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Senior Business Development & Program Manager
Location: France
Reference: CPC31
Language:
English
Short description
- Hybrid profile: Business developer with large program management experience.
- 15 years experience in some combination of Sales, Strategy and Project Management.
- Used to working closely with EPC global Inc. Business development references in ePedigree for Pharma, product diversion for FMCG/luxury , tobacco/alcohol real time track and trace capability.
Experience
Jan 2004-/…Still in the position : VeriSign “Intelligent Supply Chain Services” (Geneva) - Senior Program and Business Development Manager responsible for EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa)
Developing penetration plans and establishing high level relationships. Design of workshops and other interventions aimed at delivering sustainable improvements. Delivering high level of service, liaising closely with internal teams (USA), generating market opportunities for safe/secure Supply Chain.1999-2004 : CpgMarket in Geneva Nestlé/Accenture owned –Operated by Accenture - Head of Alliance & Program management
Pharma: Novartis, Astra Zeneca, Aventis, Pfizer. Serialization and ePedigree for safe supply chain.FMCG: Philip Morris, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Authentication and real time track & trace (ONS)
Retail: Delhaize, Auchan, Casino, Tesco, Kaufhof, El Corte Ingles. Collaborative Supply Chain
RFID project funded by European Commission aimed to implement a track and trace solution to increase patient safety in the branded and generic pharmaceutical supply chain.
- Program manager of Bridge WP6 http://bridge-project.eu/index.php/workpackage6/en/
- Sign strategic partnerships (SGS, Accenture, SAP, IBM, Domino, Philip Morris, Agentrics)
- Sign retailers (Casino, Delhaize, Auchan…) for Point of Sales solutions
- Establish relationship with GS1, EPC global and derive businesses (Sanofi-Aventis, Behring,,,)
- Manage International programs and fuel pipeline (Bridge, Philip Morris, Turkish Government …)
- Drive the growth of revenue through the delivery of supply chain projects for performance improvement.
- In charge of: Identification/Definition of clients needs –> business plan and Partner selection–>Value proposition & Board Presentation for decision-> Program monitoring & relationship management = governance of projects and metrics monitoring (SLA, KPI, QAP…) with an income statement focus and ensure the solution will meet the business objective.
- Projects: e.procurement supply chain (SAP), Repository e.catalog creation, spending analysis, strategic sourcing, Suppliers integration & assessment, Middleware and IT security implementation.
- Clients : Nestlé, Danone, Ferrero, United Nations, L’Oreal
- Programs in the range of $M10 (ROI=18 months) improving business and working capital:
- Inventory decrease
- Transaction costs decrease,
- Lead time decrease,
- Faster collection of receivables decrease,
- Exceptions decrease,
- Cash to cash cycle increase.
- Enabling collaboration between CPG manufacturers and their suppliers. Partnering companies derived mutual benefit by optimizing their shared supply chain processes. This was achieved through the communication of information such as product attribute catalogs (public/private), forecasts, orders, schedules, inventory data and shipment notifications between companies.
1999 : Alcatel Corporation in Paris (I acted as a freelance ) - Program Manager Supply chain initiatives
- Projects implemented to time and budget
- Customer satisfaction
- Contribution to operating margin
Profit/loss responsibility. Implementation of e.procurement and spend analysis for IT goods:1998 : Merck Lipha (Pharmaceutical industry) (I acted as a freelance) - Program Manager “outsourced managed IT activities”
- Ensuring the leadership of project execution, supervising a 90 person matrix team
- Ensuring consulting/integrators resources management, project documentation,
- Ensuring new processes deployment, KPI, P&L and change management, invoicing,
- Ensuring communication plan: Steering committee, project/performance/contract review…,
- Managing risks based on an assessment of technical and commercial priorities, resolving conflicts if escalated and issue mitigation for Alcatel 156 subsidiaries.
Responsibility of all IT related activities. Business processes revisited with combined IT implementation.1997 : Europcar (International Car Rental Company) (I acted as a freelance ) - Program Manager “outsourced managed IT activities”
Maximize costs & process efficiency through strategically outsourced managed IT services
- Responsible for program execution, partners monitoring (scope of services, performance…) ,
- IT infrastructure level up and improvement chart,
- Managing multiple teams through PMI methodology: Program team guarantying time frame & financial follow up. Risk management: identify, quantify, response. Quality Assurance Plan for best practices. Knowledge management for variance analysis. Communication Plan: steering committee, performance review, escalation procedure…
- Act as a point of escalation for disputes in EMEA and escalate to Corporate for resolution.
Provide overall project management leadership across a number of engagements within several EMEA countries. Based on: Common Operating Environment, Integrated Support Environment and Open Secured Environment. Aimed at TCO (total Cost Ownership) reduction and S.L.A (Service Level Agreement) with continuous improvement1996-1997 : Credit Lyonnais (Bank & financial services) (I acted as a freelance ) (P&L margin improved by +20% in 1 fiscal year for Europcar) - Principal consultant In charge of the “In sourcing” initiative of all IT offshore activities (Handover & transition management)
- Contract writing after audit phase of the current situation and inventory check,
- Defining the matrix of responsibilities (operational/tactical/strategic) between actors,
- Responsible for program execution, Board communication, processes, P&L, timescales,
- Accountable for contractual relationship with partners (Scope of services and legal aspects)
- Managing multiple teams, guarantying the Service Level Agreement based on Best Practices,
In charge of the “In sourcing” initiative of all IT offshore activities (Handover & transition management)1996 : Schlumberger Industry (I acted as a freelance) - Principal consultant & Architect Project Manager
Improvement chart:
- Contract writing after audit phase of the current situation,
- Responsible for program execution, Board communication, processes, P&L, timescales,
- Change management: Process for add, move, upgrade and retirement,
- Operational management: Standards compliance, back-up, security…,
- Asset administration.: Hard/soft lifecycle, inventory, vendor management, contract compliance,
- Customer services: Call center, knowledge base, escalation, SLA,
- Training: training & technical certification,
- Business process: Business & IT alignment, ROI, business continuity.
In charge of architecture design (ERP implementation) and business process modeling and reengineering for Schlumberger1996 : Philips Lightning Industry (I acted as a freelance) - Partner & Consultant for CRM
In charge of implementing remote secured shared SGBD (Oracle & BO) for Philips Lightning.1995 : Air Liquide, Thomson (I acted as a freelance) - Consultant for IT security:
- Identification of critical business applications and process to restore to an acceptable level,
- Risk assessment: Identification, quantification, response of potential adverse events,
- Development of strategic plan : Architecture, organization, policies, human resource, compliance…
- Define & manage Service Level : Manage 3rd party Service Level and continuous service.
Société Générale, AXA, Banques Populaires, Assurances Groupe Victoire, Paribas/Crédit du Nord1982 : Chase Manhattan Bank Monaco
IT Department Applications development – Back Office, Stock/Bonds, reconciliations…
Education
- Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie, Computer Science Master
- French Baccalauréat
- P.M.I - Project Management Institute
- Cranfield University School of Management: Supply Chain Practice - Financial concepts
- Chase Manhattan Bank training program: Banking practices & back office workflow
Other
Languages:
- French/English/German
- Spanish training in progress
- Aviation: Private Pilot License + Instrument Rules qualification passed in Fort Lauderdale (USA Fla).