GUCCI Ready to Wear Industrial Excellence Partner

We are currently seeking a Gucci Industrial Excellence Partner who will join our dynamic and growing GUCCI Ready to Wear team in Novara.

As part of the Operational Excellence Team, you will contribute to implement the new RTW strategic and operational development plan, defined by an internal organizational analysis that identified several areas for improvement.

You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of production planning review project, striving to increase efficiency, productivity and quality of our production planning activities.

You will work closely with all internal functions (product development, purchasing, production, logistics and technologies), defining project roadmaps and leading the teams towards optimization.

• Lead the production planning project roadmap and projects, building upon what was set following recent production analysis
• Conduct regular assessment of improvement opportunities and drive associated actions in order to reach best practice in the industry and adopt new technologies
• Work closely with the functional teams to optimize all intermediate stages of the process, from demand collection, master data entry to production planning and follow-up, vendor rating and claims management
• Evaluate, design and implement new potential organizational models, tools and reporting systems that focus on production planning efficiency, collaborating with the Operational Excellence Manager and the functional and IT teams
• Support improvement efforts by assessing and prioritizing the improvement activities
• Identify clear efficiency and quality metrics for our production process, including internal client satisfaction
• Create and update the document base (technical files, processes and procedures…)

• Scientific background, preferably, and 3/4 years experience in project management
• Forward-thinker with proven ability to quickly learn new processes, concepts, and software
• Proven organizational agility and a global mindset to be able to work in all locations, functions, and levels of the organization
• Business acumen and financial awareness
• Empathetic and customer-driven product developer effective listener that builds products aimed at solving customer and business problems, and improving user experience
• Resilient and adaptable: able to deal with changing environments, overcome obstacles and manage uncertain scopes & timings
• Value-based decision maker that takes measured risks to deliver business objectives
• Effective communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to unite teams
• Fluent in both English and Italian