Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

C-Level Strategic Planning and Project Management

ID: 739859 Spain

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Expert is a high-performance executive with over 10 years of international experience in orchestrating large-scale projects and strategic initiatives in the Retail & Consumer Goods and Manufacturing sectors. He became the youngest C-level executive at a NYSE-listed Italian furniture company, leading its transformation into a global lifestyle brand. Additionally, his tenure at Roland Berger spanned 7+ years, managing over 25 strategic projects across Europe. He holds degrees in Statistics from the University of Padova and studied Business Administration at UC Berkeley. He is fluent in four languages, and effectively navigates multinational environments, leveraging his extensive experience with large multinational clients, focusing on large-scale, cross-functional projects. His approach combines analytical depth with innovative problem-solving, making him a valuable asset in dynamic business environments.

In his most recent role, he worked cross-functionally to create and prioritize a portfolio of transformational initiatives, encompassing Sales, Operations, HR and Finance and implementing the required governance and structure to track progress and impact. He was appointed in 2021 as Head of Strategic Planning, and he defined the strategic pillars of the yearly budget and the Company’s 5-year Business Plan with particular focus on growth, margin expansion and capital efficiency. Expert spearheaded the implementation of a series of Retail Excellence levers that increased like-for-like sales of the U.S. stores by +35% over pre-pandemic year. Additionally, he diagnosed major gaps impeding or limiting growth during the pandemic and worked closed with executive leaders to elaborate and implement contingency plans.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2011 Degree: MS Subject: Statistics for Economics, Business and Finance Institution: Università degli Studi di Padova
Year: 2011 Degree: Visiting scholar Subject: Business Administration Institution: Haas School of Business - University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2008 Degree: Visiting scholar Subject: Business Administration Institution: Aarhus School of Business
Year: 2008 Degree: BS Subject: Statistics & Management Institution: Università degli Studi di Padova

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2019 to 2023 Employer: Natuzzi SpA Title: Chief Transformation Officer & Head of Strategic Planning Department:
Responsibilities:
▪ Reporting directly to the CEO, leading the transformation of a €400m global furniture company, from a manufacturing firm to a Retail and Life-style brand
▪ Working cross-functionally to create and prioritize a portfolio of transformational initiatives, encompassing Sales, Operations, HR and Finance and implementing the required governance and structure to track progress and impact
▪ Appointed in 2021 as Head of Strategic Planning, defined the strategic pillars of the yearly Budget and the Company’s 5-year Business Plan with particular focus on growth, margin expansion and capital efficiency
▪ Spearheaded the implementation of a series of Retail Excellence levers that increased like-for-like sales of the U.S. stores by +35% over pre-pandemic year
▪ Diagnosed major gaps impeding or limiting growth during the pandemic and worked closed with executive leaders to elaborate and implement contingency plans
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2018 Employer: Roland Berger Title: Senior Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
▪ Conducted over 25 projects ranging from Strategy Definition, Turnaround, Organizational Transformation and Business Diversification for multinational companies primarily operating in the Retail, Consumer Goods and Industrial Goods sectors
▪ Defined the 5-year Master Business Strategy for a leading premium coffee producer by focusing on significantly expanding its retail network and by identifying a series of cost-optimization levers through a AZBB approach
▪ Conducted a post-merger integration (PMI) at a leading European FMCG company, identifying over €6m synergies and developing a PMI-plan with over 160 initiatives
▪ Structured an Efficiency Improvement Program for a €5.0bn national railway company structuring a PMO responsible for managing and monitoring a work package of 1,000+ actions
▪ Defined and implemented a 3-year turnaround plan for one of the largest European concrete producers by putting in action over 70 optimization levers resulting in +65% EBITDA in year 1
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2011 Employer: Net Impact Berkeley Title: Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
▪ Defined a "green" marketing strategy for a worldwide leader in computer networking by conducing focus groups and in-depth interviews with UC Berkeley professors and by collecting and analyzing feedback from more than 300 students
▪ Refined the vision and mission of a non-profit educational organization and collected over $100k of grants to fund the firm’s new strategic direction

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Fluent
German Fluent
Italian Native
Spanish Advanced

Fields of Expertise

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