SupplyChain Magazine December 2020 | Page 129

EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Michele Palumbo Title : Head of Supply Chain Management Italy Location : Milano , Lombardy , Italy

Since 2017 Michele Palumbo has been Head of Supply Chain Management Italy at Bayer S . p . A . He started working for Bayer in 2010 to source logistics and distributive services for the group in Italy and he implemented important strategic and more operational projects in the remit of the life science industry .
Summa graduate from Bocconi with a research empirical thesis on circular economy and majored at Polytechnics of Milan in industrial management , he joined the SDA Bocconi faculty where he designed and coordinated managerial logistics training for the technology and production department .
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After collaborating with some management consulting companies , he took on the role of innovation and logistics manager in the business services department of the pharma-chemical group , Hoechst , in Italy . Then he was responsible for central logistics services in one of the leading pharma wholesalers in Italy , Comifar-Phoenix Group .
He is Adjunct Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Catholic University of Milan and faculty member of Il Sole 24 Ore Business School .
“ A serial innovator ”, as a manager and academic , he offers a multifaceted perspective able to create value in different contexts thanks to technologically advanced , sustainable and efficient solutions .
Empathic and altruistic , intellectually curious and a visionary , he has a large family and ever since he has been involved in charitable initiatives . He is a board member of the Italian Food Aid Foundation . supplychaindigital . com