Pierre-Marie Sauvage

Finance Manager

Luxembourg

About

With over 15 years of expertise in the automotive and glass industry across several countries, both in production plants and at the head office, I excel in leading daily financial operations and making long-term strategic decisions.

Experience

  • Trade Finance Manager at ArcelorMittal Mining
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Finance Manager at Webasto Group
    Aug 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Post-Acquisition Achievements at Webasto: - Contributed to business development and acquisitions aiming at significantly increase the turnover of the plant - Supervised financial closings and FP&A - Coordinated a task force team to mitigate inflation and reduce electricity consumption, successfully compensating for 17M€ in inflation - Shaped the finance and IT teams following post-merger integration (PMI) - Implemented PPA and IFRS standards - Conducted grant research (R&D, investment, other) and fundraising - Managed treasury and relationships with banks

  • Finance Manager at Carlex Glass America, LLC
    Jun 2017 - Aug 2022 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Business partner of the Managing director in the implementation of the Carlex financial & IT strategy. - Participated actively in 2 mergers and acquisitions processes - Successfully led a turnaround, adapting the structure to counter strong headwinds and restore profitability - Managed a cross-disciplinary team focused on waste elimination - Conducted grant research (R&D, investment, other) and fundraising - Contributed to business development and acquisitions - Negotiated collective agreements

  • Group Cost Management & Internal Audit at Cebi Group
    Jun 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs

    - Conducted on-site internal audit missions across business units (Europe, Brazil, China and Mexico) - Supervised best practices deployment and sustainable cost reduction actions - Analyzed sales, profitability and cost structure of business and commercial units

  • Guardian Industries (4 yrs 9 mos)
    • OEM Automotive Glass Division, Cost and project controller
      Jan 2014 - May 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Coordinated quoting process for 3 plants - Benchmarked production processes - Harmonized costing methodologies - Conducted profitability analysis and monitored margin improvements - Developed and presented CAPEX proposals

    • OEM Automotive Glass Plant, Cost controller
      Sep 2010 - Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      - Prepared monthly closing and FP&A - Developed costing models and conducted variance analysis - Monitored sales & profitability reports - Prepared and reviewed customer quotations