Thomas LEVILION

En résumé

Entreprises

• Salomon S.A. - VP Finance

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• Salomon S.A. - Vice President Controlling and Operations

  Annecy 2006 - 2007 Leading multinational in the field of sporting goods. #1 worldwide in winter sports equipment, with sales of €650mio and 2,000 employees.
  
  Vice President Controlling and Operations (2006 – June 2007)
  
  Reporting to the CEO, Secretary to the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Board, in charge of global supply chain, logistics, market intelligence and controlling with direct responsibility for a team of 30 employees. Member of the Amer Sports Group IT Committee.
  • Defined a new set-up for the global supply chain with a mid-term target to cut inventories by €50M. Achieved one third of this target at the end of the year with inventory turns improved by 8%. Finalized action plan to be handed over for further implementation.
  • Created a central Market Intelligence Team to monitor markets, competitors and market shares for all Salomon activities.
  • Solved a major delivery crisis with third party warehouse, thus ensuring timely delivery of products and eliminating potential negative impact on sales.

• Salomon S.A. - CFO

  Annecy 1988 - 2005 Leading multinational in the field of sporting goods. #1 worldwide in winter sports equipment, with sales of €650mio and 2,000 employees.
  
  Chief Financial Officer (1998 - 2005)
  Reporting to the CEO, member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, in charge of controlling, accounting, consolidation, treasury, tax, transfer pricing, general affairs and relations with the shareholder Adidas-Salomon with direct responsibility for 60 employees. Member of the Salomon IT Committee.
  • Introduced a true financial culture within the company through extensive communication towards the executives, management, employees and trade unions.
  • Completely redefined and implemented the company’s financial reporting systems, formats and processes to match the IFRS and Adidas-Salomon specific requirements and to provide top management with clear vision on situations, trends and stakes. Established a tax-resistant financial and transfer pricing new set-up. Implemented the related inter-company agreements.
  • Set the framework and actively contributed to several major restructuring and turnaround programs in France and abroad, including important outsourcing actions. Obtained a reduction of the Salomon Brand operating expenses in excess of €40mio from 2000 to 2005.
  • Negotiated several acquisitions and led the integration of the newly acquired companies, like the leading outdoor brand Arc’teryx (Vancouver, Canada) in 2001. Since its acquisition, Arc’teryx’ sales more than doubled to €40mio in 2005 with a double-digit EBIT ratio.
  • Participated in strategic development moves such as the set-up of a partnership with Fischer, a leading provider of skiing equipment. As a result, combined with positive market conditions, Salomon’s sales in cross-country grew by 40% from 2004 to 2006 with an excellent profitability.
  • Directed Finance team in hedging foreign exchange risks within the framework of the Group policies to reach exchange rates gains of €40mio between 2000 and 2006.
  • Contributed actively to the Salomon acquisition by Amer Sports by providing in depth knowledge of the entity as well as original valuation methods. Led the due diligence process within Salomon and participated in the carve-out process including de-listing of an entity from the OTC market in Tokyo, transfers of assets and participations, organization of the flows of dividends.

Formations

• Université Paris Dauphine

  Paris 1981 - 1982 Prévision des séries temporelles par des modèles stochastiques linéaires uni- et multi-variés

• HEC

  Paris 1979 - 1981

Réseau

• Alain BAYET

• Arnould CANIVEZ

• Bruno PLUDERMACHER

• Frederic KAISER

• Gilles DESCAMPS

• Herve ANDREVON

• Jean-Louis HENRY

• Pierre ARBOIREAU

• Renaud PRODEL

• Sylvie SIFFERMANN