Responsible for Global innovation projects within the Procurement organization.Managed the product development, industrialization and deployment of a new concept of Audiometer based on tablet.Design and implementation of strategic processes leveraging on innovative services into retail network in order to improve shops performances.Improved the EMEA Amplifon manufacturing plant capacity by applying a lean approach to production processes in place.Suppliers management, contracts negotiation and performance KPI tracking.

Responsible for Gas product category. Led and support Engineering Team (5 Mechanical Engineers, 2 Electronic Engineers) on strategic projects: NPI, VAVE and Continuous improvement activities. Led the integration of R&D Team during the M&A of Castfutura. Support to Production plant in Bulgaria for Operation and Quality projects. Relationship with international Suppliers (mostly from Asia) about: - Raw materials procurement and quality validation. - Technical developments (production tooling and subcomponents) Direct contact for key customers(Arcelik, BSH, Electrolux…) for on-going projects status, NPI specification, quality issues. Projects status and results reporting to executive and C-level stakeholders on a quarterly base. New Suppliers scouting and Auditing.

Responsible for Electro-mechanical product category.Led a Team of 5 Senior engineers, inspiring and supporting them in project management, costs monitoring, timing and quality KPIs. Partnered successfully with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory and Marketing to deliver innovative products to market. Strong focus on annual main targets: NPI delivery and product cost reduction by redesign. Led NPI projects for electronic category (HW and SW) taking the product from specifications to launch into production. Definition of medium-long term Product and Business strategy, interfacing with C-levels stakeholders.Strong relationship with key customers for new products definition: Business case, investments plan, ROI. Established trusted relationships with both production plants in EMEA located in East Europe. Development and Implementation of R&D work-flow processes and best practices in accordance to ISO 9001 (accreditation in 2017).

Delivered strategic product lines for key customers like Liebherr, Miele, BSH.Partnered successfully with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory and Marketing to deliver innovative products to market.Supervised international cross-functional project teams up to 10 people.

Mechanical Leader for new High Speed Grill, the key project of Horizontal cooking department. (Project team composed of up to 10 people). Leading to several NPI projects (4 new products ranges delivered). Leading to the few of most important Quality improvement and cost saving projects in the Horizontal Cooking division. Performed project delivery presentations during the Project Status meeting with top management. Applied PMP procedures according to PMP best practices.Responsible of products releasing to production according with expected project timing, cost and required quality.

Responsible of the product development phase, product validation, product certification and production implementation for the New Thermaline Project (Red Dot Award 2014 nomination).Managed international project team of up to 20 people. Responsible for the product development deliverables according with timing and project budget agreed. Performed presentation of the project status during the Project check point meetings. Project management in accordance to PMP best practices.

Performed validation tests on NPI and on current production products in the Horizontal cooking department. Performed certification tests on electric and gas appliances. Design and implementation of new design solutions and new manufacturing processes on the standard braising pans range in order to increase performances and quality.