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The Adecco Group
- CFO France
Finance | Lyon (69000)
2020 - maintenant
Responsibility: sales 5.4 billion euros, EBITA 350 million euros, 9000 employees – Team managed: 800 FTE
The Adecco Group is the world’s leading HR solutions company. We believe in making the future work for everyone, and every day enable more than 3.5 million careers. We skill, develop, and hire talent in 60 countries, enabling organisations to embrace the future of work. As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating shared value that fuels economies and builds better societies. Our culture of inclusivity, entrepreneurship and teamwork empowers our 35,000 employees. We are proud to have been consistently ranked one of the 'World's Best Workplaces' by Great Place to Work®. The Adecco Group AG is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN) and powered by nine global brands: Adecco, Adia, Badenoch + Clark, General Assembly, Lee Hecht Harrison, Modis, Pontoon, Spring Professional and Vettery.
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Xpo Logistics France (Lyon)
- CFO Transport Europe
Finance | Lyon, France
2016 - 2020
Responsibility: sales 2.6 billion euros - 8 business units - 15000 FTE - operations in 15 countries in EMEA
Led the Finance Transformation from a team focused on actuals by region or agency P&L to a Finance organization capable to partner with the business and develop an accurate KPI based P&L and FCF forecast, leveraging multi-dimensional business analysis dashboards by Line of Business, customer and geography.
Conducted change to move from a negative FCF position to a positive 75% EBITDA to FCF conversion by changing Investment financing mindset and redesigning Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay processes (€150 million improvement in 3 years)
XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) is a top ten global logistics provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. The company operates as a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets in 30 countries, with 1,506 locations and approximately 96,000 employees. XPO uses its network to help more than 50,000 customers manage their goods most efficiently throughout their supply chains. XPO's corporate headquarters are in Greenwich, Conn., USA, and its European headquarters are in Lyon, France.
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DS Smith
- Finance Director
Limoges, France
2012 - 2016
Member of the Consumer packaging Executive Committee, led the business strategy financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, analyzing financial and operational performance, and providing management reporting in support of operations in France and Spain
Conducted the post-acquisition synergy and restructuring effort for the Consumer packaging business, coordinating a step change vision in investments strategy, and piloting potential M&A opportunities to accelerate the business strategy
Responsible for Global Supply Chain (including S&OP) and ERP process improvements and re-engineering
Developed and promoted operations management KPIs reporting system based on DS Smith standard platforms. Developed, integrated and aligned practices at country level in line with DS Smith values and leading practices. Reporting to the position were business line controllers, plant controllers, business analysts and the Global Supply Chain manager
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Celanese
- Regional Business Director, Acetyl Intermediates Americas
Dallas, TX, USA
2011 - 2012
P&L (Variable Margin) responsibility for a $600 million business in revenue, with a sales territory located from Canada to Argentina
Currently designing, implementing, and facilitating annual marketing plans for Vinyl Acetate and Esters in the region - monthly customer visits to share industry dynamics and Celanese strategies in the Americas
Translating business unit objectives and strategies on the field with Sales account managers to ensure business unit growth - contract development, improvements and negotiation
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Celanese
- Senior Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy
Dallas, TX, USA
2010 - 2011
Support of SVP Corporate Affairs for the investor relations function by creating and executing Celanese’s communication strategy with institutional investors and other related parties; daily interaction with institutional investors and sell-side analysts to ensure transparent and proactive communication
Coordinated 2011 Investor Day and monthly external roadshow presentations
Coordination of the corporate strategy cycle and presentations to senior management and Board of Directors on strategic matters pertaining to corporate strategy; daily interaction with CEO, COO, CFO, and other senior executives
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Celanese
- Financial Controller, Acetyl Intermediates
Shanghai, China
2008 - 2010
Financial Controller for a Global Business headquartered in Shanghai, China. The business is located in all regions (Americas, EU, China, and Asia Outside of China), and currently expanding in Asia (Sales $2,000 million, 6 Manufacturing locations around the globe)
Worldwide P&L Financial responsibility for the Vinyl Acetate and Esters business with dual reporting to the Global Business Director and Global Segment Financial Director
Financial responsibility for Strategy and Business Development
Global agility requiring weekly communication with regional business teams
Daily interaction and input to the General Manager
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Celanese
- Financial Controller, Emulsions
Dallas, TX, USA
2007 - 2008
Responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis for the Emulsions business reporting to the Director of Business Planning &Analysis. Reporting to the position are plant controllers and analysts. The business is predominantly located in Europe and North America, with 15% of revenues generated in Asia.
In charge of Industrial Specialties global segment quarterly reporting, which includes the Emulsions, PVOH, and AT Plastics businesses (Sales $1,400million – Ebitda $140 million)
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Celanese
- Manager, Global Finance Process Excellence
Dallas, TX, USA
2004 - 2007
Led and managed large scale projects within Finance Globally. This Finance department strived to develop and implement effective and efficient processes that meet customer expectations at an optimized cost (acquisitions, discontinued operations, Fast Close, S&A Cost reduction, etc.)
Project Manager for a Global Financial Systems Consolidation project for Forecasting, Consolidation, and Reporting ($9million budget – 35 FTE resources).
Support and traction in multiple Sarbanes Oxley & U.S. GAAP compliance initiatives, globally
Demonstrated successfully leadership and managerial skills and ability to interact, influence and facilitate at all levels of the Finance organization, with cross-functional experience, business & corporate perspectives, accounting and controlling experience.
Proved an in-depth understanding of the practical and theoretical applications of process improvement and large project management with global team and multicultural experience. Continuously performs project risk assessment (develop contingency plans, mitigate, monitor, and control).
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Bearingpoint France SAS (Courbevoie)
- Manager (Management Consulting) for Celanese
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2003 - 2004
Led the Finance Core Team (6 consultants, 12 client resources, over 80 extended Team members) for a global Chemicals company. The mission consisted of consolidating and standardizing SAP environment of 12 legacy SAP instances and 9 data centers, with 6000 end-users located in Europe, America, and Asia. The Blueprint phase has focused on operating as one global company by providing value for global businesses through one infrastructure; simplifying and standardizing global work processes and sharing knowledge across regions, businesses and groups.
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Bearingpoint France SAS (Courbevoie)
- Manager (Management Consulting) for Degussa (Chemicals)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2001 - 2002
Consecutively promoted from SAP R/3 Finance Team leader to Integration Manager, Rollout Manager, and Project Manager for a 17 months implementation at a major Health and Nutrition flavor producer. This project combined 9 sites in Europe, Puerto Rico and the USA into one Global SAP. The implementation involved dealing with complex requirements for the integration of Finance with Commercial, Procurement, and Manufacturing processes.
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KPMG Associes (Courbevoie)
- Senior Consultant for Itochu (Trading)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2001 - 2001
Led the implementation of SAP R/3 Controlling module in an upgrade of SAP for a multi-national trading company. Responsibilities include global design across ten divisions, integration with a Core Trading solution, implementation of Profitability Analysis, and redesign of the Allocation process across divisions, branches, and subsidiaries.
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KPMG Associes (Courbevoie)
- Senior Consultant for Crompton-Uniroyal (Chemicals)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2000 - 2000
led the effort to gather inter-company transfer-pricing requirements with several complicated and independent business units as part of the implementation for a major multi-national chemical company. The ultimate solution allowed all P&L reporting requirements without changing the standard financial processes in use at the time.
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KPMG Associes (Courbevoie)
- Senior Consultant for Philip Morris (Tobacco)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
1999 - 1999
Led the financial team on a project to integrate a third party, grant management software application to SAP for a multi-national consumer packaged goods manufacturer. Integration areas include vendor, invoice, budget and commitment processing. Responsible for financial related task planning, financial design, interface and data conversion approaches. Coordinating financial activities and drafting functional design scripts required to implement envisioned state business processes.
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KPMG Associes (Courbevoie)
- Consultant for Rhodia (Chemicals)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
1998 - 1999
Team leader for the implementation of SAP R/3 Controlling module in a full implementation of SAP for a multi-national chemical company. Responsibilities during the implementation project included: global design between a US company and its French holding, overall project planning, prototyping project issues resolution, integration with other work streams, and implementation of a full Profit and Loss Statement by market segments.
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KPMG Associes (Courbevoie)
- Consultant for Armstrong Worldwide Industry (Consumer Goods)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
1998 - 1998
Team member in an SAP R/3 Controlling module configuration for a major consumer market manufacturer. Responsibilities included system configuration detailed team level planning, coordination with the master project plan and the preparation / reporting of project status reports
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Pompes Salmson
- Business Analyst
Rueil Malmaison, France
1995 - 1998
Responsibilities included Profit & Loss accounts by region and by business field – budget, forecast and medium term planning – Overhead cost management – Consolidation of Salmson subsidiaries accounts – Sales and margin analysis – Reporting to the German Holding WILO-SALMSON AG
