Italy

Platform Product Management

Business Development

Product Marketing

Program Management

Project Management

Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Gianluca Sacco

KitchenAid Project Portfolio Manager - Team Leader

Product strategy

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Project management

Negotiation

Product roadmap

SurveyMonkey

ChatGPT

Lucidchart

Miro

Notion

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Conflict resolution

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Project & Portfolio Manager for Product Development and Business Expansion
- Portfolio Manager for KitchenAid Major Domestic Appliances
- Project Manager for KitchenAid Small Domestic Appliances Coffee Category 
- Internal Coach for Whirlpool Product Development and Project Management Tools & Techniques
- External Lecturer (Universities)

Laundry Portfolio Leader for Middle East & Africa Sales Cluster
- Business Development ( Responsible for Volume and Market Share Development)
- TransRegional Sales (TRS) Projects and Product Development Regional Leader
- Specialisation in SKD/CKD Developments, Government Funding Project, Facilities Start Up, Finished Product Sourcing
- Global Cross Functional Team Leader
- Strategic Development of Product Roadmaps for Middle East & Africa Region
- Product Portfolio Owner

Subject Matter Expert for Resin Engineering, Responsible in EMEA Region
Project Leader for Global Resin Engineering Developments 
- New Technology Introductions
- Technology Roadmaps Development with Resin Commodity Manager Partnership
- Supplier Development and Strategic Partnership Projects
- Technology Evangelist (External Lecturer, Internal WorkShops)

Responsible for Polymers Management in EMEA Region:
- Cross Functional Team Coordination
- Material Value Team (MVT) Lead for long - term strategies on polymers (technical and economic evaluation)
- Suppliers Scouting 
- Workshop Organization and Conference Lecturer
- Supplier Relationships: Long Term Agreements – NDA - CoDesign
- Innovation Project Leader for new technologies in Product Innovation

Project Launch Leader for Laundry Product Category (Washing Machine, Dryer) 
- International and Cross functional Team Player and Leader, Focal Point for Materials Technologies 
- Cost Reduction Activites Leader: Business Cases (Fixed/Variable cost estimation, rfqs)/ Cost Breakdown Evaluations
- Coordinations of Activites related to Material Technologies involved in Projects of Dryers and Washing Machines

Responsible for Quality Management of Far East Suppliers:
Enlarging previous role I also was engaged for:

 - Hierarchical Management of a Local Team (Shanghai Area) 
 - Relationships Management of External Quality Control Companies for Batch Inspections Coordination
 - Inspection Cost Analysis

Quality Management of Far East Suppliers:
 - Frequent Travels In Far East Area (China, Taiwan)
 - Components & Finite Products Quality Management
 - All kinds of Categories involved (Plastic Injection&Extrusion Moulding, Alluminium Extrusion&Casting, Die Casting, ElectroMechanical, Carpentery, Liquid&Powder Coating, Wirings)
 - Performance Evaluation[ppm], Supplier Development (Improvement Plans, Analysis of Wastes), Cost Breakdown structure analysis, Learning Curves evaluation
 - Product Development Quality Assurance (PDQA)
 - Responsibility of Ok/Ko Batches Production
 - Quality Standards & Standard Inspection Procedures (SIP) Creation and Development
 - Relationship Account with External Quality Control Companies for Batch Inspections Coordination
 - Team Leadership for Far East Area Suppliers Performance Improvement

Quality Management of China Suppliers of Components:
- Frequent Travels In China
- Components Quality Management
- All kinds of Categories involved (Plastic Injection&Extrusion Moulding, Alluminium Extrusion&Casting, Die Casting, ElectroMechanical, Carpentery, Liquid&Powder Coating, Wirings)
- Supplier Performance Evaluation&Development
- Responsibility of Ok/Ko Batches Production
- Quality Standards & Standard Inspection Procedures (SIP) Creation and Development
- Team Leadership for Far East Area Suppliers Performance Improvement

Member of the Advance Engineering Team, Cross Product Team in Staff of Product Development Dept. 

Skills & Responsibilities:

- Innovation Engineering

- Management of Cost Saving Projects based on:
Raw Material Standardization (Metal, Polymers)
Metal Substitution with use of polymers
Technologies Scouting  
Low Cost Countries Homologations

- R&D Focal Point for Product Development, Quality improvements and World Class Manufacturing activities

- Supplier Scouting

Specialist for Material Engineering and Technologies:

Skills & Responsibilities:

- Knowledge and Management Of Materials and Product Technologies: Innovation, Homologation, Standardization of Raw Materials, Definitions of Technical Engineering Standards, Product Development support
- Knowledge and Management Of Safety and Environmental Legislations: Product Develoment support for the compliance of Environmental Specifications: RoHS, Reach, Customer specifications and Safety Specifications:IEC60335-1,IEC60335-2-31;UL 507, UL94,UL746 (A,B,D,C)

Stageur in Material Engineering

Skills & Responsibilities: 

- Raw Materials and Production Technologies characteristics for the Kitchen Hood Products
- Legislations and specifications of most important Elica Customers (Electrolux, Whirlpool, Ikea)

Building these skills I worked on supporting the choice of the right materials to use for Product Development and Procurement Dept and to get compliance for RoHS certification and for Customer Specifications

Production Supervisor for Machine Test Benches.
I was in charge of manage the scheduling of the manufacturing of the Test Benches in Production Dept.

Skills & Responsibilities:

- Knowledge of Machine Test Bench.
- Customer Care for Italy and Foreign Countries.
- Project Management

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