General Management Experiences
Interim Managing Director France (Smith & Nephew) Orthopedics Industry: 01/2008 till now.
Assure interim management and complete Business Integration and reorganization of acquired “Plus Orthopedics” organization across France sites. Manage Euros 35 millions Opex, over Euros 75 millions fixed Asset and Capex. Prepare transition Plan, closure of Le Mans S&D organization, Closure of Roissy CDG warehouse European distribution center; take over of S&D in Paris, France and European Central Warehouse near Zurich, CH. Overall Country Business integration leader across Europe. Complete EU Legal, Statutory, intra EU trades, Financial, People, Process, Information & System responsibility. Day to Day business management, Organization transformation, Change management and work council negotiation. Manage daily risks and business disruptions.
Responsible for Orthopedics team and new Processes in Finances, Fixed Asset & Accounting (5 FTE), Merger & roll out compliances (ext), SCM & Warehouse organization (20 FTE), logistic providers (ext), Purchasing (1 FTE), IS-IT (2loc + GIS-US), Local system integrator: SAP ECC and WM, BPCS, Adonix solutions, Human resources (1 ext), Sales (20) and Marketing (5). Complete Processes in FI-CO-AA-MM-SD-WM-IS/IT & NW, financial and EU intrastats Reporting, data warehouses. Weekly International team management & Integration leadership (30+ participants worldwide). Negotiate with all the management levels of S&N hierarchy. Successful handover to the new FTE General Manager, France.
PMO Director and SAP Solutions expertise Experience
Programme Delivery Director Consultant for new SAP Solutions Deliveries within “GLOBE” ongoing Global Business Process Excellence Programme at Nestle. From
January 2007 till December 2007.
Twenty-one markets have implemented all three objectives (Processes, Data and Systems), 25 countries, CHF 26 billion sales, 78,000 users, 300 factories, 300 distribution centers and 200 sales offices.
Implement Strategic and Systemic Solutions with Nestle GLOBE executives and stakeholders, SAP center of excellences, SAP solution teams. Align new end to end development and sustain people, process, and procedures with Nestle FTE, Off shoring partners with IBM GS, Satyam India and SAP Consulting on-board development & support.
Successful deliveries:
SAP Human Capital Management, Employee Self Services Enterprise Portal, Customer Relationship Management & Customer Interactive Channel Web, B2B eCommerce, Guided Procedures & Universal Work Lists, eForms and interactive Adobe forms. Complete Enterprise Portal, Business Warehouse, Master Data Management, eXchange Infrastructure, NetWeaver Application Server, NetWeaver Development Infrastructure, complex landscape and Tracks delivery.
Consider Global solutions, Local markets and Multilingual considerations.
Programme Solution Director for Pan European Acquisition & SAP Roll Out Experience
Project Director, SAP ECC5, Euros 300 Million Global Roll Out mission. June 2005 until January 2007.
18 month “One O-I” Global roll out, to engineer successful deployments of 11 countries, covering 33 factories, 4 sales organizations and a European headquarters with its shared service centre. Permanent member of the PMO global roll out, steering committee’s & Coe’s. Reporting to the European CIO. Global template responsibility including Organization Transformation for S&D and Manufacturing sites. Full implementation from Blueprinting till Go live. Global Glass Packaging Processes in the functional organizations. Executive stakeholder meeting, back office and manufacturing presentation & implementation. Participate to RFP proposals, Proof of Concept to executives, Vendors selections matrix, proposals, implementation management, architecture review, SAP integration review, overall team management (SAP consultant, full time employee, and externals) deliveries, best practices and support. Visit Plants, Offices, partners and customers across Europe.
Functional & Business Processes deliveries:
ECC5 Finances: Account Payable, G/L accounting, Asset Accounting and Advanced Fixed Asset Management.
Bank Accounting, Settlements and Process Integration with City bank, & Deutch bank. Financial closing, statistic, reporting. Cash treasury, management & Financial Shared services processes and organization. ext
Sales Orders SD-O2C: Account Receivables, Sales Order management, Credit management, Dunning, Intrastat processes.
SCM – I2F: I2F, Inventory to fulfill, APO & Logistics with WM and external warehouse management and logistic systems, Make to Order, Make to stock, Demand Planning, MRP procedures, cross Plant planning and Supply Network Planning, Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling. (+ external systems interfaces See below)
Purchasing - Pr2P: Global core Procurement, Purchasing model plus internal sourcing and eVMI initiatives (no SRM).
Master Data Management: v5.5 Centralized Master Data Management, Material master, Vendors, Customers and Bank data, with global syndication. Spare Parts e-Sourcing repository, harmonized Finished Goods ePortal Solution for Marketing ONE O-I View, References, product costing and quotations, & sample requests.
SAP XI, Exchange Infrastructure, Middleware and EDI Gateway with all ranges of adapters including AS2 EDI, VAN.
Connect internally EAI: MDM, R3, APO,BW via IDOC, ALE RFC, Proxies, Files interfaces.
Connect to customers: AS2, FTP, EDIFACT, XML: Shared Make, Stock pictures, Demands, Orders, dispatch etc.
Connect to Warehouse Management systems: more than 50 interface Flows with MM, SD, PP, masters etc.
Connect to Bank for Account payable, receivables, statements and urgent treasury and finance transfers.
Connect to Vendors for eProcurement and eVMI solutions. PO, Delivery schedules, orders, consumptions etc.
Automation and Integration:
400,000 Customer outgoing Invoices billing/printing centralized European outsourcing solution.
Vendors invoices scanning, including interface integration, and reconciliation.
Global Finished Goods Catalog using EP7, MDM Business package and iViews, and XI interfaces, & web services.
Global Web Dynpro application for Global Spare parts, Global Inventory savings.
SAP Keynote Speaker, Teacher, & Current Business Research experience
Past public appearance and public events:
Ceram Business School studies on Social and Environmental Responsible SCM researches & Corporate Policy Integration.
SAP USF (French) in Poitier in October 2006: B2B Strategy and Long term investment. (750 Visitors from France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
Press Conference: Globalization, implementing SAP in Global environment, Worldwide strategy and global rollouts.
SapTech Paris & SAP Customers Event Dec 2006: SAP Business Integration & challenges (see sap.com events).
Network storage infrastructure, SAN and NAS value propositions.
SAPPHYRE Mexico and California (1996-1999): Electronic Commerce, Business to Business and Portal collaborations
Services Delivery Manager experience
Within IBM-GS organization, from September 2002 until May 2005:
Organize recurring Pilot Meeting to ensure the excellence in ERP Application, Development, Network Infrastructure, datacenter Hosting and services are met in accordance to contract, SLA and customer expectations. Generate new business and profitability.
As SAP being the largest single application base for the MNC customer, the complexity associated with this role is significant. As seasoned manager, I have been required to collaborate across IBM Groups and business in order to deliver value. The purpose of this position is to lead the delivery. Responsible for global customer related resource Planning for all SAP efforts, AIX hosting, Storage & Networking. Consolidating SAP best practices and acting as an overall knowledge repository. Managing SAP Vendor Relationships, aligning SAP projects and practices within the IT/Business Governance processes. Valuating New IBM & SAP Technology and making recommendations on strategy and investment based on this. Another important responsibility was to manage the SAP Architecture Review and Governance process with the customer.
Including the inherent responsibilities:
• I lead the delivery, enabling the consolidation and sharing of business and IT best practices, while facilitating collaboration across the regional competencies, track ongoing issues and ongoing development efforts.
• Investigate new and emerging technologies for applicability and use within the company and manage the relationship with the SAP and DB vendors and the Customer.
• Manage and develop direct and indirect staff, staff coaching, staff development, administrative activities and global resource coordination / allocation to all SAP efforts.
• Lead the SAP strategy and policy development.
• Work with business partners on business process standardization / harmonization initiatives and ensure the projects align with the IBM & SAP strategy.
• Provide SAP project visibility, coordination and customer portfolio management across the enterprise, including all major functional and operational groups to ensure business needs are effectively met.
• Meet regularly with IT colleagues to ensure all standards are being adhered to appropriately, as well as, synchronize with the business stakeholders and participate in the IT governance process.
• Manage enterprise projects that enable the enterprise / decision support layer of the SAP strategy.
• Direct management of 20 employees, indirect management of 50-60 globally based employees
• Coordinate support for more than 20 complex SAP installations with HACMP, SAN & NAS worldwide
• Manage vendor relationship with SAP globally, as well as, third party service providers (SAP system integrators and offshore development firms)
• Coordinate budget of approximately $20MM capital and $10MM in operating expenses annually
• Requires significant interaction with GIT and business Senior Management (VP / SVP) across all functional
• Participate with IBM Architects at Pre and Post sales presentations.
Main Customer environment:
Danone EDC Global Project Themis. Landscape including multiple SAP R/3 4.5, APO, EBP, Dazel, iXos, TWS, TSM Tivoli,HACMP environment, B2B MQ series, with terabyte SAN storage Bay.
Bayer Crop science (Buy out of Aventis Crop science) Multiple SAP 4.6C landscape on Windows/Oracle and Gigabyte SAN Multiple projects: Upgrade From 4.0 to 4.6; Datacenter and server migration from Lyon to Leverkussen; Disaster recovery solution using SAN architecture; EBP ITS implementation; CRM, eCommerce, B2B+ B2C + Marketing campaign, channel and services implementation.
LPR La palette Rouge ECC5 including APO + SAP XI and IBM Web Sphere + Java extranet solution.
Marketing Director eBusiness & eCommerce
Network Appliance, California from October 1999 till August 2001. P&L responsibility USD 25 millions Opex.
Reporting to the VP of marketing, then to the CIO to reveal to the E-Staff the vision and the plan to successfully develop, implement an eCommerce and eBusiness strategy, Internet initiatives and identify eBusiness markets & technologies for NAS & SAN Netapp solutions.
Coordinate within marketing organizations, sales and strategic alliances group to insure eBusiness market development. Business development with SAP companies, Big 5, and partners. Support the implementation of
International Configure to Order SCM solution with Strategic Partners with Dell, Jabil Circuit, & Cisco. SAP CRM & eCommerce (B2B,B2C) implementation: parts, software, training, services, and configured products. HR & ePiphany marketing campaign and channel solutions. Corporate Web, Sales Force Yahoo portal, IT infrastructure and organization. Build, host & manage vendors, consultants, cross-functional steering committees. Build an eCommerce team of marketing product managers, BSAs, developers and designers. Educate partners & customers with latest eBusiness trends & solutions. IT Responsible for P&L, budget, staff management, operating plans, business review, team organization. Get the company consensus and executive staff for large scale funding approval and sponsorship. Hosted Netapp tradeshows during SAP Event and Webinars in US.
Strong knowledge of storage industry, high tech manufacturing, IT & Network infrastructure, B2B, CRM, SAP, JDE, Oracle solutions, NAS, SAN, Fiber Channel, RAID, Unix, Windows, o/s, File systems, Vol. Mgmt, and B2B solutions.
Consulting Practice Owner & Partner experience
Milpitas, Silicon Valley CA. July 1996 Oct 99
Developed a strategic plan to implement growth from a startup to a prevailing SAP R/3 eCommerce company to the successful sale of the practice to the BJS Group of industries. (Business Growth from 0 to USD 20 millions till sale).
Implement successful Pre-sales and sales Partnership with SAP America, and SAP Labs Palo Alto.
Offer SAP R/3 full ASAP implementations & Team SAP services for SAP B2B and eCommerce software roadmaps. Developed and managed a team of 25 sales and technical & functional professional to provide SAP R/3 customers with a one-stop shop eCommerce solution. Implemented at company level a range of services as R/3 consulting, SAP web Portal design & web production. Negotiated a co-partnership to provide Internet & SAP R/3 technical training. Full SAP & Product CTO leadership.
Established international partnerships in Mexico and US.
Full understanding of a business startup with US regulations.
Excellent knowledge of SAP vertical markets, manufacturing, retail, education, high Tech, industry solutions, implementation methodologies and related consulting practices as an ASAP Partner.
Recognized SAP eBusiness Guru.
Channel, RAID, Unix, Windows, o/s, File systems, Vol. Mgmt, and B2B solutions.
Project and Product Manager FTE & Consultant in Europe and USA experience
VISA INTERNATIONAL, Sr. Project manager, Foster-City, CA. Merchant services, Credit & Debit payment systems.
Resolved the discrepancy of exchange rates between multiple IBM VISA Payment systems around the world. Design & Implement an automated synchronization for data consistency-security.
Strong knowledge of the financial services Industry, credit card payment systems and smart card industry. IBM Mainframe servers with TPF Operating System and SNA communications.
SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL, SAP Project Manager + ABAP TL.
Assigned and managed a team of technical and functional SAP consultants to reconcile the AR with the GL by reengineering the business process between Bulk PO’s, Delivery Notes, iDocs & AbAP,& SAP R/3 Material Mgmt data using a Web user reconciliation method. Manufacturing-Pharmal Industry. HP-UX, SAP 4.0, Oracle, ITS and Web servers.
SINGTECH LTD, London, UK. Owner, Director Consulting practice, 1995–1996
Provided British Airways an electronic ticket solution. Managed a remote development team of 30 in Vancouver Canada & UK, using NT Client-Server presentation and IBM O/S 390 TPF DB2 back-end application. The first electronic Ticket of BA was issued successfully, on a tight schedule and controlled budget. Full understanding of European Startup. Excellent knowledge of the Airline Computer Reservation System and travel industry. IBM Mainframes, TPF O/S, Remote development Vancouver.
CLEAN CONCEPT GROUP, Germany & France. SAP Financial Consultant + ABAP development 1994-1995
Reported audits directly to the Executives VP and local banks. Optimized the Sales & Distribution to save $2 million losses. Extracted SAP R/3 reports & data from GL, AR/AP, to provide deep financial & accounting business analysis.
AMADEUS DEVELOPMENT Co. France, Spain, Germany. Software Engineer & Project coordinator 1989–1994
Knowledge of international consulting practice, coping with multiple projects-tasks within a huge European implementation Projects & Team leadership. Airline Computer Reservation System: IBM Mainframe OS/390, DB2. Consulting 18 months in Miami FL. Computer Reservation System and International IT development and implementations. Complete software development cycle, team leadership and management.
Excellent knowledge of the Airline Computer Reservation System and travel industry.
MONEDATA Co. Sophia-Antipolis, France. Electronic Engineer & Product Manager 1986-1989
Management of the development team, responsible for the production of smart card readers and payment systems. Responsible for the technical description and the delivery of products on-site. Management of International trade shows, Internet and & electronic commerce user groups. Expertise knowledge of the smart card and electronic commerce industry and techniques.
Atomic Military School, Cherbourg, France. Teacher of Atomic Physic and Nuclear engineering protection. 1985-1986
National Confidential Defense accreditation.
Work on Physical and Financial feasibility of Recycled Plutonium Fuel for domestic Nuclear Plant usage.
CEA, Atomic Engineering, Cadarache, France. 6 months Internship and thesis research assignment.
Teach Nuclear Physic and radioprotection to Officers and Soldiers embarking into nuclear submarines.
