BPI · Operational Excellence · Digital Transformation

Michele
Mengana

Business Process Improvement

I don't just manage processes — I redesign them through digital transformation.
From Céline/LVMH to any system ready to stop wasting potential.

Ultra-tech luxury bag
Digital Craft · Future Luxury
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00 / About
Michele Mengana
M. Mengana · Profile

From raw data
to systemic excellence

5+
Progressive roles
LVMH
Reference group
PLM
Key User Centric
Processes to improve

I built my career inside Céline, one of the most demanding luxury leather goods ateliers in the world. Every role was a deliberate choice to raise the bar: from data analysis to PLM engineering, from change management to multi-plant Operational Excellence, with digital transformation as the common thread of every innovation.

My approach is as technical as it is strategic: I enter systems, understand where value dissipates, and design lasting solutions. Lean, digital, artisanal — they are not opposites. They are the same thing, done well. Digitalization is not an add-on: it is the way to rethink every process.

Now I seek contexts where I can build something that truly changes how an organization works, at the intersection of process improvement and digital transformation.

01 / Experience
March 2026 — Present
Operational Excellence
Céline · Strada in Chianti (FI) · Multi-plant
  • Active cross-functional role serving all departments — production, quality, industrialization, supply chain — with a focus on digitalization and continuous improvement
  • Centralized cross-plant repair management system
  • End-to-end digitalization of PLM/ERP waiver workflows
  • Visual Management deployment across all lines
  • Lean & Kaizen projects: OEE, takt time, line balancing
  • Coaching operational teams on structured problem solving
  • Team member for business-side development of the new MES on plant floors in collaboration with the IT team
Lean Visual Mgmt OEE Cross-plant Digital Transformation MES
January 2024 — February 2026
Industrialization Data Expert
Céline · Strada in Chianti (FI)
  • ECM workflow on Centric PLM with real-time notifications
  • Official PLM Key User for Quality and Industrialization departments
  • Digital "product book" library — best practice catalogue
  • CIPP project — digitalization of pattern-making workflows
  • Power BI KPI Cockpit — operational decision-making
  • Continuous Centric PLM training for internal teams
  • Business-side development and post go-live PLM integration of the supplier portal (receipt BOM and technical documentation for production), managing business requirements, functional testing, and system alignment
Centric PLM Power BI ECM Key User PLM Supplier Portal
May 2023 — December 2023
Industrialization Specialist
Céline · Strada in Chianti (FI)
  • BOM management for industrialization samples on PLM/ERP
  • End-to-end ECR/ECO with cross-functional governance
  • Advanced KPIs: OEE, First Time Right, lead time
  • Lean and cross-functional digitalization projects
  • Development in Excel (Power Query and Power BI) of a dedicated tool for spare parts repair management for the After Sales department
BOM ECR/ECO First Time Right Power Query After Sales
November 2022 — May 2023
Industrialization Intern
Céline · Strada in Chianti (FI)
  • Monitoring of finished product industrialization KPIs
  • Documentation of work instructions and quality control
  • Participation in lean and workflow digitalization projects
KPI Work Instructions Lean Intro
October 2020 — December 2021
University Tutor
University of Florence · Design Campus
  • Support and mentoring for students in administrative and academic university practices
  • Review and mentoring of student projects
  • Specialized support in 3D modeling and photo manipulation
  • Relational management and coordination of working groups: empathy, active listening, and ability to guide people toward shared goals
Mentoring 3D Modeling People Management Empathy
02 / Education
2010 — 2015
High School Diploma
ITE F. Scarpellini — Business Information Systems
Sep 2015 — Dec 2018
Bachelor's Degree
University of Florence — Industrial Design
GRADE: 108/110
Jan 2019 — Apr 2022
Master's Degree
University of Florence — Fashion System Design
GRADE: 110/110 CUM LAUDE
03 / Skills
[PLM]
Systems & Data
Mastery of systems governing the product throughout its entire lifecycle, with a strong orientation toward digitalization.
Centric PLM
JD Edwards / ERP
Power BI
Microsoft 365
[ECM]
Process Engineering
Design and governance of industrial processes in high-complexity contexts, with a focus on digital transformation.
Engineering Change Mgmt
BOM Management
Work Instructions
Process Digitalization
[OEE]
Operational Excellence
Methodologies to eliminate waste and maximize value in complex production systems, driving digitalization.
Lean Manufacturing
Kaizen / 5S
Visual Management
OEE & Takt Time
[KPI]
Analytics & Reporting
From raw data to decision: dashboards, cockpits, and KPIs that guide management toward operational excellence.
Power BI Dashboard
KPI Design
Root Cause Analysis
Performance Monitoring
[CAD]
Design & Multimedia
Cross-cutting skills in CAD software, 3D modeling, photo manipulation, and generative AI for multimedia content.
AutoCAD · Rhino 3D · CLO 3D
Mozart
Adobe Creative Cloud
AI Prompting & Gen Media
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Leadership & Training
Ability to train, guide, and bridge technical data and operational people, with empathy and vision.
PLM Training & Coaching
Cross-functional Collab.
Change Management
Stakeholder Management
04 / Key Projects
— 001
EXCEVIA — Digital Waivers
Ad hoc developed tool for total digitalization of finished product production waiver management. Replaced paper/Excel flow with a tracked, automated, and integrated system that eliminates information loss and speeds up approval times.
▸ Total digitalization · Traceability · Workflow automation
— 002
CIPP — Continuous Improvement Pattern Project
Strategic project designed and developed from scratch to digitalize and optimize pattern-making and industrialization workflows. Lead time reduction, redundancy elimination, creation of replicable patterns across all product families.
▸ Digitalization · Lead time reduction · Scalability
— 003
KPI Cockpit Power BI — Industrialization
Advanced dashboard for real-time monitoring of performance, lead time, quality, yield, and scrap. Became the main operational and managerial decision-making tool for the department.
▸ Real-time monitoring · Decision support · Management reporting
— 004
ECM Workflow on Centric PLM
Design and configuration of the entire Engineering Change Management system on Centric PLM, with multi-channel automatic notification integration. Every change tracked, approved, and communicated in real time.
▸ Traceability · Automation · Zero-delay communication
— 005
Digital Library "Product Book"
Design and implementation of a digital library of manufacturing best practices by product family. Shared technical history ensuring production consistency and accelerating the industrialization of new variants.
▸ Knowledge management · Consistency · Onboarding speed
— 006
Supplier Portal PLM — Post Go-Live
Business-side development and integration of the post go-live PLM supplier portal, where suppliers receive BOM and technical documentation for production. Management of functional requirements, cross-team alignment, testing, and continuous data flow optimization.
▸ Supplier integration · Data flow · Business-IT alignment
05 / AI Enthusiast
Fascinated by
intelligence, real or artificial.
Always exploring · Always learning

I believe AI is much more than a tool: it is a new form of collaborative thinking. It does not replace human judgment — it amplifies it, challenges it, accelerates it.

I am constantly immersed in the AI ecosystem, from LLMs to autonomous agents, from code generation to structured reasoning. I seek to understand not only how they work, but how they can be integrated into real processes to create measurable value.

Technical curiosity is my engine: prompt engineering, workflow orchestration, intelligent automation — every day is an experiment. Because the future doesn't wait. And I don't intend to either.

Large Language Models Prompt Engineering AI Agents Workflow Automation Code Generation Reasoning & Planning Human-AI Collaboration Continuous Learning
Neural Network
Neural Network · Active
06 / Philosophy
Mr. Wolf
Winston Wolf · Pulp Fiction · 1994
"I solve problems."
— Winston Wolf, Pulp Fiction (1994)

There is a character who has always represented my approach to work better than any job title. Mr. Wolf does not panic. He enters, analyzes, prioritizes, acts. No drama, no excuses — just solutions.

In the factory, facing an out-of-control waiver, an urgent ECO, or a process jamming three hours before shipment — that is exactly the mindset needed. Calm, method, speed.

It is not arrogance. It is preparation. I know the systems, I know the data, I know where to look. When the problem arrives, I am already halfway to the solution.

Calm under pressure Root cause first No drama, only solutions Always one step ahead
Let's build
something that lasts.

I am not looking for a place to execute. I am looking for a context where I can truly change how things work.