Hugues de Sazilly

Current

• Chief Procurement Officer at ARJOWIGGINS

Past

• Purchasing Executive Manager at Automobiles Peugeot
• Purchasing China Business manager at Automobiles Peugeot

Education

• Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
• Lycée Jean-Baptiste SAY Paris
• Lycée RASPAIL Paris

• Lycée St CHARLES Paris

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Industry

Paper & Forest Products

Hugues de Sazilly’s Summary

Change management, globalisation of spend, deliver quick savings, working cap. optimisation
Automotive & Process industries, speciality / commodity raw materials, chemicals, non-production purchases
International experiences (3 years in China), managing team up to 70 people and € 1.5 billion budget

As a consequence of change of strategic direction of Arjowiggins Shareholder, I am available for a new challenge !
The economical situation is worse than ever before. A structured approach to procurement is needed. 65 % of the actions needed to turn-up a company imply purchasing !
Following my successful mission for ARJOWIGGINS, I want to dedicate my professional competence to drive a transformation mission and immediate actions to improve the performance of my company.

Hugues de Sazilly’s Specialties:

Purchasing automotive components, speciality and speculative commodity raw material, energy, transport, non production purchase.
Globalization.
Changement management.
Working Capital optimization.
Quick saving

Hugues de Sazilly’s Experience

• Chief Procurement Officer

  ARJOWIGGINS

  (Public Company; Paper & Forest Products industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Chief Procurement Officer, led the decrease of the Group Purchasing Spend (€ 1,5 b. for € 2,2 b. of turn-over ; 70 purchasers ; 35 mills on 3 continents, Paper industrie), Paris.
  • Led a Transformation Plan to reduce purchasing spend versus sales. Adapted R&D and mills organizations, defined new processes => globalize 100 % of the spend
  • Delivered quick savings, Optimized working capital, cash management, reduced the debt
  • Boost the Value => acquisition of one supplier, negotiation of a JV with another
  
  • Raw material (€ 1,1 b ; chemicals, pulp, waste papers, energy, transport, …) : reduced and hedged the budget, defined worldwide strategies, led an intensive Technical & Purchasing saving plan
  => saving upper € 100 M
  • Non Production Purchase (€ 400 M ; SC, IT, marketing, packaging) : managed at local or global level, generated saving thanks to globalization and the cost-killing program => saving upper 11 M€
  • Implemented best of breed practices (e-auctions, score cards, Collaborative approach with Preferred Suppliers). Managed and trained 70 dedicated sourcing experts

• Purchasing Executive Manager

  Automobiles Peugeot

  (Privately Held; Automotive industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year)

  4/06-12/06
  Purchasing Executive Manager, responsible for purchasing interior parts for all PEUGEOT and CITROEN cars. PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, France.
  • Restructured an under performing department : optimization of the organization and management per objectives => reach current targets (prices and cost, deliveries and quality)
  • Improved technical and purchasing efficiency and found alternatives to traditional suppliers => optimization of methods and specifications, selection of “LCCS” suppliers

• Purchasing China Business manager

  Automobiles Peugeot

  (Privately Held; Automotive industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years)

  Purchasing China Business Manager, responsible of the PSA Purchasing Team working for the PSA/DFM Joint-Venture in China. PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, France and China.
  • Put in place the purchasing organization of the JV while tripling the sales and launching 4 new models. Managed the support team of 17 PSA purchasers. Implemented processes and training plan
  • Reduced the purchasing prices => local content upper 80 %, budgets divided by 2
  • Implemented the Purchasing and Quality Strategies. Rebuilt the panel => selection of 300 suppliers
  • Worked with the PSA suppliers’ network on improving worldwide relationships. Triggered new opportunities for the PSA global sourcing strategy

Hugues de Sazilly’s Education

• Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers

  1993 — 1996

• Lycée Jean-Baptiste SAY Paris

  Mat Spé , 1992 — 1993

• Lycée RASPAIL Paris

  Mat Sup , 1991 — 1992

• Lycée St CHARLES Paris

  Bac C , 1990 — 1991

Additional Information

Hugues de Sazilly’s Groups:

ACA : professional association linked with HEC busines school for Purchasing and SC Managers

•    CPO
•    Arjowiggins employees and alumnis
•    Peugeot Employee and Alumni Network

Hugues de Sazilly’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
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