Biomedical Engineer · Paris, FR

Gabriele
Benassi.

I work where quality systems meet data — building the dashboards, processes and supplier-quality engineering that keep medical devices compliant, measurable and continuously improving.

EssilorLuxottica · Paris Supplier Quality · Medical Devices Power BI · SQL · Python
500+
candidates — selected for the Operations Talent Program
−37%
supplier non-conformities via the SSI program
150
weekly users on the global SQM dashboard
110/110
MSc Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
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What I focus on

Quality & Compliance

Supplier qualification, SCAR & quality-agreement management, ISO 9001 auditing and EU MDR 2017/745 — keeping medical-device supply chains audit-ready.

Data & Analytics

Power BI dashboards, DAX measures and star-schema models on top of SAP BusinessObjects, SharePoint and SQL — turning supplier data into decisions.

Process & Industrialization

PPAP / APQP / PVV, new-product industrialization and continuous-improvement programs — bringing devices from prototype to compliant mass production.

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About me

I'm a Biomedical Engineer with a background in operations and a strong drive for continuous improvement, efficiency and quality systems. I'm curious and adaptable — I enjoy learning and exploring new approaches to create better processes and sustainable results.

I'm especially drawn to challenges in the medical-device and pharmaceutical world, and increasingly to the data and AI side of quality: risk scoring, non-conformity pattern analysis and the analytics that make supplier performance visible. I bring teamwork, precision and resilience into everything I do.

Currently based in Paris after relocating from the Agordo plant in Italy, I'm part of EssilorLuxottica's two-year Operations Talent Program.

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RoleQuality Project Engineer
CompanyEssilorLuxottica
Based inParis, France
FocusQuality · Data · Digitalization
BornMilan, Italy · 1998
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Experience

Sep 2023 — PresentEssilorLuxottica · Agordo → ParisOperations Talent Program

Quality Project Engineer

  • Led the standardization and harmonization of Supplier Quality Management across the Frame, Lenses, Wearable and MedTech businesses — unifying quality-issue resolution, supplier qualification, audits, scorecards and IQC into one set of improved, standardized processes, partially automated with AI agents, Power Automate and Power BI.
  • Selected among 500+ candidates for EssilorLuxottica's two-year Operations Talent Program.
  • Designed and implemented a global Power BI dashboard for Supplier Quality Management KPIs — real-time visibility for 150 weekly users across regions, plus periodic supplier scorecards (Quality, Procurement, Sourcing, Engineering).
  • Led the rollout of the Supplier Self-Inspection (SSI) program, driving supplier ownership of quality controls and a 37% reduction in non-conformities in the first phase.
  • Led industrialization for medical-device components — PPAP, APQP, PVV.
  • Qualification, segmentation and monitoring of key hardware & software suppliers for new medical devices and technologies; external supplier auditor (ISO 9001:2016).
Sep 2022 — Apr 2023RWTH Aachen University · Germany

Master Thesis Student — Cardiovascular Engineering

  • Joint project between Politecnico di Milano and RWTH Aachen: flow and pressure experiments on Circle of Willis patient phantoms.
  • CAD development of patient brain arteries; 3D printing of the phantom and silicone base structure.
  • Experimental sessions and post-processing analysis in MATLAB.
Aug 2020 — Aug 2022Scuba School International

Dive Master

  • Assistant instructor across summer seasons, with a deep practical understanding of physical factors underwater.
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Education

Jan 2024 — Sep 2025POLIMI Graduate School of Management

2nd-Level Master — Operations & Quality Management

  • Data Analytics, Design Thinking, Innovation Leadership and Communication.
2020 — 2023Politecnico di Milano

MSc — Biomedical Engineering

  • Final grade 110/110.
  • Thesis: "Flow and pressure experimentations on Circle of Willis patient phantoms".
2017 — 2020Politecnico di Milano

BSc — Industrial Engineering

  • Member of BEA (Biomedical Engineering Association).
  • Thesis: "Interactive play mat for children with autism and cognitive disabilities".
2015 — 2016Staley High School · Missouri, USA

American High School Diploma

  • Graduated senior year, 2016.
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Selected projects

Power Automate · workflow

Automation & AI

Quality-Issue Automation — SCAR System

An end-to-end automated workflow for supplier quality-issue resolution, built on SharePoint, Microsoft Forms, Power Automate and Power BI. Orchestrated flows cover the full SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Request) lifecycle — from issue logging and supplier notification to corrective-action tracking, closure and live KPI reporting — cutting manual handling and accelerating resolution times.

Power AutomateSharePointMicrosoft FormsPower BIAI Agents
Power BI · dashboard

Data & Analytics

Global Supplier Quality Dashboard

Design and implementation of a global supplier-quality dashboard in Power BI — real-time insight into supplier performance, quality metrics and KPIs to drive informed decisions and continuous improvement. Serving 150 weekly users across regions.

Power BIDAXSharePointSAP BO
Medical device · industrialization

Medical Devices

AI-based VisionScreener Industrialization

Strategic role in industrializing an affordable AI-based vision screener — overseeing the transition from prototype to mass production, ensuring regulatory compliance and collaborating across functions to bring a high-quality device to market.

APQPPPAPEU MDRCross-functional
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Toolbox

Data & Analytics

Power BIDAXSQL ServerPythonSAP BusinessObjectsExcelMATLAB

Quality & Regulatory

EU MDR 2017/745ISO 9001PPAPAPQPPVVSCARSupplier Audits

Process & Digital

SharePointPower AutomateAI AgentsMicrosoft FormsProblem-solvingContinuous Improvement
Italian
Native
English
C1 · TOEIC 955/990
Spanish
B1 · Intermediate
French
Beginner · Learning
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Beyond the desk

Diving & the sea

Master Scuba Diver & Free Diver, with a sailboat licence. The ocean is where engineering meets calm.

Road cycling in the Dolomites Transcivetta trail running race

Endurance sport

Running, cycling and skiing — currently training for a half marathon and a HYROX competition.

Personal finance

A long-standing interest in markets, investing and the discipline behind sustainable decisions.

Politics & ideas

Curious about how systems and societies work — the macro context behind the micro decisions.

Let's talk

Open to the right opportunity

Whether it's quality engineering, supplier management or a data-driven role in medtech — I'd be glad to hear from you.