François BAZOUGE

Highly motivated professional with proven track record in team and unit management
Creative problem solver
Specially qualified in evolutionary conditions and restructuration operations
Customer relationship expert with a real understanding of clients’ needs

Qualification summary

Management
• Manage Business Unit
• Handle certification, real time logistic, functional integration – Procter & Gamble
• Implement International logistic tools - SOI, SMI, supply chain integration …
• Set-up and lead cost saving policy – charges reduction of more than 8%
• Relocating production units and management – UK, Italy, Spain
• Deal with environmental constraints - DRIRE, Préfecture, SIGWAM

Human resources management
• Supervise teams – up to 200 employees
• Administrate workers representatives and unions relations
• Govern IT, DP, CHSCT (Committee for health and safety at work)
• Restructure departments
• Supervise skills evolution
• Conduct quality and progress policy – SMED
• Get along restructuration and crises situations

Strategy and commercial development
• Transfer 70 % of the turnover to exportation
• Establish export administration departments’ changes
• Manage international sales – 80 % of the customers - P&G, Lever, Henkel …
• Develop new markets – food, pharmaceutical ...
• Pool companies resources – call for tender - Nestlé
• Set-up plants and organisation “at customer’s doors” – England, Italy, Spain

Technical knowledge, innovation, market monitoring
• Knowledge of cardboard and printing industries areas, markets and techniques
• Study, choose and start-up equipments and investments – Production machines, CPAO
• Supervise operational departments – production, logistic, maintenance
• Handle production department and workshops – two years production manager
• Conception of process and products, realization of equipments on user sites


Employment History

Board and paper packaging manufacturing industry
Smurfit Kappa Palett Systems : - Vernon (27) Fr
Manufacturing of cardboard palettes, packaging industry and co-packing activities

? 2007 - 2009 Unit manager - 20 people - 3 M€
Unit reorientation and restructuration
Daily full management

Cartonnage Imprimerie L. DEVOISSELLE : - Dammarie lès Lys (77) Fr
Lamination (board, paper, APP), offset and rotogravure printing, cut and creasing, gluing, folding and assembling, packing ...

? 2002 - 2004 collective procedure Ad Hoc administrator

? 1995 - 2002 Head company CEO - 200 people - 30 M€

? 1990 - 1995 General Director - Unit management

? 1988 - 1990 Production Manager - 180 people
Subsidiary Manager (“SIDEV”) - 4 people – 1 M€

? 1986 - 1988 Production Manager Assistant - 150 people

Education and training
? 1986 - 1987 Commercial English Training course
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? 1981 - 1985 Degree of EDEP – Ecole de commerce et gestion (Paris 13ème)
Human resources option
Several work placements and jobs including 3 month at BBA London

? 1981 A – levels - High school