Raffaele Merola

Business Development Executive

Milan, Lombardy, Italy23 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in market expansion across EMEA.
  • Proven track record in enhancing brand presence.
  • Strong leadership in last-mile delivery solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing and Business Development expert in the Out-of-Home advertising industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesBusiness DevelopmentMarketing

Other Skills

Marketing IntelligenceCustomer InsightBusiness Model InnovationCustomer ExperienceBrandingForecastingBudgetsAuditingMarket ResearchAnalysisManagementSupply ChainStrategic PlanningFinanceBusiness Planning

About

At 3M, I lead market expansion efforts across EMEA, supporting companies that want to enhance their brand presence in the Out-of-Home (OOH) space—whether through EV infrastructure, parcel lockers, or last-mile delivery fleets. With advanced 3M film solutions, we help customers protect their assets while creating high-impact, personalized branding. From enhancing visibility to ensuring durability, our technologies offer a unique combination of aesthetics, protection, and reliability helping businesses reduce upkeep costs, increase brand impact, and keep operations running smoothly across every customer touchpoint. If this speaks to you, let’s connect: rmerola@mmm.com Explore our solutions: www.3m.com

Experience

23 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
19 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

3m

8 roles

EMEA Business Development Manager

Promoted

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Responsible for driving business growth at 3M for the Commercial Branding & Transportation Division.
  • Build a pipeline of new opportunities for our graphic film portfolio, with a clear focus on our priority segments: Commercial Building, Personal Auto, Fleet, Rail, Transportation Infrastructure.
  • Currently exploring opportunities within the 2 following vertical segments:
  • Electrical Vehicles infrastructure market: enhancing the customer experience by personalizing, branding, and protecting EV charging stations with innovative 3M graphic films
  • Advancing 3M graphics presence in the Last Mile Delivery space promoting solutions to elevate customer branding at commercial fleets and at parcel box lockers
  • Build relationships with new potential customers to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Research new market opportunities to feed the opportunities hopper.
  • Develop and execute sales strategy by working closely with other functions (i.e.: sales, application engineers, marketing, finance, customer insights) to identify new business opportunities and develop customized solutions, that can drive real impact.
SalesBusiness DevelopmentMarketing IntelligenceCustomer InsightBusiness Model Innovation

EMEA Marketing Manager

Feb 2021Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Commercial Solutions Division

South East Europe Marketing Manager

May 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • South East Europe – Transportation & Electronics Business
  • Responsible for designing the marketing strategy for the whole region (17 countries)
  • Responsible for the management of the 4Ps - marketing mix levers
  • Driving digital campaigns activation (leads management, social selling, awareness)
  • Identifying best coverage models by country (direct, channel, digital, remote)
  • Responsible for maximizing ROI% of advertising budget implementing marketing initiatives

Head of 3M Italy Strategic Key Accounts Organization

Apr 2018Mar 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

Sales

Access Point - Sales and Marketing Manager

Nov 2016Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Leading 3M Italy "Hardware and Tool Supply" organization (#25 people)
  • Accomplishing marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action plans.
  • Leading the industrial channel change innovating the way to market by providing selected growth programs specifically dedicated to classified groups of dealers
  • Meeting marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions
  • Achieving marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans
Sales

Industrial Adhesives & Tapes - Italy Marketing Manager

Nov 2012Oct 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Leading a group of 9 product managers
  • Developing strategic campaigns for new product launches and existing products
  • Leading nurturing, tradeshows, collateral, and other sales support tools
  • Performing market research and competitive analysis that leads to actionable insight
  • Consistently working to better understand key customer segments and their pain points
  • Developing marketing promotions and plans both at trade and end-users levels
  • Planning marketing activities in conjunction with company’s growth plan and working out strategies to execute the plan

Industrial & Transportation Business - Strategic Marketing Manager

May 2011Oct 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Marketing activities coordination with strategic support to Country Business Leader
  • Deep involvement in 3M main planning and execution processes
  • Responsible for the use of X-Matrix and A3 methodology throughout the whole business
  • E-transformation facilitator. New Product Commercialization support.
  • Geo-marketing project management to evaluate opportunities at district level
  • Standard Commercial Policies Review

Business and Manufacturing Financial Analyst

Jan 2007Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Sales, Gross Margin, Price and Cost forecasting and controlling. Business Counseling
  • Monthly closing activities and reporting. Involved in main 3M processes: OP, IGP, Business Portfolio
  • Managing 3 Human Resources

Novartis

Business Planning Analyst

Apr 2004Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Milan Area, Italy

  • Mature Product Business Franchise Controller: sales and cost forecasting and controlling
  • Involved in Budgeting, Strategic Planning, Resource Allocation, Monthly closing reporting processes
  • Conducted analysis on new distribution models to optimize Supply Chain

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Junior Auditor

Jun 2002Mar 2004 · 1 yr 9 mos · Milan Area, Italy

  • Responsible for the audit of strategic BS areas: cash and banks, accounts receivable / payable, inventories
  • Conducted analyses to evaluate SOX compliance
  • Involved in the world consolidation project of Gucci Group NV’s financial statement

Italy-america chamber of commerce southeast, inc

Intern

May 2001Jul 2001 · 2 mos · Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  • Responsible for discovering trade exchange opportunities between Italian and American companies
  • Performed market researches and data analyses to present feasible business opportunities to clients

Education

Università Bocconi

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) — Accounting and Business/Management

Jan 1996Jan 2001

Copenhagen Business School

Business Administration

Jan 1999Jan 1999

Liceo Classico "E.Perito"

Literature

Jan 1991Jan 1996

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