Patrizia Meda

About Patrizia Meda

15+ years of experience in Luxury fashion industry & Retail operations in Europe, South East Asia Pacific regions and US.International and multi-brand dynamic and fast-paced changing context.Center on business improvements to support financial business efficiency and business change.Experience in change management projects involving organization, information systems, business approach.Finance process lead for SAP FMS ERP implementation project during all its lifecycle.Significant experience in financial and management reporting, budgeting and forecast development, tight deadlines.Focus on business growth and analysis oriented to strategic business decisions.Career roles include project management, strategy consulting, process improvement, teams\' coordination, multiple financial duties.Proven skills in senior management support, operations, and executive communications.Recruit, training and coaching. Fostering team development.Flexible, dedicated, proactive, multitasking, detailed oriented and hands on, foster great teamwork.Italian and US citizenships

Experience

1. Director, Business Improvement & Adoption - Americas

   Gucci

   Feb 2020 — Present · NY, US

   Newly created role based in New York and reporting to the Gucci Americas Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, aimed to identify and prioritize current and future opportunities and requirements for enhanced returns introducing or revisiting current business processes and operational practices supported by new IT and technological solutions. Coordination with global/regional Gucci and Kering stakeholders to build and manage relationships with cross functional departments and business heads. Maintain alignment to Company strategies and business goals.Coordination and guidance of external functional consultants on cross-functional projects. Identification of risks and ensure development and execution of mitigation strategies.Identification of training needs and development of ad-hoc adoption solutions strategies. Facilitate on-boarding of new users. Internal communication campaigns.

Education

• Liceo Scientifico Statale "G.B.Grassi", Lecco

  Scientific High School

  1987 — 1992

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

  Bachelor, Economics

  1992 — 1998

Skills

• Financial Analysis
• Merchandising
• Luxury Goods
• Luxury
• Retail
• Forecasting
• Fashion
• Wholesale
• Trend Analysis
• Apparel
• Finance
• Trend
• Brand Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Marketing Strategy
• Management
• Watches