Milan, October 2014
Curriculum Vitae of Alessandro Croci
Personal Information
Name:
Alessandro Croci
Nationality:
Italian, based in Milan
Current Job title
and employer:
Senior Manager at Accenture Management
Consulting
Language abilities:
Italian: native
English: fluent
French: basic
Contact details
Email: alessandro_croci@yahoo.it
mobile: +39 335 1322959
Professional Profile
Over 17 years of international management consulting expertise in the
Consumer Goods, Luxury, Fashion and Automotive industries, mainly
focusing on reengineering Multinational Companies’ Global Finance
organizations, processes and information systems
Finance expert, acting as trusted advisor to numerous CFOs, Controllers
and Treasurers for defining growth & innovation strategies, designing new
operating models as well as executing cost analysis and optimization
Significant international working experience matured in countries such as
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, the Netherlands, UK and USA,
just to mention the most recent experiences.
Core Competencies
Key Skills:
Finance strategy, finance organization analysis and strategic cost
management, cash management and treasury optimization; finance
shared services operations set-up; management accounting and
performance management models design and implementation.
Professional knowledge of the ERPs’ and corporate information systems’
market, with particular focus on SAP ERP and other main Financial Supply
Chain Management suites
Program and project manager in a number of multinational programs with
vast experience in working and coordinating multicultural teams, covering
different locations, companies and partnerships
Experienced at working in complex “political environment”
At ease in communicating with corporate’s senior executives and C-Levels
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Work History and Key Accomplishments
From – To:
Nov. 1996 – to present
Job Tittle / Employer:
Management Consultant at Accenture Italy, Milan office
Dirigente since 2002
Senior Manager since 2007
Mainly working in the consumer goods manufacturing industry,
across Europe
Current responsibilities:
Until September 2014, responsible for:
 Running the finance community of practice within the
Consumer Goods and Service (CG&S) industry of
Accenture in Italy
 Leading the Accenture Italy “Sales & Profitability
Excellence” team, to enhance operational efficiency and
effectiveness (until December 2013)
From 2014 September 1st, in charge of developing and managing
the finance practice within the Industrial Equipment,
Infrastructure, Travel and Transportation (IIT) industries of
Accenture in Italy, with the following responsibilities:
Key accomplishments:

Increase market share through acquiring new clients and
extend market penetration at existing ones

shape new market offerings

develop relevant skills and increase the finance practice
headcount

increase visibility and market positioning of Accenture in
this industry

Lead finance transformation programs at key clients
 Successfully contributed to define the new 3 years strategic
plan of Accenture “IIT” in Italy
 Increased the finance community of practice which is now ,
delivering several projects at multiple clients across Europe
 Lead several projects at key industrial clients
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Major projects:
Year 2014
Global leader in the Consumer Goods manufacturing industry
Project description:
Strategic cost management initiative, aiming at identifying
opportunities to reduce the selling, general and administrative
costs of the Group’s businesses operating in the Italian market, by
at least 10%.
Results:
The initiative has identified a roadmap to realize 20% cost savings
through multiple levers over a 3 years horizon (e.g. organizational
and process reengineering, externalizations, new operating
models, …).
Year 2013/2014
Leading vehicles distributor in Saudi Arabia and Middle East
Project description:
Re-design of the Group Corporate Finance’s organization,
processes and ERP systems (i.e. SAP transformation initiative).
Results:
The ongoing initiative aims at achieving significant increases in
global Finance and Treasury operations effectiveness, hence
reducing exposure to financial risks and enhancing global visibility
on Group’s liquidity.
Year 2013
Russian affiliate of a leading Tobacco Manufacturer
Project description:
Analysis and reengineering of commercial back-office processes,
devising a new operating model to reduce the overall running
costs of the commercial organization by over 20%.
Results:
The project identified and piloted a new operating model for both
trade marketing and field force operations, achieving the 20%
costs savings. The pilot of the new operating model highlighted
significant further saving potential in the commercial planning
area, above the 20% that was achieved through back office
processes reengineering.
Year 2012/2013
Leading Tobacco Manufacturer
Project description:
Design of a new Corporate reporting capability to support
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management execution of the Group working capital optimization
strategy in terms of stock levels and production planning.
Results:
The new reporting model gave top management clear and timely
visibility on stock levels. Coupled with supply chain optimization
initiatives, the overall effect has been a total yearly cost saving on
net invested capital of approximately 1 billion US$, which was
previously tied up on inventory of finished, semi-finished goods
and raw materials.
Year 2011/2012
Leading Consumer Goods manufacturing company
Project description:
Design of the new global payment factory for the Group and
managing the transitioning of the whole organization from bank’s
proprietary payment networks to a bank agnostic infrastructure,
based on SWIFT.
Results
New centralized payment organization and payment
infrastructure successfully deployed in Europe, allowing the
Company to achieve net savings of finance costs for
approximately 0.5 US $ millions per year.
From – To:
January 1995 - October 1996
Employer and Job Tittle:
C.M. Initiatives Ltd, London (UK)
Subcontractor in the construction industry
Junior controller
Education
University Education:
Bachelor of Business Administration at
L. Bocconi University, Milan (Italy)
Personal interests
Reading
Traveling
Meditation & Mindfulness
Coaching
References
References are available on request
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