Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Pierre Maurin, 28 years of professional experience including 26 years in industrial and commercial management control for SMEs and mid-cap companies (including 14 years in Industry, 3 years in construction and 6 years in Services), from various sectors: IT, aeronautics, telecommunications, publishing, steel, metallurgy, mechanical welding, packaging, carpentry (wood, PVC, aluminum), public works, training centers, automotive, textiles, energy (nuclear, hydroelectric), agri-food (frozen vegetables, chocolates), contact centers, marketing & survey research, bedding, modular construction (fixed or mobile buildings), natural cosmetics.

Transition manager since 2005.

Occasional trainer in management control, financial analysis, and cash management for non-financial professionals.

Author of 19 books and about forty articles on business management for SME/VSE managers and employees, business creators and buyers, as well as management students.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
Spanish
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Colmar (up to 50km), Republic of France (up to 50km), Aix-en-Provence (up to 10km)

groupe Hyteck Aroma-Zone
Industrial and Logistics Controller
FASHION AND COSMETICS
April 2025 - March 2026 (11 months)
Aix-en-Provence, France
Context and Mission Objective

Strengthen the group's Management Control Department (+800 employees, 1 factory and 3 logistics centers in France, 35 points of sale in Europe) to help secure inventory, calculate factory (Hyteck) and logistics center (Greenlog) cost prices, build the 2025 Re-estimate and the 2026 budget for Hyteck, improve the use of the ERP (Sage X3) and data extraction from business software (CEGID, Yooz, Commerce Tools, WMS...), audit & model management processes and evolve them if necessary.

Achievements / Activities
Securing inventory value
Calculation of 2025 factory product cost prices (Hyteck)
IT automation of industrial management control tools
Construction of the 2025 Re-estimate (S2 Forecast) and the 2026 Budget for Hyteck
Re-estimate evaluation of S2 2025 expenses (direct labor, indirect labor, energy, depreciation, rent, insurance...)
Participation in the 2026 Hyteck budget (operating expenses, investments, inventory revaluation)
IT Environment
Operating System: Windows 11
Office Suite: Office 365
ERP: Sage x3 v11 and v12
Business Intelligence Software: Sage x3 graphical query tool (v11 and v12), MS Access, Power Query ODBC
Cost price calculation Cost accounting Budget construction Inventory valuation Product-sales channel profitability analysis
Groupe GSCM - Modéal
Industrial Controller
CIVIL ENGINEERING
July 2024 - February 2025 (7 months)
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Context and Mission Objective
Strengthen the group's Finance Department (540 people, 7 industrial sites in France) to cover the resignation of two management controllers. Take over the industrial management control for the four sites of the Fixed Modules division (270 people). Contribute to profitability improvement actions for the four sites of the Modules division and to the automation efforts of their various management tools. Participate in the budgeting process for the Modules division. Propose cost optimization solutions. Conduct specific management studies and audits.

Achievements / Activities
Reliability of production costs by model and by project
Automation of control and monitoring tools with Sage X3 v12 BI module (SEI)
Construction of budgets for the Fixed Modules division (4 factories in France)
Automation of forecasting calculations
Support for certain Site Directors in adopting their budget matrix
Strategic diagnosis of two sites in the Fixed Modules division (SWOT method) and recommendations to improve their commercial and financial performance
Support for the main site of the Mobile Modules division in integrating Sage X3 (Purchasing, MRP, and Management Control modules)
IT Environment
Operating System: Windows 11
Office 365 Software: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Notepad
ERP: Sage X3 v12
Business Intelligence Module: SEI (Sage X3 BI software)
Budget construction cost price calculation Reliability of production hours strategic diagnosis SEI SQL Queries
GROUPE SOFIA
Industrial Controller
LUXURY GOODS
July 2023 - February 2024 (7 months)
Quimperlé, France
Context and Mission Objective
Quick intervention in a subsidiary of 67 people (Moenner-Valentin group) comprising 2 companies: 1 factory (Literie Moenner) and its commercial subsidiary (Literie Valentin) responsible for selling its products through about ten stores. Very poor financial situation for Moenner-Valentin (-€2.6M loss for a consolidated turnover of €9M) and very complicated social situation at its factory (high demotivation of the majority of production staff). The mission's goal is to help the factory management turn around its financial situation by acting on five areas: factory inventory, manufacturing bills of materials, cost prices, optimization of production expenses, and improvement of finished product profitability.

Achievements / Activities
Management and optimization of inventory
Optimization of bills of materials and manufacturing routes
Operational industrial management control
Evaluation of the cost price of finished products (ROCS method) and prototypes (per item, per model, and per sales range)
Measurement and analysis of sales profitability, strategic recommendations to improve it
Results Obtained
Active contribution to the reduction of "dead" and excess inventory (€200k), revaluation of material scraps (€150k), and success of inventories (second half and year-end)
Contribution to defining strategic objectives aimed at turning around product profitability
Successful handover to the new Methods Engineer
IT Environment
Operating System: Windows 10
Office 365 Software: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
ERP: Proginov
Business Intelligence Software: MS Access
Bill of materials analysis Product-sales channel profitability analysis Inventory optimization Inventory management Prototype cost simulation