Giacomo Manza MBA

About

Passionate Program Manager, with 11+ years of experience in leading positions in the Automotive market. Executive MBA accomplished at California Lutheran University, class 2024. Currently working on Battery Systems. Previously led Teams across 4 European Plants and R&D Centers. Background education in Automotive Engineering (Master´s Degree). Based in Austria.

Experience

• Samsung SDI Battery Systems GmbH (Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria)
  • Program Manager
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Technical Project Manager / Lead Engineer
    Nov 2021 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Technical and organisational lead of following functions: Mechanics, Electrics, Electronics, Hardware, Software, System, FuSa, Component Management, Testing, in coordination with Quality, Sales, Purchasing, Logistics, PT-Shop, Operations.

• Marelli (7 yrs)
  • Resident Project Leader for German Customers
    May 2016 - Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Resident Project Leader for VW Group and main R&D interface for the German Customers. Managing teams located in Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain. Development lead managing R&D projects in terms of timing, budget, quality and performance. Involved in all project phases with core responsibilities on: design (CAD), simulation (FEM/Acoustics), prototyping, testing, DFMEA, planning, interface with other company departments (Quality, Production, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales).

  • Project Leader for German Customers
    May 2015 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr

    R&D Project Leader for VW Group

  • Junior Project Leader for German Customers - R&D Product Development, Prototypes and Testing
    Nov 2014 - Apr 2015 · 6 mos

    R&D Department - Product Development, Prototypes and Testing

• Internship and Thesis - Cost Analysis and Planning Department at I.DE.A. Institute Spa
  May 2014 - Jul 2014 · 3 mos

• Internship and Thesis - Suspension designer / Chassis division at H2politO - Politecnico di Torino
  2010 - 2011 · 1 yr