Alberto Cappellini.
Torino, Italia.
Electronic Engineer (Politecnico of Turin), MBA (SAA, Turin)
Married with 2 children, 49 years old.
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2 WIN Srl:
From September 2007 to present:
Partner
Commercial company working in the pharmaceutical, baby stores channel, in Italy, focused on
mass market infant, child care products. Turnover managed in the first year, 16M€. Key brands:
Huggies, Johnson's baby.
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Kimberly-Clark Europe:
From October 2004 to September 2007:
President Family Care Europe:
Responsible for the biggest sector in Europe: 2.5b$ Turnover, 3500 people, 16 plants,
operations in 19 countries
Report to the Global Consumer leader (based in USA). Primary responsibilities: Operating
profit, turnover, ROIC, working capital, strategy development, talent management, investor
relations (Europe), industrial relations (ECF leader).
Developed a 5 years strategic plan approved by the KCC BOD in June 2005.
Key achievements: Restructuring: 5 mills closed-sold, 4 Center of excellence created,
investment in UK (Andrex, Kleenex), G&A savings (45M$ savings), Product innovation, market
share growth in key markets (UK; I ; E), P&G exit tissue operation in Europe.
From April 2001:
Vice President Southern Europe
Responsible for KC operations in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, and
Greece.
Direct six General Managers and approximately six hundred employees, generating 1b$ in sales
value
Hold primary responsibility for KC's NSV and Market profit
Member of KC's European Management Team (Board of Directors)
Key achievements: profit improvement (+50M$, +43%), customer management – sales force
reorganization-redesign in all countries, migration of OTC-RTC-ATR process to share service center.
France turnaround plan (+20M$ profit)
from January 1997:
Managing director Italy:
reporting to the VP Southern Europe. Full general manager job with all functions reporting to
me (marketing, customer management, supply chain, HR, industrial relations).
Turnover of 400 M$, following the acquisition of Linostar (#2 diaper company in Italy, February
2001, 120M$)
Primary responsibilities: sector strategy implementation, market profit, market share, talent
management.
Key achievements: Lines diaper acquisition, Romagnano plant investment (new state of the art
technology for Europe), talent management, market share/profit growth, P&G's exit Italy
from January 1996:
European Marketing Director Household Products
from January 1993:
marketing Director Italy
from September 1991:
Group Product Manager
from April 1990:
Production Planning Manager
from January 1989:
Product Manager
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Seminars:
Mercer Delta 360^ assessment, development plan
Glendinning: strategic planning process
Managerial Issues in the Global Enterprise, Thunderbird University Arizona