Riccardo Ferrante
About Riccardo Ferrante
Riccardo Ferrante is a Senior Project Program Manager at Procter & Gamble in Bruxelles, Belgium, with extensive experience in project management and engineering.
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Riccardo Ferrante holds the position of Senior Project Program Manager at Procter & Gamble. He has been in this role since 2020. In this capacity, Riccardo oversees complex project initiatives, maintaining schedules, budgets, and resource allocation.
Experience at Procter & Gamble
Riccardo Ferrante's career at Procter & Gamble spans multiple roles. From 2016 to 2018, he worked as a Plant Process Engineer in Bruxelles, where he focused on process improvements. He then transitioned to a Project Manager role from 2018 to 2020, before becoming the Senior Project Program Manager in 2020. His current responsibilities include managing major sustainability initiatives and other large-scale projects.
Previous Internships
Before his full-time roles, Riccardo Ferrante gained valuable experience through internships. He interned at Toyota Motor Europe from 2015 to 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Additionally, he had a three-month internship at Servomat Steigler Vertriebs und Beratungs GmbH in Ulma, Germany, in 2014, which provided him with early insights into engineering practices.
Education and Expertise
Riccardo Ferrante's educational background is rooted in mechanical engineering. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) from Politecnico di Milano, completing his studies between 2010 and 2016. Additionally, he participated in an Erasmus project at Universidad de Oviedo from 2012 to 2013. His solid academic foundation supports his expertise in project management and engineering.
Major Projects
A notable project managed by Riccardo Ferrante at Procter & Gamble was a $30 million sustainability project at the Urlati plant in Romania. He was responsible for overseeing the project's entire process, from design to execution, achieving record timings in site execution and start-up. His role included end-to-end schedule, budget, and resource allocation management.