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Emilio De cesare
Senior Commerce & Retail Media Manager
Experience
Jun 2025 - Dec 2025
7 monthsMunich, Germany
Senior Commerce & Retail Media Manager
Publicis Media
- Amazon Ads strategy and activation (Sponsored Ads, DSP, AMC) across 12 markets (EMEA + North America), aligned to global frameworks and Amazon partnership guidelines
- Defined full-funnel audience strategies, aligning DSP and AMC segments with country-level objectives
- Built Q4 budget frameworks and pacing guardrails to reduce underspend and protect ROAS and reach targets
- Partnered with analytics teams on AMC analysis (path-to-conversion, overlap, new-to-brand) to drive optimisation actions
- Led Prime Day and BFCM planning and activation across markets, ensuring consistency and budget utilisation
- Acted as primary point of contact for Amazon, coordinating betas and strategic updates with internal stakeholders
- Developed Pacvue custom dashboards and improved workflows to standardise reporting and activation processes
Mar 2025 - Present
11 monthsMunich, Germany
Retail Media & Commerce Consultant, Founder & Author
Independent
- Built a retail media advisory practice for brands and agencies (Amazon Ads + operating models), delivering roadmaps, peak playbooks and QBR dashboards
- Publish thought leadership via a specialized blog on Sponsored Ads, DSP, AMC and measurement
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
1 year 1 monthMilan, Italy
E-commerce Media Lead
PHD Media (Omnicom Media Group)
- Led retail media and commerce strategy for the agency’s largest Pharma client, integrating Amazon media, content and commerce operations across Amazon and selected marketplaces
- Led full-funnel Amazon Ads programs (Sponsored Ads, DSP, AMC, Attribution) with programmatic and search stakeholders
- Improved digital shelf performance (catalog governance, PDP optimisation, Brand Store updates, retail SEO)
- Managed exclusive product launches on Amazon, including co-branded sponsorships and event-based activations
- Partnered on commerce operations (P&L / profitability, pricing and Buy Box stability, promos and forecasting)
- Expanded beyond Amazon, launching quick commerce activation (Glovo) and new pharma e-commerce verticals
- Owned budgeting, forecasting and financial processes; enabled teams via training (e.g., Helium 10) and pitch support
Sep 2023 - Apr 2024
8 monthsMilan, Italy
Marketplace Advertising Manager
BrandOn Group
- Led multi-platform marketplace advertising strategies across major European retailers for global and local brands
- Managed full-funnel campaigns across Amazon and key EU marketplaces, adapting strategy to platform dynamics
- Owned budgeting and performance optimisation, improving ROI through structured analysis, testing and iteration
- Supported the launch and scaling of the internal marketplace advertising team through processes, training and capability development
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
1 yearBarcelona, Spain
Team Manager, Pan-EU Account Management
Amazon
- Managed and coached a Pan-EU team, improving execution quality and stakeholder alignment
- Led account strategy and growth planning with clear priorities and trade-offs
- Drove performance through structured testing, optimisation and experimentation
- Partnered with internal stakeholders to align commercial priorities, constraints and activation plans
- Delivered enablement (training, playbooks, best practices) to scale consistent execution across teams
- Standardised processes and reporting to increase accountability and reduce recurring issues
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
1 year 1 monthBarcelona, Spain
Account Manager
Amazon
- Managed and coached a Pan-EU team, improving execution quality and stakeholder alignment
- Led account strategy and growth planning with clear priorities and trade-offs
- Drove performance through structured testing, optimisation and experimentation
- Partnered with internal stakeholders to align commercial priorities, constraints and activation plans
- Delivered enablement (training, playbooks, best practices) to scale consistent execution across teams
- Standardised processes and reporting to increase accountability and reduce recurring issues
May 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 6 monthsBratislava, Slovakia
Advertising Specialist
Amazon
- Managed and coached a Pan-EU team, improving execution quality and stakeholder alignment
- Led account strategy and growth planning with clear priorities and trade-offs
- Drove performance through structured testing, optimisation and experimentation
- Partnered with internal stakeholders to align commercial priorities, constraints and activation plans
- Delivered enablement (training, playbooks, best practices) to scale consistent execution across teams
- Standardised processes and reporting to increase accountability and reduce recurring issues
Summary
Senior E-commerce & Retail Media leader and consultant (8+ years) with experience at Amazon and international agencies. Manager and team lead, I run multi-country programs across US, EMEA, and APAC, stewarding multi-million-euro budgets for mid-size and enterprise brands. I build scalable processes and coach teams—turning complex insights (including AMC-level measurement) into operating models that drive accountability and growth.
Skills
- Retail Media Strategy
- Amazon Ads (Sp/sb/sd)
- Amazon Dsp (Olv/stv/ctv)
- Amc
- Pacvue
- Measurement & Attribution
- Budget Pacing
- Forecasting
- Governance/operating Models
- Retail Readiness
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
Languages
Italian
NativeEnglish
AdvancedSpanish
IntermediateGerman
ElementaryEducation
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Postgraduate Master · Economics & Tourism Management · Venice, Italy
Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
Suor Orsola Benincasa University (UNISOB)
BA in Humanities · Humanities · Italy
Certifications & licenses
Criteo Retail Media Offsite
Amazon DSP Campaigns
Amazon Sponsored Ads Advanced
Criteo Retail Media Onsite Sponsored Products
Pacvue Commerce Foundations
Pacvue DSP Foundations
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