Special Keynote Speaker: Jenny Zanotti

When: 20 May at 17:30, streaming on Zoom from Executive Center, USI

Jenny Zanotti, Corporate Director, Giuseppe Zanotti “How to put creativity in order in a fashion company?”
Without creativity there is no innovation, but it’s essential to maintain order through skillful management.

GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI S.p.A.

For almost a quarter of a century, Giuseppe Zanotti has mesmerized the worlds of fashion, music and entertainment with his signature mix of Italian allure and contemporary glamour. What began with a collection of perfectly balanced, gorgeously embellished heels has grown into one of the premiere luxury houses. From the red carpet to the runway to the street, his shoes are coveted by women the world over for their modern femininity.
Initially began as a footwear brand, nowadays Zanotti also offers small leather goods, handbags and more recently, ready-to-wear (which Zanotti likes to refer to as “leather-to-wear”)

Jenny Zanotti

Graduated in 2002 in Economics and Management at University of Bologna, with a MA in Business at Trinity College in Dublin. Her core competences are related to general management, organization and distribution in the fashion and luxury industry.
Serving as Retail and Ecommerce Director of Giuseppe Zanotti from 2010 to 2017, she managed to develop the retail and ecommerce business during a period of great expansion, supervising store openings in Italy, Spain, France, UK, Germany, USA and Middle East, while moving the  website in-house in 2015 and finally integrating it with the retail.
Since 2017, she is Corporate Director of Zanotti, overseeing Finance and Control, HR, Organization and IT at group level.

Zoom Link

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67014304469

Meeting ID: 670 1430 4469
Passcode: 123

Book your place: emba@usi.ch

Come and spend a day at the Executive Center and discover our Executive MBA course.

Take advantage of this opportunity to experience an exceptional taste of the program, to discover the campus, the Executive Center, to get to know the professors and EMBA team.

Special Keynote Speaker: 

When: 20 May (17:30)

Jenny Zanotti, Corporate Director, Giuseppe Zanotti  “How to put creativity in order in luxury”

Course: OPERATION MANAGEMENT

When: 21, 22 May 2022 (08:30 – 17:30)

Where: USI, Executive Center, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13,6900 Lugano

Professor Paulo Gonçalves

Professor of Operations Management at USI.
PhD (MIT Sloan), M. Sc. (MIT), M. Sc. (USP), B. Sc. (ITA).

Course Description

During this session, your managerial skills will be tested through challenging questions regarding operational management issues applied to real world situations. You shouldn’t be scared though, as it will turn into a funny and stimulating experience, thanks to an interesting simulation on management education created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The game is top secret… however we can tell you that beer will be part of it. If you would like to know the rest… come and discover it for yourself.

This course addresses the management of operations in manufacturing and service organizations. It introduces the concepts and techniques related to the design, planning, control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations. Operations Management is a vast subject and several possible topics could be covered in class, emphasis will be placed on practical tools that can aid decision-making.

Program overview and structure

First day:

1. Operations role in competitive advantage
2. Process design
3. Demand forecasting
4. Capacity management

Second day:

1. Inventory management
2. Supply chain management
3. Supply chain design

Book your place: emba@usi.ch

Chanel: marketing, branding & digitalization

Guest speaker: Ms. Bérengère Chardier, Head of Digital Europe, Chanel, Paris.
USI Degree: Communication, 2005

Expert in luxury branding, she has 15 years of experience in digital, luxury & e-commerce in leading groups in the fashion sector, as Yoox, Net-à-porter and Ralph Lauren.

Introduced by:

• Prof. Luca M. Visconti, Director Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy
• Ksenia Silchenko, Post-doc, Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society

When: February 11, 17:30

Where: on MS Teams

About Chanel

Chanel is a privately held company owned by Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, grandsons of Pierre Wertheimer, who was an early business partner of Coco Chanel. Its products cover clothes, fragrances, handbags and watches. The brand is most famous for its “little black dress”, the Chanel No. 5 perfume and the Chanel Suit. Karl Lagerfeld joined Chanel as its creative director in 1983 and continued in the role until his death in February. China is the second biggest market, after the U.S., for Chanel’s beauty business. The U.S, China and France represent one-third of Chanel’s sales.

To register, email us: emba@usi.ch

Financial Performance Measurements and their use

When: 18 -19 December (08:30 – 17:30)

Where: USI Executive Center, Blue Room

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This course provides the necessary information and tools to understand accounting performance measurement and their use in management. Successful completion of this course will result in improved financial agility and higher awareness of the effect of use of financial measures in decision making, control, and learning processes.

In terms of skill objectives, the participant will gain:

• A better command of “language of accounting”, and of the main Key Financial Indicators
• the ability to access financial strenghts and weaknesses
• the awareness about the strengths and limitations of financial accounting measurements both
    – for financial markets (external financial communication)
    – or management (internal financial communication) understanding their effects on management behavior and decision making e.g. the manager myopia problem
• an understanding of how to design and use integrated performance measurement systems (balanced scorecard design and use)

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Come join us at the Executive Center Saturday 18 and Sunday 19

Limited places, book now at emba@usi.ch