1. Mrs Cinzia Cosentino | Address: Via Pagoda Bianca, 58 - 00144 Rome (Italy) | Phone: +39-3471728138 | E-mail: cosentino.c@pg.com
Cinzia Cosentino - Curriculum Vitae
Date/Place of Birth: 20.06.1982 in Catanzaro
Nationality: Italian
Marital Status: single
Address:Via Pagoda Bianca 58, 00144 Roma (Italy)
Tel: +39 347/1728138 (mobile)
E-mail: cosentino.c@pg.com
Career Summary
July ’15-today Procter & Gamble - Oral Care Category Marketing Director (managing a
multifunctional team of 20 people and 5 direct reportees) on 5 brands (Oral
B/AZ/Kukident/Fluocaril/Parogencil) for Italy/Spain/Portugal –
Rome/Madrid/Lisbon
Oct ’14-July ’15 Procter & Gamble - Oral Care Category Marketing Director (managing a
multifunctional team of 12 people and 3 direct reportees) on 3 brands (Oral
B/AZ/Kukident) across 6 channels (Mass Market/Elettro
stores/Pharmacies/Discount/Beauty Channels/E-commerce) – Rome (Italy)
Jan ‘12-Oct ’14 Procter & Gamble - Pure Communication Brand Manager on all Health and
Beauty care P&G brands (Gillette/Oral-B/AZ/Kukident/Pantene/Herbal
Essences/Braun/Olaz/Max Factor/Vicks/Clear Blue) for the Italian/Spanish/Portugal
markets. I managed a multifunctional team of 10 people and 1 direct reportee –
Rome/Madrid/Lisbon
July ‘10-Dec ’11 Procter & Gamble - Trade Marketing Brand Manager (promoted), Sales
Department (1 reportee) – Rome/Milan (Italy)
May ‘08-June ’10 Procter & Gamble - Senior Assistant Brand Manager on Oral-B and Kukident
for Italian market – Rome (Italy)
March ‘06-April ’08 Procter & Gamble - Assistant Brand Manager on ACE Bleach – Rome (Italy)
June ‘05-Dec ‘05 Procter & Gamble - Internship as ACE and Fairy junior Assistant Brand Manager
– Rome (Italy)
Education
2001/2006 Second degree in management at ‘Ecole Normal Superieure/Scuola Normale Superiore’ of
Pisa for Applied Sciences. Ranked 2nd out of 700 participants in the Admission Phase (32
admitted) – Pisa (Italy)
July/Aug ’02 Business School – London (UK)
2001/2006 ‘Magna cum Laude’ Degree in Economic (3 years) and Marketing/Marketing Researches (2
years) – Pisa (Italy)
1999/2000 Winner of a scholarship for a three months cultural exchange at Scientific High School –
Cortegaça (Portugal)
Other qualifications
July ’14-today Recruiting Responsible for Marketing Department of Procter & Gamble Italy
Jan ’12-today Training responsible for Procter & Gamble in the area of Influencing/Leadership (3
courses/year)
July ’07 European award for the best business results in last 3years on ACE Bleach Procter & Gamble
2002/2004 Events’ Organizer at ‘Ecole Normal Superieure’ of Pisa (i.e. I led the organization of
academic courses with previous Ecole Normal students like Gianni Letta or Tiziano Terzani)
Languages skills
Italian: mother tongue English: excellent Spanish: good
Personal Interests
My biggest passion is travelling and I’m free-lance organizer of backpacking travels around the
word. I visited in this way countries like Vietnam, Cambogia, Sulawesi, Giacarta, India, Tanzania.
I’m addicted into reading and discovering new cultures, ‘grabbing’ them via my photos.
2. Mrs Cinzia Cosentino | Address: Via Pagoda Bianca, 58 - 00144 Rome (Italy) | Phone: +39-3471728138 | E-mail: cosentino.c@pg.com
Work Experience
July ’15-today - Oral Care Category Marketing Director for Italy, Spain and Portugal – P&G
After 5 years of All Time High results as Brand manager in Italy, I have been promoted taking the leadership
of other 2 countries (Spain and Portugal). Oral Care category is the third most important business of Procter
& Gamble South Europe (Italy/Spain/Portugal) in terms of Revenues and the most strategic, being
impressively expandable (percentage of consumers already using Electric toothbrushes and Denture
Adhesives is very low) and profitable (2 times P&G average). Additionally, it is considered the most
complex, due to the number of brands (Oral B/AZ/Kukident/Fluocaril/Parogencil) and channels involved
(Mass Market channels/Elettro stores/Pharmacies/Discount/Beauty Channels/E-commerce).
Importantly, I had the responsibility to manage the biggest ever competitive challenge of last 10 years on
P&G oral care brands, led by GSK. The under-pressure brand was Kukident, the most profitable P&G brand:
4 times more that P&G average.
Main responsibilities:
Direct accountability on Oral Care Category Revenues, P&L and Marketing Budget
Management of a multi-functional team with 5 Marketing Managers, 6 Sales people, 1 Finance
Manager, 2 Logistic Managers, 2 Legal experts, 9 executional managers (areas: In
store/Media/DTC/PR/Dentists Programs/Scientific Information)
Development of Brand/Portfolio Strategy
Development of media strategies, plans, and buying
Trade Marketing Strategies, including Promotional and Distribution plans
PR Strategies and Educational Strategies with Dentists
Management of advertising, web and media agencies
Main Achievements:
Category Revenue growth: +5%, above target and country results; +13MM€ of extra turnover (35%
of the tot extra turnover produced in P&G Italy/Spain/Portugal)
Oral Care South Europe Value Shares growth: +0.5ppts (now at 27.7%)
Doubled the Oral-B Electric toothbrush users (now 15% of tot population in Italy and 25% in Spain)
All Time High Market Share for Oral-B Paste Spain, become the second paste brand in Spain after
Colgate (with 13% of Value Share)
Oral-B and AZ become the most used brands respectively in Spain and Italy by dentists
Increased of 4ppts Kukident users (now at 20% of tot denture wearers population) and share coming
back to grow after the completive escalation
June 2005 – July 2015: Procter & Gamble, Marketing Manager – Italy/Spain/Portugal
I have done a successful career path in Procter & Gamble, with several different responsibilities within
Home Care and Health & Beauty Care Divisions. I worked as Assistant Brand Manager in the Marketing
department before being promoted in record time (4 years). As Brand manager I asked to have a special
assignment in Sales as Trade Marketing Manager for all P&G Brands in Carrefour and Metro, in order to do
both a consumer and BTB customer experience. After about 1.5 years, I was back in Marketing Department
with a special assignment (just created in that moment) in Pure Communication where I had the possibility to
work on all Health & Beauty brands and directly manage external agencies and Media vendors. Finally, I
came back to Marketing Brand Management working on Oral Care Italy.
Main responsibilities:
Development of media strategies, plans, and buying on Ace and Oral Care brands in Italy
Trade Marketing Strategies, including Promotional/Distribution plans on Ace and Oral Care brands
PR Strategies and Management of advertising, web and media agencies on Ace and Oral Care brands
Management of pure Communication Plans for all Health & Beauty brands (Media/In store/PR)
Management of sales & marketing plans for all P&G brands in Carrefour (1 of the 3 top customers in
Italy), Metro (Main BTB retailer in Italy)
Main Achievements:
All Time High Market Share for Ace in Italy
P&G Revenue growth in Carrefour (+2%) after years of loss, Metro (+5) above country results