Giulio Carò

Supply Planning Application Technology Architect

Rome, Latium, Italy

About

- Supply Chain Management solution architect and technology consultant, with 25 years of enterprise application services experience in global Companies (Procter&Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, DXC.technology), including 20 years in planning and manufacturing solutions (SAP ERP, SCM, S/4 HANA, IBP; OMP Plus, OMP Unison Planning). - Expert of supply chain and logistic management, combines technical solutions mastery and functional process knowledge. - Lead SCM solution architect in many multi-M$ global projects. Delivered applications modernization, customer-specific innovations, systems integration (e.g. SAP with best-of-breed technologies) in support of processes transformation, customers re-organization, business acquisitions and divestitures. - Passionate about value creation, innovation and high-performance teams, he continuously expanded his area of influence through different roles, becoming a trusted change advisor and a recognized technical leader and team manager.

Experience

  • IT Director - Supply Planning Application Technology Architect at Procter & Gamble
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

    - Responsible for designing and implementing P&G's future Supply Planning application architecture and technology solutions. - In charge of aligning and executing the supply planning application master plan with the key stakeholders. - Responsible for delivering the agreed project portfolio. - Owning the overall application health, lifecycle management, security standards, cost optimization. - Leading solution development, quality assurance and release management for the owned supply planning applications. - Managing the technical application team, consisting of oth P&G and Vendors' resources.

  • Supply Planning Solution Architect at DXC Technology
    Apr 2017 - Sep 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    - Lead solution architect and principal technology consultant for the supply planning domain at Procter&Gamble, globally. - Manager of the DXC P&G Account supply planning global product team (40+ FTEs, covering all regions and different technologies: ECC PP, S/4 PP, APO SNP, OMP Plus). - Technical owner of the supply planning products, responsible for the related upgrades, customer specific enhancements, integration with new technologies (RPA, AI, IoT, external optimizers). - Advisor solution architect in the evaluation / PoC / pilot implementation of new supply planning products (e.g. SAP S/4 HANA, SAP IBP, OMP Unison Planning).

  • Supply Planning - Global Product Owner at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    Nov 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

    - Technical owner of the Site Integrated Planning (SIP) and Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) solutions at HPE for the P&G Account, globally. - Manager of the SIP and DRP global product team staff (20+ FTEs, covering ECC PP and APO SNP) - Responsible for application governance, continuous improvement releases, third level support, integration consultancy, technical training. - Lead planning architect in multi-M$ global innovation programs related to supply chain synchronization (e.g. promotional demand prioritization, PIPO initiatives optimization).

  • HP (Rome, Latium, Italy)
    • SAP Planning & Manufacturing Consultant
      Aug 2003 - Oct 2015 · 12 yrs 3 mos

      Technical Owner of the Site Integrated Planning (SIP) solution at HP for the P&G Account, globally. - Manager of the SIP global product team staff (SAP ECC PP CoE, 8 FTEs). - Designed and implemented customer specific SAP developments and integrations of SAP with best-of-breed applications (e.g. OMP advanced planning and scheduling, Kinaxis Rapid Response, Terra Multi-Echelon inventory optimization). - Technical Lead in the standardization of the P&G SAP R/3 SIP solution in EMEA (regional consolidation of the SAP instances used in WE, Turkey, Russia, Greece). - Lead planning technologist in the P&G mySAP ERP global project. Responsible for the upgrade and re-engineering of the P&G SIP solution from SAP R/3 4.5b to ECC6.0. - Lead solution architect for the integration of the Gillette / Duracell / Braun planning solutions into the P&G global template.

    • Chief Technologist, P&G Account EMEA Supply Network Solutions
      Mar 2008 - Jun 2015 · 7 yrs 4 mos

      - Founder and leader of the P&G Account EMEA Solution Architects community (80 members). - Chief Technologist for the P&G Account EMEA Supply Network Solutions organization (200+ FTEs). Member of the lead team, responsible for the development of the technical staff (trainings / certifications program, knowledge management, technical career path mentor) - Member of the HP EMEA Application Services Technology Office. Innovation evangelist in the P&G Account EMEA Application Services organization. Reviewer of ideas submitted in The Garage. Technology reviewer of new deals. Member of the technical career path promotion board.

  • Procter & Gamble (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Global Business Services SAP Consultant
      Jul 2001 - Jul 2003 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - Responsible for the mapping in SAP R/3 of the planning and manufacturing processes previously supported by SAP R/2 and by plant-specific local solutions. - SAP Planning and Manufacturing IT row leader in 10+ SAP R/3 implementation projects, covering 30+ P&G manufacturing plants in EMEA.

    • Information Technology Site Manager
      Sep 1999 - Jun 2001 · 1 yr 10 mos

      - IT Manager of the Fabric&HomeCare R&D site in Rome. Responsible for the IT infrastructure and the F&HC R&D IT applications. - Led the IT support transition from the local help desk to the European call center, for the 150+ site users. - Led the "Remote Analytical Lab" project that enabled the remote utilization of the connected analytical instruments in Rome, Pescara, Frankfurt, Newcastle, Brussels, Cincinnati. - Led the introduction and adoption of new IT collaboration tools (e.g. NetMeeting, Jabber, Polycom video conferencing systems).

    • IT Systems Manager
      Jul 1998 - Sep 1999 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Product Owner of the global Shipment Reporting System (Corporate Data Warehouse - Source One Customer Shipments Reporting). - Led the global blueprinting, the pilot project and the rollout of the first release to 500+ users in Australia, Asia, Europe.