Project Manager Management

Guillaume Thyebaut Purchasing Director

Age **, French

-10 years in industry, including 2 in China

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-Projects/commodities/CAPEX purchasing

+33 6 69 53 80 50

-International mobility (USA, Asia, Latin America)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep. 2012 – Today Purchasing manager at SES (Bouygues Group)

Road signs and Variable Message Signs manufacturer (Commodities:

- Managing a 6 buyer team

sheet metal working, aluminium extrusion, electronics, plastics)

- Spent: 50 M€

Missions: Created and developed of a strong purchasing department

- 4 production sites in France

from scratch: suppliers and products segmentation, supplier evaluation

- Yearly savings: 7%

FRANCE

and selection, implementation of KPI, team training and hiring, - 200 suppliers less out of 800

Managed the merging with a sister company as purchasing manager in 2 years

(team fusion, new ERP implementation)

May. 2010 – Aug. 2012 Gildemeister Energy Solutions: Project manager

Photovoltaic projects development in France and Spain

Missions: In-house developments: Project team coordination,

- Ground-mounted parks up to 12

relationship with land owners and administration, authorizations and

MW

building permits getting

FRANCE

- Storage systems up to 2MW

Projects acquisition: due diligence, negotiation with sellers

- Projects portfolio > 80 MWp

Plants erection / EPC contracts/ assistance to construction

Public tenders participation

Management of the Spanish team for projects development

Commercial support to the energy storage division

Nov. 2009 – May 2010 Round the World trip - 17 countries visited

Discovering Americas and South-East Asia - Intensive practice of Spanish

Sep. 2003 – Nov 2009 Valeo Engine Cooling Reims: Buyer

Responsible for several product commodities

- Spent: 15 M€

Missions: Strategic orientation definition and purchasing tools

- 25 production suppliers

implementation. Purchasing turnover reduction, LCC sourcing,

- Saving actions

FRANCE

Supplier number reduction, continuous improvement

- 2009 performance: 16% saving

Site responsible for Asian sourcing coordination

on a yearly basis

Benchmark, market analysis, negotiation

Jul. 2006 – June 2008 Valeo Engine Cooling Guangzhou: Buyer

Construction of a new plant for the Front-End Module division - Spent: 5.5 M€

Missions: Sourcing (e-sourcing), suppliers panel development - 15 suppliers

Hiring, training and management of local purchasing team - 2 M€ CAPEX responsibility

CHINA

Responsible for machines and CAPEX purchasing - LCC rate of 90%

Purchasing indicators setup and follow-up - Use of Chinese in professional

Site responsible for Asian sourcing coordination context

EDUCATION HISTORY

2002 – 2006 Reims Management School - Master in Management – Major in International Purchasing

2 years apprenticeship at Valeo

2000– 2002 Classe préparatoire HEC – Lycée Montaigne – Bordeaux

2 years of intensive program for the exam of entry in Business Schools

2000 Graduation in Science (with Honors)

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

LANGUAGES: English: fluent (used daily at work) Chinese (Mandarin): spoken (business practice) Spanish: fluent

OFFICE SKILLS: MICROSOFT Office, MS. Project, SAP, MFG-PRO, Industria Lotus Notes, AutoCAD

HOBBIES: Handball (for 20 years, halfback), tennis, kayak, sailing, scuba-diving (PADI advanced diver), guitar

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