Matteo Fergnani

I am a versatile, result-driven professional (M.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications) with international experience in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management (APICS) and Project Management (PMP). Delivered a Product Dev project as Project Manager in a cross-functional team of 10 people, and many process improvement projects. Managed an End-to-End Supply Chain of a 20ME business across 5 different plants, improving OTD by 10%. I value trust, respect, continuous learning, and improvement

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER NILT (Zurich, Switzerland) | 02/22 - now

Supply chain manager in the scale-up phase of a wafer optic manufacturing Start-Up, for both facilities in Switzerland and Malaysia. Responsible for the key suppliers management and strategic sourcing (> 1MCHF equipment purchasing).

Achievements:

• Implemented from scratch the main SC processes (Material management, inventory management, inbound/outbound flows, procurement flow), obtaining the ISO 9001 certificate.
• Completed the warehouse set-up of the Swiss site.
• Designed the layout and set up the new facility for wafer optics production in Malaysia.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & STRATEGY | Prysmian Group (Milan, Italy) | 08/21-01/22

• Analyzed, drove and supported new business initiatives in the HQ Telecom business development.
• Product Manager for the new product family of Fiber-To-The-Antenna (FTTA) and Hybrid Cables. - Part of pilot projects for new technology implementations (M&A team support).

Achievements:

• Creation of first FTTA Prysmian offer catalogue.

OPTICAL CONNECTIVITY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER | Prysmian Group (Lyon, France) | 03/19 – 07/21

Responsible for the end-to-end supply chain of the optical business unit in France (20 ME/y sales).

• Forecasting and Sales Planning processes (Demand Management).
• Production/Distribution (Supply Management): definition of material requirements and replenishment plan. - Reporting and Analysis: S&OP leader of the business unit in France (with Region Directors).
• Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the business trends and risk management.

Achievements:

• Implemented new processes for the business unit for better planning performances. - Improved the Inventory Turnover ratio by 20%.
• Improved On-Time-Delivery by 10%.
• Introduced KPIs to improve control over the chain.

PROJECT LEADER FTTx – R&D | Prysmian Group (Lyon, France) | 04/17 – 02/19

Project Management of Fiber-To-The-x products. Managed the development of a product for Orange Telecom, from Prototyping to Industrialization.

Managed the Master data for South Europe: BOM, routing, and documentation.

Responsible for product costing and support for quotations.

Achievements:

• Developed the FTTx product from material definition to customer qualification.
• Optimized Product Data Management (reduced the documentation workload by 50%). - Digitalized Prysmian connectivity products via a cost-effective QR code system.

Master of Science – Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering | University of Ferrara (Italy) | 2013 - 2015 Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Erasmus Project: 1 semester exchange at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Bachelor of Science – IT Engineering | University of Ferrara (Italy) | 2009 - 2013

Grade: 102/110

Dissertation: “Mobile Robotics Experiments: Path Planning and Obstacles Recognition with Artificial Vision” (Framework ROS, Programming Language C++).