Francheville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Experienced Chief Information Officer, having led significant transformations internationally. Serving the business needs, I support and guide organizations in their digital transitions and the management of their information systems. • Strong expertise in B-to-B service activities in industry and services • Proven experience with systems policies and architectures • Hands-on man who knows how to work internationally in the service of matrix organizations • Manage multicultural teams in distributed or centralized mode • Establishment of international shared service centers. Antoine Baron 📞 +33 6 24 45 43 79 📧 [email protected]
Based on a heterogeneous IT situation, develop and implement the group IT strategy. Among other examples: • The implementation of tools and an organization concerning computer flows has made it possible to increase electronic exchanges for the integration of orders and shipments in transport operations from 18% to more than 50%. • Implementation of a 5-year IT master plan • Standardize IT infrastructures (Datacenter, networks, security, etc.) and business support The impact has been increased productivity of resources, better data security and a very significant improvement in the quality of exchanges with customers.
This experience allowed me to develop expertise in: International project management Change management related to the implementation of IT tools Complex budget monitoring The management of communication to the business lines. • Lead the NEX IT transformation program o Under the authority of the Chairman, I led the very ambitious NEXT IT digitalization program, aimed at consolidating and homogenizing all the group's IT tools and organizations. In 4 years, 90% of the infrastructure has been set up and 60% of the business solutions have been migrated to the selected solutions. • Implement an "As A Service" organization by o Contracting and outsourcing of infrastructure and software support for budgets of €2 to €5 million over 3 or 5 years. o Transparency of IT activity and budget monitoring through relevant reporting and indicators. • Build a more professional and efficient IT department by o The implementation of transitional governance with 3-year objectives. o Streamlining and consolidating IT and functional skills focused on business processes.
Management of IT projects : - The implementation of the SAGE X3 ERP with a commercial and production configurator on the 5 sites. - Complete virtualization of the 40 servers. - The deployment of 3 datamarts (Trade, production, purchasing) for the 6 companies. Manage the decentralized IT of both brands: - Maximum optimization of IT plans specific to each brand in the division.Shared governance and shared management rules. - A centralized purchasing and external services policy.
Ensure the deployment of MacPac ERP for 15 plants and 20 distribution sites. Manage the 15 people and the 30 IT suppliers 2000 years project manager Deployment of a SILVON datawarehouse solution including 4 datamarts for trade, purchasing and production finance for the 64 companies of the division in Europe from 10 source IT systems. In charge of the MM module of the SAP world project with a core model in the USA followed by deployments in Europe.