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With 30 years of corporate experience, I have been an independent consultant since 2020 with one goal: the operational excellence of organizations.
My areas of expertise are lean, purchasing, and accounting.
I am convinced of the benefits of lean / operational excellence approaches carried out with pragmatism and taking into account the contexts in which they are deployed. I support companies in deploying these approaches, helping managers and their teams to adopt them.
I also assist companies in digitizing their purchasing and finance processes as part of ERP deployments. As a Business Process Owner, I represent the voice of the Purchasing/Finance departments, which I know well from having spent most of my career there, and my lean approach allows me to define optimized processes.
I also act as a transition manager, in both purchasing and accounting (suppliers).
Working in project mode, interacting with multiple stakeholders, in transformation contexts, that's the daily life of my missions.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- L'OréalHead of Corporate Accounts Payable - Transition ManagerFASHION AND COSMETICSJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)Levallois-Perret, France
- Supervision of the activities of the Accounts Payable team (12 people)
- Guarantee of the smooth running of the invoice processing and accounts payable monitoring process carried out by the team
- Implementation of continuous improvement initiatives in terms of processes and transformation and change management projects by the team
- Performance of key internal controls for accounts payable
- Monitoring of team KPIs (pay on time, process efficiency)
- Participation in closing activities and reporting for the Accounts Payable team
- Close collaboration with the Inbound/Outbound Flow Quality team regarding video coding (inbound flow) and payment campaigns (outbound flow)
- Pierre & Vacances Center ParcsSource to Pay Project ManagerTRAVEL AND TOURISMMarch 2024 - June 2024 (4 months)Paris, France
- Vendor/integrator presentations
- Definition of the S2P core model process
- Preparation of future workshops with the vendor and integrator
- Air Liquide - HealthcareP2P Business Process OwnerHEALTH AND WELLNESSMarch 2023 - October 2024 (1 year and 7 months)Bagneux, France
- Definition of the target P2P (Procure to Pay) core model common to Air Liquide's Home Healthcare entities: process (level 3), organization, KPIs
- Expression of functional requirements with experts from the Microsoft Dynamics 365 core solution
- Deployment of the core model and core solution in countries: preliminary assessment of country maturity, gap analysis
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Education
- Master 2KEDGE Business School Marseille1991
Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma Black BeltBCF2010
Skill set
Human and Organizational Factor
Lean Six Sigma
Continuous Improvement
Change Management
Training
Consulting
Accounting
Controlling and Performance Management Systems
Digital Transformation
Change and Transformation Management
Ideation
Lean Management
Lean Service Operations
Process Management
Target Operating Model
KPIs and Metric Definition and Monitoring
Process Optimization
Purchasing
Digital Transformation
Problem Solving
Individual Coaching
Human and Organizational Factors
Performance
Transformation
Process Facilitation
PMO
Lean
Transition Management
Master Data Management
Categories
- Management Consultant