Philippe Laurent

Head of Process Industries projects at Siemens

Greater Grenoble Metropolitan Area

About

30 years of project business experience in the field of power Transmission & Distribution and Process Automation, with utilities, EPCs and industrial customers: - Strategy & marketing, business management, collaboration with sales teams, team management, bid & project management, and large accounts management. - Project business excellence - HQ representative in France for project management topics: project managers & commercial project managers selection, trainings and certifications, guidelines, methodologies. - Multi-cultural, cross countries working environments.

Experience

  • Siemens (20 yrs 7 mos)
    • Head of Process Automation projects
      Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

      I am covering the following responsabilities. - Project Director of a large pharma green field project involving integrated DCS, MES and Hardware / IT infrastructure . - To manage the Process Automation project team. - PMO for Lead Country Siemens France

    • Head of Power distribution France
      Oct 2015 - Sep 2018 · 3 yrs

      I was in charge to develop the Power Distribution Business (focus on HV) with responsability for: P&L, set-up of the strategy, regional sales animation for my business, tendering and order execution.

    • Global Account Manager
      Nov 2011 - Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      OIL & GAS accounts, worldwide follow-up for power transport & distribution business. TOTAL, GDF-SUEZ, AIR LIQUIDE.

  • High Voltage Projects Group Manager at SIEMENS SAS
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2005 · 4 yrs

    Management of a team made of project managers and designers to execute international HV projects. Up to 12 people and sales in the range of 20-40m€ / year.

  • Project manager at Schneider Electric
    Aug 1998 - Dec 2001 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Tendering and execution of HV GIS projects, international.Design of all sales & marketing tools to introduce a new HV equipment on the market: Quotation tools, promotion tools, catalogs, ... Close support to operation teams (sales, tendering) to push the new equipment.

  • Project manager at Schlumberger Industries Electricity Div
    Sep 1995 - Jul 1998 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Marketing activities, Tendering and execution of Ripple Control Systems (Demand Side Management) projects, international.