Marco Colombo

Global Solutions Delivery EMEA / APAC Media & Analytics SVP at Circana

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

Experienced Director Of Operations, Product Management and Innovation with a demonstrated history of success in the market research industry. Strategic thinking and problem solving attitude, VOC translated into solutions. Skilled in Marketing Management, Business Planning, Sales, Retail, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Strong business development professional with a Laurea focused in Marketing, Communication from Master in Marketing and Communication - Publitalia.

Experience

  • Circana (Hybrid)
    • Global Solutions Delivery EMEA / APAC Media & Analytics SVP
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Global Central Operations SVP
      Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • IRI (18 yrs 3 mos)
    • Operations and Product Management Director
      Jan 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Lead the Operations and Product Management teams along the whole production cycle to deliver value to customers in market measurement solutions through innovation, cost management, flexibility and delivery excellence.

    • Solutions and Innovation Director
      Jan 2015 - Jan 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo

      Lead a team of experts, developers and consultants to drive design, development, maintenance, improvement and delivery of products and solution in Technology, Analytics, Data Management and Visualization areas.

    • Technology Solutions Director
      Mar 2010 - Jan 2015 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Lead and develop local business unit, driving revenue and EBIT growth in Technology Solutions – i.e. Sales Force Applications, In-Store Execution Management Software; Field Mobile Applications; Business Intelligence Web Solutions; Technology Consulting on large Data Integration and Visualization Projects. International and Local Client Management.

  • Senior Consultant at Value Lab
    Sep 2003 - Jan 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Client Relationship, Account Management and Business Development responsibility on Sales, Marketing and Retailing Projects across different Industries (CPG, Petrol, Healthcare, Retail)

  • Sales and Marketing Director at Missione Ufficio
    Mar 2001 - Jul 2003 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    - Purchase, stock and inventories supervision, sales co-ordination, account management for major customers, price policy definition - Definition, planning, execution and post-evaluation of below-the-line campaigns and internet marketing initiatives in partnership with main national websites (IOL, Virgilio, Giallo, Kataweb et al.) - Concept, building supervision and maintenance of customer databases and Customer Relationship Management activities (e.g. customer clusterization and targeting, customer value definition, e-mail mktg)

  • Sales Information Manager at Mars
    Mar 2000 - Mar 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo

    -Concept, development, carrying out and evaluation of Category Management projects and Customer Specific Marketing activities together with major Retailers -Project design and implementation of Sales Information System for Salesforce -Trainer for salesforce on Assortment Selection and Suggestions, Space Allocation, Category Management -Italian Team Leader in international cross-brand web projects