If you are working in a Small or Medium Company and ask yourself questions about your next move for the 2-3 years to come, your industrial or logistic organization, OVIPAR is your partner of choice !
Comfortable with leading strategic workshops within a Management Committee or implementing new procedures with workers or truck drivers, OVIPAR makes sure that defining strategy and execution are part of a unique process.
At OVIPAR we select projects which respect our core values : customer satisfaction, preservation of mental and physical health, promotion of integrity and professionalism
Languages :
French (Mother tongue), English (Business / TOEFL 2004: 300/300), German (Business – lack of practice / ZMP 1998: Gut), Spanish (Basic knowledge)
Other qualifications :
2003 : Black-belt 6-sigma (Shell - 1 project)
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Pierre Frecon
Strategy, Efficacity & Efficiency for Small and Medium Enterprises
Villeurbanne - France
| English | French |
Schools attended |
Insead (MBA) |
Since 2007: OVIPAR |
General Manager
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OVIPAR is a consulting practice helping small and medium enterprises in strategy and operational excellence. From a core competence in helping define strategies and implement them concretely with the existing resources, OVIPAR has recently added a new activity of private investment. With these two activities, OVIPAR is now fully capable of working with its partners according to its core values : - serving their customers, shareholders and employees, - preserving the moral and physical integrity of anybody who could be harmed while it is carrying business, - promoting by example hard work, integrity and community welfare. Come visit us at www.ovipar.com | |
Sector: Organization and Strategy |
2003 - 2005 : Shell Oil Products US |
Senior Analyst, Special Projects, Supply
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• Coordinated (Sep to Dec-04) the US Working Capital Team efforts leading to a 1.3billion USD reduction in 2004 • Traded 4.2MUSD worth of Gasoline Sulfur Credits for different companies of the Shell Group • Led several project teams on subjects like the optimization of butylenes supply (2MUSD/yr additional income) or oil products inventory reduction (40MUSD working capital over 4 refineries) • Participated to team efforts mainly on refinery margins improvements (400MUSD over 5years) and on the ultra low sulfur diesel regulations implementation | |
Sector: Petroleum - Exploration - Production - Refining |
2002 - 2003 : Butagaz, Shell Group |
Manager, Supply Chain Optimization
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• Managed the project team focused on consumption forecast for 250,000 bulk customers using the 6-sigma methodology; was one of the implementers of the overall project which delivered 8MEUR/yr in logistic savings • Developed the strategy for asset management and supply chain optimization (13 filling plants, 40 terminals), and participated actively in discussions with third parties • Co-led a project on the whole delivery chain of gas in cylinders to meet potentially stricter health and safety regulations (estimated 15MEUR/yr extra expenses); co-inventor on the subsequent European patents submitted by Butagaz (05076773.0 & 05076771.4) | |
Sector: Water - Electricity - Gas |
2001 - 2002 : Butagaz |
Coordinator, Control & Projects, Distribution Dpt.
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• Controlled expenses for outsourced trucking as manager of a team of 6 people (1,000 trucks, 60 contractors, 75MEUR/yr) • Started the development of the automatic invoicing system for contractors, now fully implemented • Managed a project to improve onboard computing in trucks (.5MEUR budget, 400 trucks) | |
Sector: Water - Electricity - Gas |
2000 - 2001 : Butagaz |
Analyst, Distribution Project
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• Helped reorganising the Distribution Department (20 people) and its relationships with Butagaz' partners (30 distributors, 60 carriers) | |
Sector: Water - Electricity - Gas |