Manufacturing
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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Renzo

Senior Executive with Supply Chain/Engineering background in leading industrial and consumer goods companies. Expert in Operational Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, People and Business Development, with solid experience in managing large multicultural teams in different Countries and Regions and leading complex transformation projects. Strategic leadership, guidance completes my profile.

Jurisdiction

Italy

Notable Employer

  • Executive Director and Board Member at GSK
  • Site Plant Operations Director at Unilever

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Executive Director and Board MemberNotable
2013 - 2025

Leading the GSK/Haleon Slovakia Manufacturing Site/Supply Hub and the Site Leadership Team (SLT) to develop and approve strategic plans, policies, and objectives. • Cooperated to acquisition of legacy deMiclen by GSK, Led the integration of deMiclen into GSK and transition of GSK into Ha- leon inspiring, coaching, mentoring the teams to support busi- ness, systems, processes, cultural changes. • Responsible for 11 SLTs, 40 Managers and up to 700 FTEs, di- rect manufacturing, support functions and hub services. Accoun- table for approx. £250mil P&L, global supply of Oral Health pro- ducts (Cosmetic, OTC) supporting approx. £1bil sales. • Successfully managed investments above £150mil and achieved 300% increase in production and logistic capacity in green/ brown field facilities, to support the business growth. • Promoted Environment Agenda, defining and providing a clear roadmap to reduce waste achieving zero to landfill, water stewardship award and become carbon net zero Site. • Supported design and deployment of a performance turn- around strategy and attained 50% productivity improvements, 40% end2end lead time reduction, customer service above 99%. Enhanced the Quality performance through lean methodo- logies, and accomplished a 60% reduction of testing and release lead time. • Levice became reference Company in the region thx to global recognitions like “Top Employer” with specific focus on HR/ People care. • Designed and implemented an R&D facility co-located in same- Haleon Site premises aiming at creating an e2e developmental capability to be used globally by Oral Care Category/R&D.

Site Plant Operations DirectorNotable
1998 - 2003

Fully responsible for Italian Plant operations (main European Unilever factory producing personal care pro- ducts) • Coordinated a team of 7 managers (Production Managers, Engineering Technical, Quality, OSHE, TPM) several specialists and more than 250 employees. • Achieved ISO 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001 Certifications, TPM level 1 Award. • Implemented operational excellence principle, achieved significant tangible and intangible results, examples below: 1)Productivity:+44% 2)Efficiency:+ 27% 3)Consumer Complaints:-32% 4)Off Quality:-40% 5)Factory Ope- rating Cost:-29% 6)Total Material Waste:-45% 7)Waste Disposal:-32% 8)Safety (LTI):-100% (0 LTI during last 2 years).

Skills

Core skills10
Languages2

Skills

• Leadership –flexible, fit for purpose
• Operational Excellence
• TPM, WCM, Lean Manufacturing
• People and Business development
• Green field projects
• Mergers & Acquisition
• P&L management
• Leading complex transformation
• Problem Solving
• Process design and optimization

Languages

English
Italian

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