Daniel Piana - PMP ®

Experience

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  ELIS.org

  Jul 2007 - Sept 2007

  Junior Consultant
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  Nokia Siemens Networks

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2008

  Intern - Research on Mobile Virtual Network Operator
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  Procter & Gamble

  Jul 2009 - Jan 2017

  - Technical and commercial manager in charge of development, commercialization and vertical start-up of the new product launches for HUGO BOSS fine fragrances (up to$0.6 bn sales). 10 launches managed in 12 months delivering $370 m incremental sales and $4.2 m structural gross margin improvement.- Managed remotely a multifunctional team of 16 people from Marketing, R&D, Operations and Supply Chain located in Switzerland, UK and Germany.- MS Project internal consultant and trainer: developed a bespoke training provided to +50 people across different functions. Show less - Technical and commercial manager in charge of development, commercialization and vertical start-up of the new product launches for Gucci and Dolce&Gabbana cosmetics. Delivered on time and at cost 15 new cosmetics product lines (more than 100 SKUs) within 2 years.- Managed remotely a multifunctional team of 15 people from Marketing, R&D, External Manufacturer, Operations and Supply Chain located in Switzerland, UK, Italy, Ireland and Japan.- Step-changed P&G speed to market developing a company-wide best practice for launching new beauty products. Show less Leadership of the SAP implementation in P&G Italy with responsibility for 4 Italian warehouses and for the distribution planning team. Those achievements were reached in the role: - Extremely smooth SAP implementation (system impacting >400 people and supporting $4-5 m sales/day) - Managed a team of 6 SAP key users - Designed a new order management daily cycle - Trained the whole Order-Shipping-Billing team (>100 people), external suppliers and contractors (>30people) on the new processes - Revised all (<20) the standard operating procedures - Smooth execution of the Business Acceptance Tests - Master data migration, validation and live testing were successful - Cutover without critical issue nor impact on service. Show less

  • Global Supply Chain & Innovation Manager - HUGO BOSS Fragrances at Procter & Gamble and Coty

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2017

  • Global Supply Chain Program Manager - Gucci and Dolce&Gabbana Cosmetics

    Feb 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Physical Distribution Project Manager - SAP implementation

    Sept 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Outbound Logistics Manager

    Jul 2009 - Sept 2010
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  Coty

  Feb 2017 - Oct 2019

  Senior Global Supply Chain Program Manager – post merger integration

  - Business planning leader on the Burberry’s acquisition and on the program to close 2 factories under accelerated timing. Accountable for Service, Phase in – Phase out (PIPO) strategy to minimize obsolescence, Products' registration readiness and Artwork development.- Delivered the shut-down of 2 factories on time (less than 12 months/each) releasing multi millions USD saving. Production transfer of over 600 SKUs (70 m units) at minimum obsolescence cost < 1 m USD while minimizing business disruption (~ 1% service negative impact).- Delivered the Burberry’s integration i.e. transfer the production of 200 SKUs, 10 M units, in 13 months while improving service by >10% points and reducing inventory by 20%.- Managed remotely the planning team (8 people located in UK, Germany, Spain and USA).- Coordinated the "hard Brexit" mitigation plan for the luxury planning team. Show less

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  Alcon

  Feb 2020 - now

  - Commercial leader in charge of orchestrating the innovation master plan for all Vision Care categories and all international markets ~1.8bn $ sales across +100 markets- Plan, schedule, manage, and track all new product launches in partnership with marketing teams, countries and global functions- First point of contact between supply chain and business for long term planning, capacity allocation, new product launches, base business and discontinuations- Subject Matter Expert of Alcon’s new product launch governance and tools Show less

  • Director - New Product Launch Planning & Execution - Vision Care

    Jul 2021 - now

  • New Product Launch Planning & Execution Program Manager - Vision Care

    Feb 2020 - Jun 2021