Thierry Robert

Partner - DDBR Consulting GmbH - Finanz & Supportfunktionen als Business Treiber

Cologne Bonn Region

About

My profile in a nutshell … TURN SUPPORT FUNCTIONS INTO A BUSINESS DRIVING FORCE, OPTIMISE SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESSES • Project Director, Consultant & Coach, • Profit Turn-Around & Process Optimisation • Making individuals and teams appropriate target processes • Post-M&A Integration, set-up of new structures and businesses • Finance Transformation, Supply Chain Performance (O2C/Q2C, P2P) • Compliance (SOD, Revenue Recognition, Sarbanes-Oxley) • Cross-Border Shared Services, Off-Shoring, Outsourcing, Lean/Kaizen • Personal & Leadership Development, Change-Management • Multicultural & International; German, English, French … and in a couple of figures • 35 years of leading business transformation: -> 25 years in Management, 10 years in Consulting, Interim Management & Coaching • 30+ countries in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia-Pacific • 20 companies supported in their transformation initiatives, mostly in Manufacturing & Maintenance industries • 10+ projects longer than 3 months in the last 10 years

Experience

  • Partner at DDBR Consulting GmbH
    Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    OUR MISSION : Turn People and Processes into a Business Driving Force OUR SERVICES … Foster willingness to change … Facilitate leadership development … Identify individual & team performance levers, … Make process improvement implemented effectively, … Secure effective benefits of change ADDED VALUES OF OUR TEAM - Field & management experience - Expertise & research in people, leadership and performance development - Credibility and experience at all levels of the hierarchy - Combined development of the individual and of the performance of its organisation OUR CLIENTS - SMBE gone through a rapid and significant growth, needing a change in the ways of working, looking better financial results - Support functions of large companies or subsidiaries of large companies, needing a revival of the productive energies of leaders and teams in order to reach growing results expectations

  • Partner - Project Director & Consultant (BONN, PARIS) at Adflamen
    Jan 2009 - Present · 17 yrs 6 mos

    Transformation Projects & Program Management, Business Process Improvement • Elaborate a reliable plan to halve cost of Operational Procurement (S2P initiative), short-term work-around to improve efficiency based on Continuous Improvement (Major German Fund Management) • Set up a Pan-European new business to optimise the Packaging Upstream Flow for a largemanufacturing customer, develop Cross-functional Team Leadership (Major Packaging Group) • Transfer management of Global Spare Parts Pool from Europe to India (Leading Aerospace MROPlayer) • Set up European Order Desk in Romania, optimise Sales Administration Function in Europe (GlobalCooler Manufacturer) • Implement Captive Financing Company (Major Forklift Manufacturer) • Drive Finance Transformation and optimise the monthly Business Review Process (Kitchen SystemsGlobal Player) • Implement a state-of-the-art Knowledge Discovery System (Global Operating CooperationOrganisation) • Lead SAP Implementation Projects and the corresponding Change Management Stream (VariousCompanies in Europe)

  • Interim Financial Controller at FIT in NETWORK®
    Mar 2021 - Dec 2021 · 10 mos

  • Director Business Integration, Carrier Food Retail Distribution EMEA at United Technologies
    2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs

    • 20% margin-rate improvement through integrated, best-in-class new “Quote-to-Cash” process • S,G&A cost reduction & audit compliance together with SAP implementation

  • IT & Shared Services Director, Germany & Eastern Europe at Otis Elevator
    1995 - 2005 · 10 yrs

    • 30% IT-Infrastructure cost reduction while improving service levels (successful outsourcing) • Optimisation of IT & Finance through Mindset Transformation, shared Services, cross-borderintegration • Profit & Working Capital improvements through a re-designed contract management • Implementation of an improved Customer Relationship Management (CRM)