Philippe Malécot

19 collaborators in Paris and Madrid.
Purchasing perimeter of 266 M Euros. 9 M Euros of net savings.
Perimeter increased by 50% in 4 years.

Functional link with the three main subsidiaries in Poland, Morocco and Russia.
- Creation of Marketing and General Services local teams.
- Annual Buyers Business Plans for the elaboration of global purchases strategies. Quarterly reviews of results and best practices.
- Common purchasing procedures and ERP.

12 collaborators in Madrid main office, the plants of Santander and Strasbourg.
Concentration of 4 factories (Gijon, Santander, Malaga, Cadiz) in a new plant in Santander.
Elaboration and management of the BU investments budgets of 3 plants in France and Spain: 5 M€ /year, 24 M€ in 2000 for the construction of the new plant.
Technical development and training.
Technical assistance of the three subsidiaries: Philippines, Cuba, USA.

6 collaborators.
Development of new processes for new products. Technical Training(Renewal of 50% of staff in 3 years)
Technical assistance of the plant of PBC in Philippines.
Project leader of a plant of machine made cigars in Cuba.
Technical audits of Consolidated Cigars plants (USA).

Management of the Quality department
Close teamwork with marketing teams for the launch of 5 new products/ year.

Lead of investment projects.

Tobacco plant working in 3 shifts. 180 workers. Production of bobbins of cuts for the little cigars wrapping process.