Heineken Italia appoints Giuseppe Mele as supply chain director and Paul Schalekamp as CEO of Partesa

Heineken Italia has appointed Giuseppe Mele as its new supply chain director and Paul Schalekamp as the new CEO of Partesa, the company specialising in sales, distribution, consultancy and training services for the Horeca channel.

Two appointments for the future

The appointments form part of the evolution of Heineken's activities in Italy and demonstrate the Group's determination to strengthen an increasingly agile, future-oriented organisation capable of supporting business growth, creating value throughout the supply chain and responding to changes in the beer and out-of-home market.

“We are delighted to welcome Giuseppe Mele and Paul Schalekamp in their new roles,” says Alexander Koch, CEO of Heineken Italia. “Their in-depth knowledge of the company, combined with the experience they have gained in different environments and their ability to lead complex transformation processes, represent important assets in addressing the challenges of the coming years. We are confident that their contribution will be crucial to further strengthening our organisation, accelerating the transformation process and supporting the growth of Heineken Italia and Partesa, with an approach that is increasingly close to the market and customers and oriented towards the future.”

Giuseppe Mele

In his new role, Giuseppe Mele will lead the evolution of the supply chain of Heineken Italia, with the aim of innovating its culture and ways of working, strengthening integration between the various functions and the ability to create value throughout the supply chain.

Having joined the Heineken Group in 2002, Giuseppe Mele has built a career spanning more than two decades through roles of increasing responsibility in Italy and, in recent years, abroad. After working as brewery manager of the Comun Nuovo brewery, he joined Partesa where he contributed to defining the commercial strategy and subsequently led the transformation of the company's supply chain. From 2023 he was supply chain manager at Heineken Switzerland, where he promoted the development of an increasingly resilient, integrated and future-oriented organisation.

“Taking on this role represents an important responsibility for me. With more than twenty years in the HeinekenGroup, I am embarking on this new journey with enthusiasm, contributing to the creation of an increasingly integrated, agile and future-oriented supply chain. Together with our people, we will continue to enhance collaboration, expertise and the ability to create value throughout the supply chain,” comments Giuseppe Mele, the new supply chain director of Heineken Italia.

Paul Schalekamp

Paul Schalekamp takes the helm of Partesa with the task of continuing the company's transformation, supporting its growth and further strengthening its competitiveness in the Horeca market.

Schalekamp began his 2007 journey within the Heineken Group with experience in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Jamaica. During his career, he has already held important roles both at Partesa, contributing to improving customer profitability and strengthening internal control systems, and at Heineken Italia, where he played a key role in the turnaround project, leading strategic business controlling and supply chain finance.

His in-depth knowledge of the company and the Group will be crucial in supporting Partesa's new phase of transformation, which includes, for example, the Partesa Prima!, a new operating and commercial model introduced at the beginning of the year to make the organisation more agile, integrated and closer to customers, simplify processes, strengthen execution quality and create value throughout the supply chain.

“It is a great pleasure for me to return to Partesa and Italy at such an important time for the company. Partesa has a unique history and pioneering spirit that have made it a benchmark in the market over the years. Today we have the opportunity to build the next chapter of this story, continuing to innovate and evolve our model to be ever closer to customers and create value throughout the supply chain. Our mission to ‘shape the future of Horeca’ remains our guiding principle: we will do so responsibly, ambitiously and together with our people,” comments Paul Schalekamp, the new CEO of Partesa.

This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.