Chief Procurement Officer and Natuzzi China Board Member, managing global spending with special focus on EBITDA improvement and Cash Management. Natuzzi S.p.A. listed on the NYSE since 1993, is the Italian largest furniture and design company and a world leader in leather upholstered furniture. Natuzzi is a global group, both from a manufacturing and commercial point of view, with modern manufacturing plants in Italy, China, Brazil and Romania, and commercial branches in the main world markets with a network of about 1,140 mono-brand points of sales.

Seda Group, headquartered in Naples Italy, is one of the world's largest packaging manufacturers for branded products with 12 manufacturing locations and facilities in over 10 countries. Key Responsibilities & tasks:- Budgeting & Cost management, with a total cost of ownership approach- KPI and reporting to the board (business case, new investments, technology trade off, etc.)- Improve synergies across the different regions (US and EUROPE), companies (6), manufacturing sites (12) and projects

report to the Head of the Business Unit with overall responsibility of elaborating the global product lines (tractor Loader backhoe):- 4 Production Plants in 4 different regions- 2 Product Brands- more than 100 different products- Staff of 4 global program managers + 6/8 strategic buyers in 4 different regions (EMEA, NAFTA, LATAM, APAC)- Report to Executive Top Management Key Responsability and tasks:• Overall responsibility for the development of the products as well as for all issues related to the development and launches• Lead and motivate a team of 10 Product Purchasing Managers and Strategic Buyers• Develop close collaborations with internal departments and external suppliers• Interact with suppliers to establish short and long term strategic objectives, ongoing evaluation of the supplier’s performance• gross margin improvement, with a focus: on direct material cost reduction (BCC actions, Market test, strategic sourcing, etc.), make or buy analysis, logistics optimization, etc.• implement WCM (World Class Manufacturing) projects

The War Room (WR) is a dedicated team leading a structured process methodology aimed to improve profitability of CNH Brands leveraging industrial costs efficiency. The project is based on consultant approach (limited time, strong target, etc.) with internal resources (high potential) coming from different dept. Mainly activities: - Manage an Annual Purchasing Value of 430 Mil/USD in 2 regions (EMEA - NAFTA)- 5% saving on the workable Annual Purchasing Value through mainly direct materials cost reduction.- Executive reporting and follow-up to the CNH Top Management- Conducting research, surveys and interviews- Analyzing statistics, writing reports and making recommendations- Developing and implementing new procedures

- New production plant launch (Gianni Agnelli plant in Grugliasco – Torino). Manage all the capex and all the activities to ensure project milestone (2 years) and to respect the original budget - 4 new models launch (GranTurismo, GranCabrio,Quattroporte and Ghibli). Ensure delivery, cost, timing and quality.- Provide Business case for new projects- Manage all the industrialization activities (prototype, advance production, mass production)- Manage purchasing activities of all Maserati projects (current and new). - Manage sourcing for future product releases and approval all purchase decisions for all components and provide to the Vice Presidents of Engineering and Purchasing with updates on new projects.- Coordinate the efforts in the managing of purchasing/engineering cost reduction projects. - Manage Platform Purchasing Manager team (10). Responsibility to evaluate team members and assign the appropriate staff to support new projects; defines performance objectives. Authority to hire and fire; conduct performance reviews and salary increases; assign and review work; provide training; set work schedules; and recommend hiring of consultants and contractors

- Define the Electrical Commodity purchasing strategies, current and advance production - Manage strategic sourcing and define negotiation guidelines - Manage a team of two people in building baseline contracts, insuring contract completeness and accuracy for implementation success - Achieve Saving target and ensure the best available prices (discounts), performance on delivery, quality and after sales service - Responsible for supplier relationships and management; - Coordinate with Supply Chain for the late shipments and transition to alternative sourcing if necessary; - Ensure that the company operates on a just in time system; - Review purchasing process. - Manage suppliers’ portfolio

Finance- Controlling and reporting for the purchasing dept.- Defined a new system in order to supervise the production costs- Support the Purchasing Director in the strategical activities (new hires, organization, etc.Buyer E&D- Defined the E&D purchasing strategies, according to the technical dept.- Negotiated with supplier and managed suppliers base- Stipulated contract for engineering and styling activities

In International program (official language english) support the Purchasing Product Development manager in the purchasing activities (request for quotation, collect technical information, offers, etc.)