Jacopo Mazzolin

Current

Director Human Resources & Talent Acquisition - International at ITT
Director at KONI BV

Past

Director Talent Acquisition & HR Change Management, EMEA at ITT
HR Director - R&CW, EMEA at ITT
Deputy HR Director - Operations, EMEA at Whirlpool Europe

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Education

Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia

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Jacopo Mazzolin’s Summary

HR leader and strategic business partner with + 15 years experience as a generalist and specialist working at the Senior Executive and C-Suite levels for large global public companies mostly within the manufacturing sector. Significant professional background and proven track record in driving performance and results and aligning HR strategies and organization to achieve business objectives as to business turnaround, change management & process improvement. Strong attitude in bridging the business dynamics with the related human capital requirements. Balance between strategic vision and implementation skills, with strong focus on details, execution and results across cultures and countries.
Extensive range of professional skills acquired within structured, multinational and multisites environments as well as international working experience across Europe, Russia/CIS, MEA, recently USA and China based out of Switzerland and Italy.
- Great leadership and ethical reputation with high energy level, empathy, enthusiasm and sense of urgency;
- Ability to fit and perform in a passion-driven, fast-paced, evolving yet performance-driven environment;
- Excellent communication and negotiating skills, assertive with an open straightforward style;
- Hands-on, initiative taking, proactive attitude to "make things happen";
- Adept at dealing with ambiguity and navigating organizations.

Jacopo Mazzolin’s Specialties:

- Talent Acquisition and Executive Staffing
- Talent Management and Leadership Development
- Organizational Effectiveness/Organizational Development
- Employee Engagement and Empowerment
- Strategic Communications
- Merge and Acquisitions (Divestiture, Due Diligence & Business Integration)
- Change Management & Organizational Transformation
- Strategic Restructuring of Workforce
- Employee and Labor Relations
- Compensation & Benefits

Jacopo Mazzolin’s Experience

Director Human Resources & Talent Acquisition - International

ITT

(Public Company; ITT; Defense & Space industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

The role has full accountability for HR leadership supporting internationally the Motion Technologies business unit and specifically in the emerging markets.
Reporting to the BU President and the F&MC Group VP HR, he is also responsible for all human resources activities for the following sites: Oud-Beijerland (Netherlands), Ostrava (Czech Republic), Bad Camberg (Germany), Villeneuve-Loubet (France), Wuxi (China), Novi (MI) and Hebron (KY) in the USA. In addition he is the business unit HR interface for ITT China & India organization in light of its further plans of expansion in the Asia Pacific region. The role has as well HR accountability for the Motion Technologies Global Headquarters in Lainate (Milan - Italy).
Being responsible for the BU talent acquisition process too, he also continues to drive and lead this effort by providing access to suppliers and guidance on staffing/recruiting strategies for the F&MC group business units in the EMEA region.
ITT is a hi-tech engineering and manufacturing global enterprise with 40,000 associates in 55 countries. In 2008 its 2 business segments generated US$ 11.7 billion revenues. The ITT Fluid & Motion Control Group (7 business units) accounts for US$ 5.5 billion revenues and 20,000 employees. Within the F&MC Group, Motion Technologies designs and manufactures friction pads and back plates for braking applications (Friction Technologies) as well as shock absorbers and dampers (Koni) for the world's largest manufacturers of cars, trucks, trailers, buses, light commercial vehicles and railways. The BU has also a strong presence in the automotive and public transportation after market. Motion Technologies services most of the global automotive and public transportation OEM and OES and also operates as a substantial facility for R&D and testing of new materials with 4 Technology Centers in Italy, Netherlands, Germany and USA. The BU employs 2,200 associates having consolidated revenues in 2008 of US$ 700 mln.
Director

KONI BV

(Public Company; Automotive industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

In addition he has been appointed as fully empowered Member of the Board of Directors at KONI BV, the ITT Dutch legal entity (2008 revenues of US$ 115 mln, 570 employees).

Jacopo Mazzolin’s Education

Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia

BA and MSc , Contemporary History (Economic History major) , 1986 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Professional Training & Development
- HR Strategies (PWC Consulting), Feb. 2000.
- Enterprise Competitiveness (HAY Group), June 2001.
- Advanced Leadership (Team Training Intl.), Dec. 2001.
- Effective Management (Team Training Intl.) Feb. 2002.
- Double digit OGP (Zyman Group), Jan. 2003.
- HR Leadership for Global Competition (IMD, Lausanne), Jan. 2004.
- Developing Talent Globally (IMD, Lausanne), Oct. 2005.
- Six-Sigma & Lean (Whirlpool Corporate University, Chicago), June 2006.