Guillaume Gousse

Director of Logistics & Distribution EMEA

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Current
Past
Education
  • SAP - Internal Training Pentair-CBS
  • Istituto Piero Pirelli
  • SAP - Internal Training Pirelli
  • CIF - CREDIT LYONAIS
  • DEMOS Formation
  • ILSYS
  • French Transport Ministry
  • Ecole Supérieure Commerce Extérieur Paris (France)
  • Spanish chamber of commerce
Connections
84 connections
Industry
Logistics and Supply Chain

Guillaume Gousse’s Summary

Corporate logistics director with strong experience in international warehousing and distribution, supply, planning, scheduling in global companies with multi BU / multi plant organisations.

Operations manager for 2 years for SAP and TESCM implementation (PP,VC,MM, Distri).

Project manager for several plant transfers

Interrested in heading international operations and innovative ERP projects

Guillaume Gousse’s Specialties:

TESCM, SAP, BW
Macro planning and intercompany plant saturation,
International distribution and supply, SCM optimisation and 3PL / ERP interface built
Plant transfer project manager (HR, Finance, Ops, logistics and Sap)


Guillaume Gousse’s Experience

  • Director of Logistics & Distribution EMEA

    Pentair International (CH)

    (Public Company; PNR; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    July 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    12 sites / 4 BUs
    Head of outbound and inbound flows, Transport policy, Distribution centers and warehouses, DC creation (high bay VNA), SOP, Lean
    Project manager fo several plant transfers (HR, FI, OPS, LOG, Procuement)

  • Director of Logistics & Distribution EMEA

    PENTAIR WATER (Belgium)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    October 2005June 2008 (2 years 9 months)

    12 sites / 4 BUs
    Head of outbound and inbound flows, Transport policy, Distribution centers and warehouses, Factory rationalization and DC creation, SOP, Lean introduction

    2006 -2007 : Operations leader for TESCM and SAP implementation – PP,VC, MM, Distribution - 4 manufacturing sites, 5 Limited risk distributors implemented

  • Business Unit supply chain manager

    PIRELLI ENERGY CABLES / PRYSMIAN (Italy)

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    June 2004October 2005 (1 year 5 months)

    14 factories / 1 BU
    Responsible for planning for a Business Unit.
    Production capacities and inter-company flows optimization.
    Production targets and corrections on deviations.
    Stock policy.
    Key accounts relations for overall logistics (distribution and planning).
    Management Plan via SAP SEM.

  • Supply chain manager for Italy and France

    PIRELLI ENERGY CABLES / PRYSMIAN (Italy)

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    September 2002May 2004 (1 year 9 months)

    2 French and 1 Italian plants.
    Sop with local board of directors, production plan, scheduling.
    Stock targets, production adjustments, slow movers and obsolete control.
    Surveys on new contracts/products impacts.
    Customer service level KPI and recovery plan (+20% on 2 sites in 4 month).
    Key user on SAP CS, SAP Business Warehouse

  • Distribution and transports country Manager

    PIRELLI ENERGY CABLES / PRYSMIAN (France)

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    March 2001August 2002 (1 year 6 months)

    Responsible for 7 plants “all ways” transport policy as well as packaging – 16.4 Millions €.
    International and domestic distribution plans.
    Contracts, purchasing, outsourcing.
    Suppliers audit.
    Performance cockpit for distribution centers (service, cost and productivity).

  • International distribution manager

    SMFI / VALOUREC (France)

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

    January 1999February 2001 (2 years 2 months)

    Responsible for “all ways” transport policy (domestic and export) and packaging – 4,6 Million €.
    Contracts, audit of new suppliers.
    International payments (documentary credits) and export billing.
    of shipment module under MAPICS XA

  • Key accounts manager

    CIAT (France)

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

    September 1994December 1998 (4 years 4 months)

    Sales reactivation plan (turnover 94 1,43 Millions € VS turnover 98 2,5 Millions €).
    Complete handling of GM DO BRAZIL and HOLDEN (GM AUSTRALIA) logistics operations in France (inventory, cargo collection, consolidation, sea and air shipments, tracking).
    Plant transfer in BRASIL. Worldwide shipping organization of ALSTOM subcontractors.
    Agents network development over south America and west African coast.
    Projects with main shipping lines (Maersk, P&O etc..) to reduce inland costs.
    Implementation of CIEL accounting software.

  • Logistics supervisor

    French Army

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    December 1993August 1994 (9 months)

    Air and sea freight organization for French Polynesian bomb testing sites


Guillaume Gousse’s Education

  • SAP - Internal Training Pentair-CBS

    SAP PP, SD, MM, VC 20062006

  • Istituto Piero Pirelli

    Executive Development Program - "Understanding Busines Complexity" 20042004

    Activities and Societies:
    Business games, management techniques, 360
  • SAP - Internal Training Pirelli

    SAP Business warehouse, SEM, R3 4.6C PP module. 20032003

  • CIF - CREDIT LYONAIS

    INCOTERM release 2000 19991999

  • DEMOS Formation

    Logistics KPIs and Distribution centers layout 19991999

  • ILSYS

    MAPICS XA-Shipments, inventories & back office 19991999

  • French Transport Ministry

    Diploma for running a transport company 19961996

  • Ecole Supérieure Commerce Extérieur Paris (France)

    4-year degree in international Business & Management with Specialization LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT and A 19871992

    http://www.esce.fr/web_fr/

  • Spanish chamber of commerce

    Diploma of commercial Spanish 19911991


Additional Information

Guillaume Gousse’s Groups:

  •    Water Professionals
  •    Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals - GVRT
  •    Pirelli Alumni (500+ members)
  •    Water Technologies

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  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
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