Simone Rosichini
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About me
My background
I am a Project, Program e Portfolio Management expert with more than 12 years of experience in international and sector's leader Companies (Oil&Gas, Financial services, Automotive, Logistics, IT & Digital Trasformation).
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My passion for Project Management led me to explore the main methods of managing projects, programs and portfolios. In fact, I obtained some of the most important certifications, such as: Project Management Professional (PMP), Prince2 Practitioner, PMI-Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP) and Managing Successful Programs (MSP).
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For years I have been collaborating with the Project Management Institute (PMI), contributing to the validation of the PMBOK, Agile Practice Guide, Program Practice Guide and to the preparation and validation of exam questions for the PMP certificate. This experience allows me to network with SME Project Management from all over the world
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A high-level international academic background completes my profile. I hold, among others:
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Executive module in Finance, Management and Control at Luiss Business School of Rome
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M.Sc. in Engineering Project Management at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) with specialization on Project Risk Management
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Bachelor Degree in Management Engineer at Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata
My english level is professional fluent (certificate IELTS C1), thanks to the many years of study and work abroad
From an early age, I always had a strong sense of motivation and a lot of passion that drove me to keep going. Whether it's exploring unique opportunities, learning new skills or meeting new people, I apply my values to every aspect of my life on a personal and professional level. To find out more about me, please continue to browse my site or contact me.
Professional Experience
October 2021 - Current
Senior Program Manager
Amazon.com
Roma, Italy
October 21 - January 23:
Leading the AMZL SEU (FR, ES, IT) Launch & Expansion On-Road Infrastructure team
7 Senior Program Managers as direct reports
Strategy, Planning and Execution of L&E programs and projects
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January 23 - Current:
Leading the strategic L&E Cost-Out program
Leading the continuous improvement mechanism to reduce EU L&E YoY cost through optimization and cost-reduction programs such as optimize existing resources and assets utilization, maximize capacity, increase efficiency, enable smarter investments and reduce unnecessary costs.
April 2021 - October 2021
Head Of Digital Transformation BUIR,Autostrade per l'ItaliaRoma, Italy
Leading transformation and digitalization projects of the Business Unit "Ingegneria & Realizzazione". Main tools: ServiceNow, Salesforce, Sap, Primavera P6Functionally leading a team of 3 Senior Project Managers
June 2019 - April 2021
Project Manager PMO, Bridgestone Corp.Roma, Italy
Project/Program Manager and PMO of cross functional and strategic EMIA and Global projects. Principal focus on Digital Transformation projects, new sensors and predictive algorithms, internal processes digitalization and simulations. Portfolio Management of the Portfolio R&D EMIA.
September 2018 - May 2019
Business Delivery Consultant, SimCorp
Copenhagen, Denmark
Business Development and Sales of the SimCorp Validation & Testing service. End-to-end responsible, being the client facing part of SimCorp`s Professional Services organization, for Procurement and Project Management activities, such as estimating, pricing, managing and delivering V&T services to clients globally in an Agile fashion.
April 2017 - August 2018
Management Engineer, General Motors Fin.
Roma, Italy
Improving internal processes through optimization & automation, leading business design changes and transformation projects. Setting up and delivering best practice PM systems & controls. Ensuring financial integrity through Dealers' credit review and Assets risk management. Guaranteeing operational premises managing integration with the new Customer Service Vendor.
June 2016 - March 2017
Project Manager, Nordea Bank
Copenhagen, Denmark
Leading and coordinating project teams throughout the development of the project "IT Risk Platform & FRTB", key project of the Group Simplification and Change department of Nordea Risk Market. Coordinating & managing all project activities and ensuring project deliverables were achieved to plan. Setting up and managing budget, KPIs, project resources and forecasts. Preparing project control procedures, plans, reports, best practices and systems. Promoting Agile culture in line with program PMO
August 2012 - June 2016
Project Management Engineer, Statoil ASA
Oslo, Stavanger, Norway
Project Management Engineer of the Project Control department. PMO member of many Oil&Gas projects, from Business Conception and Development to delivery to Operations, through Planning phase, Feed Engineering and Execution Phase. During the years in Statoil I have been Lead Planner, Lead Project Cost Controller, Project Control Manager, managing project progress, monitoring and reporting, stakeholders, among others.
Education and Certification
Competencies and achievements
PMP Project Management Professional
PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner
Prince2 Practitioner
MSP Managing Successful Programs
IELTS C1 English Level
M.Sc. in Engineering Project Management, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Bachelor in Engineering Management, Università  degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia
Executive Programme Module in Finance - Controlling and Planning, Luiss Business School, Roma Italia
Competencies
Project Management - Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid
Program Management
Portfolio Management
Business Development, Digital Transformation, Process Excellence
Stakeholder Management, Communication, Team motivation,Planning and Control, Reporting, Project Integration, Scope Cost and Schedule control, among others
"If you want to achieve something you have never achieved, you must do something you never did"
Thomas Jefferson