{"id":13751,"date":"2026-05-26T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cim.eu\/team\/francesco-ciancia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:26:46","slug":"francesco-ciancia","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/cim.eu\/en\/team\/francesco-ciancia\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesco Ciancia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Ciancia is the Head of Manufacturing and a member of the Stellantis Leadership Team.<\/p>\n<p>Before returning to Stellantis in 2025, he served as Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans Operations in Stuttgart, Germany, since 2022, where he successfully launched the transformation of the brand&#8217;s production network.<\/p>\n<p>Ciancia joined Fiat in 2001, holding roles of increasing responsibility within manufacturing, including several positions at the Sata plants in Melfi and Cassino in Italy; he also served as plant manager of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) facility in Kragujevac, Serbia, Head of Manufacturing for FCA Latin America, and EMEA Manufacturing Head for Maserati and Premium Brands.<\/p>\n<p>With the creation of Stellantis in 2021, he was appointed Head of Manufacturing for the Low-Mid segment of the Enlarged Europe region and for Maserati.<\/p>\n<p>Ciancia holds a Master\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and an Executive MBA from the POLIMI Graduate School of Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13752,"template":"","team-section":[229],"class_list":["post-13751","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-section-board-of-directors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Francesco Ciancia - CIM - Competence Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cim.eu\/en\/team\/francesco-ciancia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Francesco Ciancia - CIM - Competence Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Francesco Ciancia is the Head of Manufacturing and a member of the Stellantis Leadership Team. 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