Directeur Industriel - Directeur des Opérations

- Audit de site industriel en Afrique du Sud pour un Due Diligence en vue d'acquisition.

- Conseil de groupe industriel dans le secteur pharma-agro-alimentaire en vue de la construction d'une usine en France

(LBO from CYTEC in April 13) – Specialty Chemicals/Coatings Resins

• Management of 18 manufacturing sites globally (USA, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand): 550kT, 1500 staff (9 direct reports), $120m costs, $45m investment annually
• Manufacturing counterpart for VP Liquid Resins & Additives division
• Definition and execution of operations strategy to support business growth strategy
• Key challenges: plants reliability and costs optimisation, integration process of the Nuplex company acquired in 2016 and move to a private equity environment, integration of acquisitions, process owner for Manufacturing in Global SAP project

Automotive & Industrial Lubricants

• Management of the 12 BP lubricant facilities in Europe: 1,200 million litres, 600 staff, $80m costs, $2b cost of products, $220m of inventory, $20m investment
• Key challenges: plants network optimisation

Industrial Lubricants

• Management of Procurement, Manufacturing and Distribution in Asia Pacific: 150 millions litres in 11 countries, 90 staff, $20m costs, $25m of inventory
• Project Director for design, construction and start-up of a $35m Lubricant plant in Taicang/China

Industrial Lubricants

• Management of Procurement, Manufacturing (3 plants in France and Germany) and Distribution in West and Central Europe: 50 millions litres in 10 countries, 150 staff, $13m costs, $14m of stocks.
• Castrol France integration manager and change manager for SAP implementation project
• Business unit representative within BP France board
• Project Manager for the closure of the Barcelona (Spain) plant

(acquisition by BP in 2000) – Industrial Lubricants

• Management of BP industrial lubricants manufacturing site in France: 35 millions litres, 90 staff, $5m costs, $6m stocks, $1,5m investment
• Downsizing and strategic re-development of the site

Expanded Polypropylene

• Building, start-up, and commissioning of a new plant in France
• Recruitment, training, and supervision of operators and supervisors
• Management of planning, logistics, process, and quality

Alkyd Resins

• Process and recipe optimisation, industrial scaling-up
• Re-development of the site: project manager for all investments
• Quality control laboratory manager

Refinery

• Crude oil supply coordination
• Optimisation of refinery output according to business demand
• Coordination of daily scheduling for all processing units
• Contact with logistics partners and 3rd parties (pipelines, storage depots...)