Daniele Buzzi

Background

About Daniele Buzzi

Manager with a robust operations background (Supply Chain/Logistics/Quality/Project management) developed inside large and medium companies, italian and multinational, multibrand, with complex and matrix organizations. Focused on results and concrete, problem solver, flexible and proactive, reliable and resilient, analytical, good organizer and planner, good communicator, team player, team builder, autonomous, honest and responsible. Areas of competences: Supply Chain, Sales and Operations processes (S & OP), Demand Planning/Forecasting, Production planning (MPS, fine scheduling), Purchasing, Procurement and Material management (MRP and pull system), Distribution planning (DRP), Logistics (warehousing, transportation and distribution both run directly or outsourced), Product Life Cycle management, Quality Systems and Continuous Improvement (Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma), Project management, Team building and management. Many occasions to work as leader or as member of cross-functional and international projects (lean/5S, SOP development, acquisition/integrations, logistics outsourcing) with the consequent development of good project management skills and of a strong process point of view. Some of the most important achievements: the outsourcing of logistics and reorganization of operations department, the inventory reduction in parallel with the customer service improvement, the through-put and total lead time reduction, the time to market and obsolescence cut, the development of a process approach driven by kpis, the quality culture development (continuous improvement, lean approach, quality function set up). “I am convinced of the importance of the individual for the change but even more convinced of the effectiveness of a well motivated team that regularly and costantly works and acts like the small drop of water that digs the hardest rock. The speed of execution of the "plan-do-check-act" cycle is one of the keys to success "