Poland
Luca is a FMCG Executive expert in Manufacturing and Supply Chain and in Transformation Projects. He has been building his experience holding different positions in multinational companies (e.g. Unilever, Danone, Heineken, HP) for over 25 years, working in several countries in and out of Europe. Luca has a proven track record in leading complex change management initiatives, including organisational restructuring, cultural transformation, and supply chain redesign. He has overseen major structural changes, including leadership transitions and the reorganisation of production footprints. Since August 2023, Luca is COO at Stock Spirits Group, where is leading a deep transformation in Operations, including a major footprint redesign. Previous to this move, Luca spent 22 years in Heineken, in several countries and growing positions: Luca started as plant manager of major Heineken production sites in Italy and Spain, where he leaded successful turnaround programs thanks to TPM implementation and change management., then he managed the TPM program for Western Europe in Heineken, being part of the European Regional Leadership Team based in the Netherlands. Since 2011, Luca coordinated the End-to-End Supply Chain of Heineken (Production, Planning, Logistics & Primary Distribution, Transports, Customer Service, Quality, Engineering) in Egypt, Poland, Spain, Italy. At the same time, Luca was also leading the Manufacturing Excellence improvement program in Europe. Previous to Heineken, Luca hold different positions as Quality Manager, Operations Manager and Engineering Manager in Unilever, Hewlett-Packard and Danone, in Italy and France. Luca is fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian and he can have basic conversations in Polish and Dutch. Specialties: multi-countries management, multi-sites management, End-2-End Supply Chain, R&D, S&OP, Value Creation, Digitalization, Change management, TPM, Lean manufacturing, Unions relationship, Projects management, People development, Safety.
Stock Spirits Group is a spirits producer owned by CVC Private Equity Fund. Our portfolio consists of over 80 brands, including iconic and strong local brands from Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany and France. Stock operates in nine European markets and manages eight manufacturing facilities, employing over 1800 employees. Our products are distributed across 50 countries worldwide. In 12 months the Group has doubled its size. New distilleries are in construction in Mexico for Tequila and in Scotland for single malt whisky. I’m responsible for all operations, including production, logistics, procurement, planning, innovation and support functions Results achieved so far: - New central Operations team coordinating all countries E2E - New Manufacturing Footprint and merging of new acquired operations - 2 new project distilleries (Mexico, Scotland), 2 plants relocated - Insourcing of whisky production from Pernod-Ricard - New Innovation & Development organization (and 150+ new launches) - Implementation of S&OP, launch of a Global TPM program (OEE +15%) - Launch of and End-to-End Value Creation Program - 50% Reduction of Inventories, Service Level at 98%, CoGS reduction of -6% - Gold EcoVadis certification
During my last mission in Heineken, I was simultaneously holding two separate roles: responsible for the Supply Chain of Heineken Italy and leader of a major transformational program at European level to achieve manufacturing excellence. Heineken is the beer market leader in Italy, with about 800 MEUR revenue, 150 MEUR EBITDA, 1.300 employees. I was part of the Italian Management Team, reporting to the Managing Director. My functional mission was to lead the End-to-End Supply Chain: 4 breweries, Logistics, Customer Service, Planning, Product Development, Engineering, Quality and other central departments. I was focusing on two areas: the improvement of the overall efficiency of the Italian breweries and the mitigation of the effects of global supply chain crisis that happened at that time. I was also leading a transformation program for all the 60 Heineken European plants, with the aim to leverage the regional scale and improve performance. Focus was on productivity and efficiency with the aim of achieving 130 MEUR savings by 2025. To manage this activity, I coordinated an international team of 25 full-time dedicated senior leaders and cross-functional top talents.
Spain is one of the major markets for Heineken worldwide. About 1000 MEUR revenue, 170 MEUR EBITDA, 1.700 employees). I was part of the Executive Board, and my functional mission was to lead the End-to-End Supply Chain: 4 breweries, Logistics, Customer Service, Planning, Product Development, Engineering, Quality and other central departments. I joint Heineken Spain in the most critical moment, caused by COVID crisis, which affected brutally the On-Trade business and the company performance. My main mission was to reorganize the operations to gain short-term benefits and ensure long-term sustainability. Tjhe most significant result was probably to have greatest saving in Europe together with a strong improvement of Service Level appreciation in the market.
Browar Namysłów has been adquired at beginning of 2019 and it is operating indipendently
Browar Zamkowy Cieszyn Sp. z o.o. is a company owned 100% by Grupa Zywiec, but independent in strategy and execution. Cieszyn Brewery mission is to explore and develop craft beer segment.
Grupa Żywiec is a Joint Venture between Heineken (70%) and Harbin Investment Group Co., Ltd (30%) Grupa Żywiec is one of the top FMCG companies in Poland (more than 500 million EUR revenue and 2000 employees) and one of the most important country for Heineken worldwide (shareholder with 70% and listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange). I was part of the Management Board and my role was to coordinate the End-To-End Supply Chain: up to 7 breweries, Logistics, Customer Service, Product Development, Engineering, 1000 employees. The breweries are worldwide benchmarks, very modern and managed according multi-awarded lean management approach (JIPM-TPM). Grupa Żywec is considered as the world benchmark within Heineken for Manufacturing Excellence and hosts several Centers Of Excellence with the mission to support Heineken in other countries to improve their performance.