Gian Franco Repetto
Senior Leader, CPM And Business Transformation
London,UK
Summary
Senior delivery and transformation leader with extensive experience driving enterprise-scale CPM, analytics, and SaaS initiatives across multiple industries and global markets. Expert at leading multi-country teams, scaling consulting practices, and delivering high-trust, multi-year programmes that combine strategic, operational, and technology objectives to achieve measurable business impact. Recognised for building capability, restoring at-risk initiatives, and aligning stakeholders across executive, operational, and partner ecosystems.
Overview
3
3
Languages
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Skills
Enterprise delivery leadership
undefinedWork History
Senior Principal / Strategic Customer Advisor
OneStream Software
01.2020 - 10.2025
- Guided enterprise customers across UK and EMEA with ARR portfolios ranging from roughly £200k to £2M, overseeing delivery programmes of £500k–£1.5M over 12–24 months and spanning 4–6 countries.
- Turned around multiple high-risk implementations that had stalled or were close to churn, rebuilding trust after partner-led delivery failures and stabilising programme governance.
- Supported regional growth by aligning sales, delivery, and customer advisory motions, turning complex strategic requirements into actionable solution architectures and commercially sound Statements of Work.
- Mentored consultants and partners, strengthening delivery consistency and raising the overall maturity of the EMEA services ecosystem.
- Influenced major renewal and expansion cycles by reshaping roadmaps, governance, and delivery execution for accounts at risk, directly supporting customer retention.
- Directed cross-functional delivery teams of 3–8 consultants at varying seniority levels, ensuring predictable execution and measurable adoption outcomes.
- Enabled at least five implementation partners through deal support, scoping, mobilisation, and corrective steering. Improved partner delivery quality by helping them avoid common design, staffing, and governance pitfalls.
Director / Solution Architect
Board International
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Oversaw a delivery portfolio of roughly £3M in annual services revenue, managing multiple enterprise planning, BI, and CPM programmes across retail, manufacturing, and EMEA multinationals.
- Partnered closely with sales and product teams to refine scoping, RFx responses, and executive presentations, contributing to accelerated deal cycles and higher-quality delivery mobilisation.
- Improved delivery predictability by evolving the methodology toward a hybrid model tailored for CPM programmes, enhancing visibility, reducing rework, and increasing implementation consistency.
- Recovered a major merchandise planning initiative that had been delivered by a partner and was close to churn. Led a redesign of the Merchandise planning processes, restoring confidence and securing ongoing adoption within a few months.
- Directed a complex integrated BI and CPM programme for a global manufacturing customer, involving high ARR and multi-workstream delivery with both corporate and regional stakeholders.
- Delivered an innovative CPM transformation for a Southern European client, coordinating efforts across two countries and supporting partner delivery capability.
- Led a large integrated business planning (IBP) deployment for a UK-based industrial customer, guiding a team of 3–4 consultants to unify operational, financial, and supply chain planning processes.
- Played a decisive role in closing new business, including a large opportunity worth close to £1M ARR, and similar value in Services, by shaping the solution, scope, and executive engagement.
Country Manager UK / Executive Manager
SDG Group
01.1998 - 01.2016
- Established and scaled the UK and France consulting practices from one consultant to a team of six, building commercial pipelines, delivery capability, and multi-year customer relationships across both markets.
- Built and managed a customer portfolio characterised by high trust, multi-year engagements, and repeat scope, ensuring consistent delivery quality and long-term relationships.
- Led long-term CPM, analytics, and planning transformations for major retail, luxury, manufacturing, and financial services organisations, combining process redesign, technical delivery, and executive advisory.
- Delivered a Fixed Asset register and planning transformation for a leading global manufacturer, directing a four-person team over a 12-month programme and aligning finance and operations stakeholders.
- Managed multiple multi-year CPM and BI programmes for a global luxury group, including redesigning planning, reporting, and analytics processes and leading teams of three to four consultants across multi-phase initiatives.
- Oversaw a further complex CPM transformation within the same luxury group, guiding a three-person team through a full-year implementation involving advanced modelling and integration requirements.
- Led CPM and reporting initiatives for a European food services group and supported transformation programmes for a major Italian financial institution, improving governance, planning reliability, and operational visibility.
Client Manager
Business Integration Partners
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Led Retail, Pharma, Consumer clients through digital transformation initiatives, applying analytical insights to define and deliver value-based outcomes.
- Established and scaled the Business Analytics and CPM practice and delivered strategic planning initiatives for enterprise customers.
Education
M.D. - Industrial & Management Engineering
Politecnico Di Milano
Milan, Italy 09.1994 - 07.1996
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Politecnico Di Milano
Milan, Italy 09.1991 - 07.1994
Timeline
Senior Principal / Strategic Customer Advisor
OneStream Software
01.2020 - 10.2025
Director / Solution Architect
Board International
01.2016 - 01.2020
Client Manager
Business Integration Partners
01.2008 - 01.2012
Country Manager UK / Executive Manager
SDG Group
01.1998 - 01.2016
M.D. - Industrial & Management Engineering
Politecnico Di Milano
09.1994 - 07.1996
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Politecnico Di Milano
09.1991 - 07.1994
Languages
English (Fluent)
Italian (Native)
French (Advanced)