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CET Sourcing Project
- Consultant
2020 - maintenant
Experience consultant providing services in 4 areas :
1- operational procurement, expertise in CAPEX
2- central procurement, driving procurement startegy, expertise in commodity categorization, Supplier management & Business Intelligence and digitalization tools - Cirtuo Business Partner
3- procurement governance & sustainable procurement (export control, FCPA, Sapin II)
4- International Industrial Project execution
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General Electric
- Senior Initiative Sourcing Manager
Paris
2016 - 2020
Strategic sourcing ; supplier base management & commodity sourcing support.
Following the acquisition of Alstom by GE, Sourcing Senior Support for Initiatives, tools and process
* Ensure Compliance (legal & corporate requirements) & disseminate Corporate policy;
* Manage database of 50k suppliers (direct & indirect), p.a. $2bn+ spend
* Suggest & implement initiatives using SAP Business Object to improve procurement performance & data crunch for KPI
* Improve processes & tools, including categorization of commodities
* Liaise with IT for new systems (Ariba) & help tests &migrations
* train users with workflows & tools
(SAP, SAP BO, SAP Ariba, ServiceNow, tableau, Qlikview, house tools FMDR, supplier connect, excel templates)
* support corporate, KCM & plant Procurement teams
* Drive change across the whole Grid procurement organizations globally,
Results
* Number of Suppliers divided by 2, i.e. $1M saved and contributing to global saving of 5% p.a. (leveraging volume)
* DTP increased from 76 to 88 days, i.e. $60M cash equivalent while maintaining local legal compliance
* Time spent Reduced to 3 days vs 8 for on-boarding suppliers
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General Electric
- Europe Capex Sourcing Manager
Paris
2013 - 2015
Operational International Sourcing, (Investment Projects, services and products), for all Alstom Grid plants.
projects >100k€, approx 5 to 10m€ spend yearly (20 to 25 central projects).
* Civil engineering & Construction (greenfield or refurbishment & move)
* Special machines
Transverse management of sourcing in Projects from 100k EUR + to ~8m EUR , for Grid Product Lines,
Liaise with Industrial directors, local plants, Quality, legal, Finance and Suppliers (company owner & technicians).
* Centralize Capex needs & support the selection of projects,
* Implement corporate Capex strategy, disseminate methodology.
* manage the complete process, RFI, RFQ, spec support, negotiation & contractualization, PO launch support, amendment & claims.
* drive local teams for smaller projects
Results :
* Savings 15% / 5M EUR + frame agreements (5m EUR with expected saving 5%)
* Trained local teams securing about 10% savings for local projects
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PowerBright
- Factory Operations Manager & Manufacturing head
2012 - 2013
Manufacturing head of the one plant producing inverters, reporting to the US based owner.
Direct management of Production, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain
* Plan Production incl. NPI (New Product Introduction) depending on the sales plan & resources available (HR, supplies)
* Redrafted HR Policy to control overtime and allow earlier pay to employees
* Imposed the use of cross validated engineering data (BOM, specifications, work instructions, control plan)
* Implemented procedure for executing orders (MRP, stock, PR, PO, missing items (OQC & OQC), shipments)
* Supply chain : Follow-up Stock inventory, Selection & monitoring of suppliers, improved IQC
* Defined Purchase policy (Opex (direct & indirect) & Capex), st
* Definition & monitoring of KPIs (AP, AR, sales, backlog, 1 pass yield)
* Implemented a total cost formula to iidentify margin slippage
Results
* Exclusive supplier of inverters for Energizer with patented design
* Decreased our acquisition price by 10%, reducing dead stock
* Doubled the capacity of the Hardware workshop (revised layout, better stamping molds
* Sales growth from 4 to 6M$ and 120 to 180 people in 1 year, with patented design & exclusive license
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AES International
- Senior Manager & Project Director Senior management services
2011 - 2012
Senior Manager, Project Director
Senior management services based on Project management, construction and engineering
* Project manager of a Greenfield project for a European automotive company (plastic injection, 10 000 m2 plant)
* Director for 3G Machinery, special machine design, procurement, assembly and installation
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Alstom Group
- Plant Construction Project Manager & localization Manager
Saint Ouen
2009 - 2011
Alstom Grid GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) BU
9000m² plant extension with redesign of current layout with running production lines
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* Estimated budget & duration, Drafted the white book
* coordinated with corporate capex, plant director, VP industrial manager
* Involved in sourcing & selection of suppliers, lead suppliers (special HV test installation, HVAC & white room etc.)
Results :
* Project completed on time & within budget of 8M EUR , managing claims & variation orders
* EHS no accident, no days lost
Industrial (Localization) Project Manager, Xiamen; GIS (50 to 500kV GIS)
* Plan the ramp-up of the localization project in China, for selecting and validating the China suppliers,
* Intercultural interface between European experts and China team (Project management, Production, Quality).
Results
* Achieved 15% cost reduction on GIS Mechanisms localization from Switzerland to China.
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Alstom Power
- Project Manager, Export PMO manager
Levallois-Perret Cedex
2007 - 2009
Export Project Management Department Manager, Shanghai; High Voltage Power Transformer, 50 to 500kV
Managed the team and the portfolio of export projects i.e. 50M€ pa - 10+M€ (Nigeria, Thailand, Libya etc.)
Direct management and development of the team of 4 project managers ; Direct management of strategic contracts,
• planned (MS Project) the project execution, Special care taken for timely execution & risky projects
• organized the external & internal reviews
(contract review, design review, inspections, FAT (Factory Acceptance Tests), commissioning, Factory weekly meetings)
• managed communication with the customer, some key suppliers & all our departments
(clarifications for our customer, inspections from our customer, own supplier audit, payment, claims & V.O)
• Trained my team dealing with international parties & Developed procedures (contract clauses, incoterm, letter of credit)
Results
• Successful timely management of projects & repeated orders (projects from $100k to $20+M)
• Participated in Reducing the Spain project claim from 2m€ to 1m€
• Reduced the days of OD payments from 40 to 30 days of sales
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Gfi
- Senior Consultant
Saint-Ouen
2005 - 2006
Project management (organization, information system) for Gaz de France, SNCF, EDF
• Project management (budgeting and planning, team leading, reporting)
• Solution design and implementation
• Change management (communications, knowledge transfer)
SNCF : Asbestos Real Estate Plan, senior consultant, team leader ; 16x faster than the SNCF team.
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EDF : Digital payment & Increase of payment terms
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Altran France
- Consultant
Vélizy-Villacoublay
2001 - 2005
Renault:
Planner (Microsoft Project), IT project Quality support, planning, methodology (Prince2) & training - Renault-Nissan Common BOM Project Planner
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Airbus - EADS LV - M51 Military Project
IS Project Manager APV Artemis Project View, specification, customization, deployment & training
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Axiohm
- R&D Mechanical engineer
Le Plessis Robinson
1998 - 2001
Mechanical Design of thermal printers, support production launch - Patent fora manual cutter
