines.Support the Design Center team in the creative phase of the new materials collection.Scout the leather market in order to find new and creative suppliers.Negotiate commercial.

I consider myself as an expert in strategic purchasing of raw materials for industrial use, subject to prices / stock market fluctuations.Managing 55 million per year of buying for leathers and 5 million of chemicals and more than 50 suppliers across the world.I actively seek new technologies and suppliers all over the world. I negotiate prices and buying.

Joined Natuzzi, the world leader manufacturer in leather sofa at the end of 2001. I was based in the tannery of the group in Udine, for technical training of about 18 months on the raw material leather, before undertaking the actual work of Buyer.I was in tannery Natco (Leather Natuzzi Group) for four years, with the qualification of buyers, following the.

Assistant to the Purchasing Manager of Antalis. Multinational Paper company with Italian headquarters in Milan. After appropriate training period, I had the responsibility of purchasing a turnover of approximately 15,000,000 per year