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Silvia  Cignini

Silvia Cignini

Summary

Solid sales and customer development professional with a proven track record of driving growth, co-create and executing robust, impactful strategies customer and consumer oriented.

Attitude to integrate teamwork skills, curiosity, and a broad perspective that has been instrumental in role expansion to become a mentor, coach, and being a supportive buddy.

I move with agility in a challenging environment, continuously learning and adapting, cultivating trust for a stronger growth impact.

My approach is analytical and focused on insights, data-driven decision making.

I believe in the importance of exploring new ways of working, while remaining strongly committed to deliver bold results by combining strategy with effective, hands-on organization. Natural leader experienced in driving great team successes by coaching and motivating team members to increase financial profitability, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Record of performance in meeting organizational objectives. Excellent interpersonal skills, to work well with others, in both supervisory and support staff roles.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Key Customer Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2016.04 - Current

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Customer Strategy Management:

_Achieve profit and SoM targets by defining, developing and implementing customer focused plans

_Negotiate with an outstanding win-win approach to guarantee smooth agreements

_Seek creative solutions via data-driven and insights to adjust the strategy, anticipate challenges and catch stretch goals

_Coordinate MH field team to ensure flawless in-store execution

  • Revenue Growth, Financials and Planning:

_Analyze and monitor sell-out, pricing, volume and value SoM, and share findings, insights and recommendations

_Identify opportunities to grow business increasing revenue by pricing and mix, managing customer P&L

_Provide accurate volume and cost planning

  • Omnichannel and Retail Media:

_Facilitate smooth integration of social, e-com, website, search with in-store and media

_Work closely with Marketing, Retail Execution, Finance, Planning to influence activation plans and create opportunities

  • Relationship and Values Management:

_Build trust and maintain the highest engagement level both on internal and external stakeholders

_Lead and mentor junior account managers and support staff, ignite and foster a collaborative team environment

_Drive the Change being champion in Diversity and Inclusion and leading “Be Courageous, Foster Creativity and Build Trust” project

  • Ensure strict compliance with all policies and ethical standards

Key Customer Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2011.07 - 2016.03

Key Account Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2001.03 - 2011.06

People Development Jr Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
1998.08 - 2001.02

Education

MBA - Master in Gestione Integrata Di Impresa

CUOA Business School
Altavilla Vicentina (VI)

Bachelor of Arts -

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata
Roma

Skills

  • Clear business understanding and broad perspective approach
  • Robust negotiator, with commercial and financial acumen and pricing expertise
  • Analytical and data driven decision maker
  • Solution and Result Oriented
  • Agile in build relationships and mutual trust across internal and external stakeholders
  • Strong team worker determined to spread a culture of caring, inclusion, belonging and empowerment
  • Pragmatic working style approach across functions and ability to adapt to a challenging landscape.
  • Mentoring, coaching, Learning with curiosity and digitally savvy

Certification

  • Data Literacy & Analytics Academy Onboarding|Data & AI - Explorer
  • Gen AI for Business|Data & AI - Champion
  • 2023 Total Digital Certification


Languages

Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Senior Key Customer Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2016.04 - Current

Key Customer Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2011.07 - 2016.03

Key Account Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
2001.03 - 2011.06

People Development Jr Manager

Colgate Palmolive Commerciale Srl
1998.08 - 2001.02

MBA - Master in Gestione Integrata Di Impresa

CUOA Business School

Bachelor of Arts -

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata
  • Data Literacy & Analytics Academy Onboarding|Data & AI - Explorer
  • Gen AI for Business|Data & AI - Champion
  • 2023 Total Digital Certification


Silvia Cignini