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Van Leeuwen Malaysia
- General Manager
2011 - maintenant
Stockholding and distribution of steel pipes, pipe components and associated services (project management, global sourcing, logistics, finishing operations).
Management of the 2 local branches, including a Petronas licensed company.
Yearly Turnover of 10 Million USD, mostly to oil and gas segment (offshore and
onshore), both projects and MRO.
Business development: product differentiation, new applications and offshore market penetration.
Supervision of the construction of a new regional warehouse in Johor Bahru within
budget (5 Million USD) and timeframe. Start-up and management of the new stock sales
activity.
Headcount increase from 15 to 25.
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ArcelorMittal Stainless Service Vietnam
- General Manager
2007 - 2011
Management of this ArcelorMittal subsidiary grouping two stainless steel service centers (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).
Creation of the Branch in the South Vietnam, supervision of the construction and start-up of the new factory within initial budget (3 Million USD) and timeframe.
Headcount increase from 25 to 42, implementation of measures to counter the high staff turnover, improvement of employment contracts to limit legal conflicts, team building.
Re-organized the sales force (structure, staff, incentives, supervision, controls), implemented a new commercial policy (re-orientation of the portfolio of customers, change of payment terms, change of the mix of products).
Production: recognized commitment to ArcelorMittal Health and Safety program, very good Heath and Safety results, continuous improvement programs, increase of the productivity and quality, implementation of 2 TPM pillars.
Yearly turnover 5-8 Million USD.
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Uginox Vietnam
- Deputy General Manager
2006 - 2007
Managed the change from an Excel-based system to the Group ERP named Sidonie(production, sales, logistics and purchasing modules).
Put into place the controlling and reporting structure and tools.
Carried out a deep restructuring (staff re-organization, financial situation).
Solved labor conflicts with the previous team.
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ArcelorMittal
- Controller
2006 - 2006
Preparation of an integrated business plan for UGINE&ALZ and Acesita, preparation of a Vendor due Diligence.
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Arcelor Group
- Controller
2005 - 2006
8 months' secondment to Acesita, Brazi
Costing harmonization project with UGINE&ALZ (European stainless subsidiary of the
Group) to build an integrated commercial policy worldwide.
Improvement of the management reporting, budget preparation.
Development and follow-up of benchmarking tools for the cold rolling process.
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Arcelor Stainless Steel Sector Controlling
- Controller
2004 - 2005
Management reporting, Balanced Scorecard, investments, OWCR, management gains, variance analyses, decision support.
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Thainox
- Budget Control Manager
2002 - 2004
Budget preparation, management reporting, strategic plan.
Industrial and commercial costing re-engineering to go with the change from a volume oriented commercial policy to a margin-oriented policy.
Key role in a successful 1-year operational costs reduction project with the help of McKinsey
consultants (McKinsey TOP program).
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Thainox
- Marketing and Commercial Assistant
2000 - 2002
CSNE (French military service)
10 months as Marketing and Commercial Assistant (Sales follow-up and analyses, Asean
stainless steel markets surveys to identify the accessible markets, contact point with the export sales agents network).
5 months as Budget Control Manager Assistant.
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Elf
- Auditor
1999 - 2000
Elf Audit Group Department, Internal audit missions in Brunei, Senegal, France, Scotland and Libya in different sectors (Refining, Distribution, Exploration, Production, Services Corporate, Petrochemicals).
