Sebastiano Cirnigliaro

Senior Commercial Manager short sea & FVL division, Iberia.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ | ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ with strong experience in the private sector, specialising in ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ & ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜. I help organisations strengthen commercial performance, build long-term partnerships, and expand internationally. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ I joined ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ in 2013 as a ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, progressing to ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ & ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in Spain. I oversee trades across the ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ & ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, driving growth and strategic development. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ–ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ โ€“ Leading commercial strategy, sales, and business development. โ–ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต โ€“ Managing a portfolio >โ‚ฌ32M (2025) across ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, achieving >15% YoY growth since 2018. โ–ธ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ โ€“ Developing and guiding a high-performing commercial team. โ–ธ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€“ Enhancing the Groupโ€™s presence in Spain and Portugal through strategic partnerships and operational optimisation. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ โ–ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ Consistent double-digit growth and strong client relationships. โ–ธ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ โ€“ Extensive knowledge of ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ & ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. โ–ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ โ€“ Focused on strategy, innovation, and measurable impact. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ Alongside my role, I advise ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ on: ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. I support organisations in shaping strategies, driving international expansion, and achieving sustainable growth. ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

Experience

  • Grimaldi Group (Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area)
    • Senior Commercial Manager short sea & FVL division, Iberia
      Jun 2021 - Present ยท 5 yrs 1 mo

      ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” Lead and oversee the Groupโ€™s commercial strategy in Spain and Portugal across Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and Baltic short sea trades for all controlled companies operating in Spain (๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—˜). โ€” Develop and manage a diversified customer portfolio in Spain and internationally, ensuring long-term partnerships and sustainable growth. โ€” Direct and coordinate external agentsโ€™ commercial activities and logistics operations in Spain and abroad. โ€” Lead the automotive division for all sea trades in Spain, driving commercial performance and strategic initiatives. โ€” Managing and securing long term contracts with OEMs and LSP for all sea trades under management โ€” Shape and execute sales strategies, business development initiatives, and logistics operations to strengthen the Groupโ€™s market position. โ€” Hold full P&L responsibility for all sea trades under management,meeting budget expectations and profitability targets. โ€” Provide strategic leadership to a team of direct reports, fostering a high-performance culture. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€” Managed a customer portfolio exceeding โ‚ฌ32M annual turnover (2025). โ€” Delivered >15% YoY revenue growth consistently โ€” Strengthened the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ market presence in Spain and Portugal through strategic account management and business development initiatives. โ€” Reporting to Grimaldi Spain CEO

    • Commercial manager short sea trades, Iberia
      Jan 2015 - Jun 2021 ยท 6 yrs 6 mos

      ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” Lead and oversee the Groupโ€™s commercial strategy in Spain and Portugal across Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and Baltic short sea trades for all controlled companies operating in Spain (๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€) โ€” Develop and manage a diversified customer portfolio in Spain and internationally, ensuring long-term partnerships and sustainable growth. โ€” Direct and coordinate external agentsโ€™ commercial activities and logistics operations in Spain and abroad. โ€” Shape and execute sales strategies, business development initiatives, and logistics operations to strengthen the Groupโ€™s market position. โ€” Hold full P&L responsibility for short sea trades, meeting budget expectations and profitability targets. โ€” Provide strategic leadership to a team of direct reports, fostering a high-performance culture. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€” Managed a customer portfolio exceeding โ‚ฌ12M annual turnover โ€” Delivered >15% YoY revenue growth consistently โ€” Strengthened the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ market presence in Spain and Portugal through strategic account management and business development initiatives. โ€” Reporting to Grimaldi Spain CEO

    • Commercial executive short sea trades, Iberia
      Nov 2013 - Jan 2015 ยท 1 yr 3 mos

      โ€” Support the execution of the Groupโ€™s commercial strategy in Spain and Portugal across Mediterranean short sea trades โ€” Assist in managing and developing a portfolio of clients in Spain and international markets, maintaining relationships and identifying growth opportunities โ€” Coordinate day-to-day communication with external agents and internal teams to ensure smooth commercial and logistics operations โ€” Contribute to sales activities, including preparing offers, following up on clients, and supporting business development initiatives โ€” Monitor commercial performance, prepare reports, and support the team in meeting budget and profitability targets โ€” Work closely with senior team members, contributing proactively to team objectives and building a strong commercial skill set

  • Senior Business Consultant at Freelance
    Jan 2016 - Present ยท 10 yrs 6 mos

    ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด established companies & startups in: ๐Ÿš€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† & ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€“ supporting strategic planning, market expansion, and the startup phase for new businesses, from concept to execution. ๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น & ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ designing go-to-market strategies, optimizing commercial performance, managing strategic accounts, and driving sustainable revenue growth. ๐Ÿงญ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ enabling operational excellence and long-term positioning in competitive markets. ๐ŸŒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ building and strengthening cross-border partnerships, alliances, and global market entry strategies. โš“ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ โ€“ providing strategic consultancy in shipping, vessel chartering, multimodal operations, trading, and logistics optimization at an international scale.