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Ducros McCormick
- Global VP IT Applications and Processes
AVIGNON
2013 - 2015
Locations: France, US, India & UK
In charge of all applications and global processes for the whole company.
Working alongside with the VP Infrastructure and the VP PMO, and reporting to the CIO.
Key focus:
* Launching an IT center in India (Gurgaon) as part of the global team. Insourcing of outsourced activities.
* Expanding SAP systems with SaaS solutions like Ariba, Success Factor, SalesForce.com, Compusense at hand, Open pages, Concur, ... and expanding to home hosted solutions with SAP expansion, GTS, APO, BOBJ, Sage, HFM, HCM, eWM, ...
* Coaching and leading (global virtual) teams, launching strong IT excellence program, and increasing innovation and empowerment.
* Strengthening company global IT governance and raising the IT teams understanding of financials.
* Designing innovative solutions to build a knowledge repository asset for R&D department and an advance performance tool to speed up formulae development, based on Artificial Intelligence.
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Ducros McCormick
- Global VP Governance & Solutions Deliveries - PMO - Application Devt
AVIGNON
2010 - 2013
Locations: US, France; Poland & UK.
European Business Service director reporting to European VP for IT.
Moving IT from local toward a European mindset, ready to switch from bespoke/customized solutions to standard ERP on unique shared template across regions.
Key focus:
* Changing mindset: ways of working, switched working language to English, raised the multicultural awareness, empowerment, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) behavior, team spirit, matrix reporting, shared call centers and customer focus spirit.
* Implementing European designed solutions, sharing tools and ownership. ;
* Documenting ready-to-outsource support on Movex, JDEwards, Universell, Torex, Microstrategy, Prism, SKEP, Logility, MacPac, Futurmaster, CERG, Etafi, Sage, WTS, Microtrans, Carlmaster, LIMS, BarOne, MarkMagic, Holistec, Winchem, Spyview, Hyperion, ADP, ...
* Enterprise global transformation through the ERP (SAP) implementation, on a global template, with full ASAP methodology.
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Ducros McCormick
- IT Executive EMEA
AVIGNON
2002 - 2010
Locations: France, UK & US
McIT Global Senior Director Processes and Applications Management & International program director at McCormick & Company
August 2007 - October 2010 (3 years 3 months) France, US, UK, APAC
IT executive for Europe reporting to VP GPAM and program director reporting to Cie CFO.
In charge of Handover as part of stabilization of ERP implementations in Europe, and to implement the right global governance in a non-global company.
Key focus:
* Switching the teams and coaching people toward a global way of working with multilocations global virtual teams, matrix reporting and regional businesses.
* Launching a program for accelerated ERP deployment relying on third parties.
* Stabilizing ERP SAP and expending systems with SAP BW, IBM COGNOS TM1, Winchem, CAS CRM, ECM, Global Data Synch, SAP SCM, Global Labeling, Talent Management, ADP, SAP Payroll, Global ATP, WMS, BYOT and Print Cloud Services, …
IT Executive EMEA & European Business Systems Director at McCormick
August 2002 - October 2007 (5 years 3 months) France, UK
European Business Service director reporting to European VP for IT.
Moving IT from local toward a European mindset, ready to switch from bespoke/customized solutions to standard ERP on unique shared template across regions.
Key focus:
* Changing mindset: ways of working, switched working language to English, raised the multicultural awareness, empowerment, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) behavior, team spirit, matrix reporting, shared call centers and customer focus spirit.
* Implementing European designed solutions, sharing tools and ownership.
* Documenting ready-to-outsource support on Movex, JDEwards, Universell, Torex, Microstrategy, Prism, SKEP, Logility, MacPac, Futurmaster, CERG, Etafi, Sage, WTS, Microtrans, Carlmaster, LIMS, BarOne, MarkMagic, Holistec, Winchem, Spyview, Hyperion, ADP, …
* Enterprise global transformation through the ERP (SAP) implementation, on a global template, with full ASAP methodology.
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Reckitt Benckiser
- European Systems director
Massy
1999 - 2002
Reporting to the European VP for IT
Changing the organization, post merger, to align on the company regional structures
Key focus:
* Bringing teams from both companies into a single merged mindset, working together, while implementing and rolling out an ERP (JDE) solution with 15 implementations in 18 months.
* Developing, sharing and ensuring buy-in to common tools.
* Launching the CRM (Siebel) program for Europe.
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* Reporting to the global CIO * Global program director post companies merger to amend existing systems to become single face to customer, within 8 months from merger date.
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Reckitt Benckiser
- European IS Manager
Massy
1990 - 1999
> Started as IS development Manager (90-95)
* Design, build and implement a Home Made full set of Enterprise system, covering: Supply Chain, Finances, Sales and CRM.
* Then expanded to extra new areas like mobile sales and maintenance.
> Pan European ERP implementation - BPCS (96-99):
* Participated in establishing the European Model Company design,
* Then ran the ERP roll-out project & re-engineering phase.
* Successfully led France, Belgium, and Netherlands (40% European turn over) to smooth implementations.
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Européenne de données
- Supply Chain Manager & Project Manager
1988 - 1990
Business partner & Key accounts manager, Projects Manager
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Sinorg
- Sales Manager & Consultant
1985 - 1988
Sales team manager for Plant maintenance software.
Consultant in Maintenance and Engineering organization.
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Thales (was Thomson CSF)
- Maintenance and reliability Engineer
1983 - 1985
Built the first availability study ever done in Thomson CSF, for a dedicated export contract (defense).
Calculated and built a 5 years anti-embargo batch of spares parts.
Languages
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)
French (Native or bilingual proficiency)
