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Gabriele Gennai

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Chief Executive Officer OBI Italy at OBI Italia
📍 Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy

Gabriele Gennai is a seasoned retail executive with extensive experience in the Italian market, currently leading OBI Italy as CEO. His career includes senior commercial and supply chain roles at Unieuro and Prénatal Retail Group. He holds a Masters in Managerial Development from SDA Bocconi and is focused on omnichannel transformation.

Described as a manager who loves DIY, Gabriele is passionate about fostering team energy and motivation. He frequently travels to meet colleagues and explore emerging retail technologies and concepts, demonstrating a hands-on, collaborative leadership style and a keen interest in innovation.

Unique fact: Gabrieles career has come full circle, as he started his professional journey in 1991 at the very first OBI store in Italy.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer OBI Italy
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy
Personality Overview

How Gabriele shows up

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Assertive
Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Priorities

Topics Gabriele cares about

Retail Innovation
He recently traveled to Texas to explore emerging technologies and new store concepts, aiming to bring fresh ideas and value back to OBI Italy's projects.
Omnichannel Strategy
A key part of his mandate is driving the transformation of OBI Italy into an integrated omnichannel provider for home and garden solutions.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Chief Executive Officer OBI Italy
OBI Italia
3-2020 - 7-2024
Chief Commercial Officer
Unieuro S.p.A.
4-2019 - 3-2020
Chief Business Unit Prenatal
Prénatal Retail Group
5-2011 - 3-2020
Hard Goods Director
Prénatal Retail Group
4-2009 - 5-2011
Direttore Acquisti e Supply Chain
Mercatone Uno
In the press

Media appearances

Gabriele Gennai nominato nuovo Country Manager | OBI. Featured in OBI Italia (official newsroom)
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L'intervista a Gabriele Gennai, Country Manager di OBI Italia. Featured in Dailymotion
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Education
2003 - 2003
Master “Programma di Sviluppo Manageriale”
SDA Bocconi
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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