GRENOBLE2011 - maintenantLead STEricsson corporate global team of sourcing & purchasing professionals to drive competitive 3rd party manufacturing outsourcing, materials, services, intellectual property.
1. Develop & implement strategies that will enable global spend leverage and competitive pricing, quality, delivery and risk management.
2. Understand competitive trends and value in key geographic/technology/innovation markets to ensure the company has best competitive solutions.
3. Thinks through process, "out-of-the-box" business models scenarios and advises internal business groups on value-added approaches to supplier management solutions to yield best value for the company.
4. Ensure implementation of common lean processes, systems and policies which will insure on one hand, policy compliance, minimize company financial and legal exposure whereas, on the other hand, an alignment to internal and external customer needs.
5. Develop strong partnerships with business units & operations to meet business results.
ST MICROELECTONICS
- FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
2004 - 2011Maximize the financial performance by challenging, controlling, analyzing and acting on the organization overall P&L dynamics (revenues, costs, manufacturing, investments, profitability, RONA & EVA) with worldwide responsibility.
Provide recommendations, reporting, support, consultancy & follow-up action plans with General Manager, BU Managers & Operational Managers to improve financials.
Elaborate budgets and forecasts. Follow-up execution & act to minimize variance.
Guarantee financials are compliant to legal & accounting principles.
Evaluate attractiveness of potentials partnership, lead contractual negotiation & follow-up implementation.
Achievements:
Strategic reorientation of product portfolio & resources (including business discontinuity, restructuring, R&D refocus, M&A, post acquisition).
Leadership of manufacturing costs reduction projects on critical components (-20%).
Acquisition of disruptive intellectual property below “market price”.
Deputy of General Manager. 150 people indirect & 2 direct reporting.
ST MICROELECTONICS
- Manufacturing Outsourcing Business Operations Manager
1999 - 2004Manage ST subcontracting activities to satisfy internal customers at lowest financial exposure.
Negotiate pricing of wafers/probe/finish goods production & manufacturing capacities.
Support “production control” & improve industrial performances.
Consultancy on the creation of sourcing activity within Wireless Division for GSM Chipset.
Achievements:
Reduction of purchasing costs over industry average.
Delivery delinquency reduction by 30%.
Successful creation of activity with required flexibility & support to ST revenue growth.
7 direct reporting (3 in Asia).
