Florence Libotte

Experience

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  Sovitec Ibérica sau

  Jul 1988 - Feb 2014

  Manager of Finance and Administration

  Finance and administration tasks, general management reporting, sales statistics, competition follow up, production cost analysis, capex follow upNegociation of gas and electricity agreements for industrial consumptionMarketing and occasionaly commercial tasks like organising and participating in trade shows in MadridSpecial missions in the US to control production cost, and to set up sales reports linked to SAPFinancial control in the Argentinian subsidiary, being President of the Board during 4 years Show less

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  Sovitec Ibérica s.a.u

  Nov 2009 - May 2017

  Executive Director

  Reporting to the CEO of the Group and to the shareholders, a Dutch investment fund, Responsible for maintaining and strengthening relations with key customers and distributors, as well as with strategic suppliers, leading the company's management in finance,business vision , 30 people in charge, innovation projectsAchievements:Reducing storage costs by 30% in 2015. Tax management: tax control, the last one with a sentence to the company to an adjustment of 11 million €, appealed and won in the first instance, also 2011 - 2015Sustitution of the sales manager during six months in 2012 Show less

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  AETEC

  Nov 2009 - May 2017

  Member of the Board, Secretary of the Board

  Company dedicated to quality control equipment for roadmarking paints. Financial support and vision of the company's business, assistance to the Boards of Directors as a director and as Secretary of the Board. Proposals and resolutions of divergences

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  Sovitec International

  Feb 2014 - May 2017

  Group Business and financial Controller

  Sovitec is a multinational Group in the glass industry, invoicing around 40 millions €, with 5 operating plants in Europe and Argentina, producing glass beads. It was belonging to a Dutch Fund until end 2016, and is now part of Carlyle Fund through Potters Industry.Thus was my function:Group headquarters, supervision of 9 subdiaries, with 5 industrial plants located in Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, and Argentina. Accounts consolidation, reporting to CEO and shareholders, forecasting, budgeting and helping decision making. Show less

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  Educational Institution

  Oct 2015 - now

  Amateur Astronomer

  Observation of variable stars, especially pulsating stars of RR Lyrae type, using a 50 cm telescope equipped with a CCD camera.Exoplanets --> national contact ofExoClock Project for SpainObservation of exoplanets transits, on the IAC80 telescope, of 80 cm diameter, located in Tenerife at the Instituto de astrofísica de Canarias, on remote way or in place.Requesting and getting approval for Europlanet subsidies to observe exoplanets, use of ETN, the Europlanet Telescope Network

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  Sabadell astronomical society

  Jan 2018 - now

  Financial Director and member of the Board / volunteering

  Treasury and member of the Board, volunteering activity

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  Motor Munich

  Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

  Directora Financiera

  Fui responsable de todos los aspectos financieros de la compañía, especialmente tuve que negociar y conseguir un máximo de préstamos "ICO", aprender del sector automoción que desconocía, desarrollar relaciones de confianza con las marcas (BMW, Honda). En el contexto de la pandemia no me costó gestionar con éxito el equipo en remoto.

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  Nextil

  Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

  Financial Manager

  Financial management of several subsidiaries of the Nextil Group, located in El Masnou, Spain: Ritex 2002 S.L., ahora "NEFE", Géneros de Punto Treiss, now designated as Nextil Premium Garment, y Dogi Spain.Main responsabilities- supervision of 6 companies accountances- reports to the Group financial manager- Moving from a tailor-made ERP to Navisión- Management of a team of 3 accountants- management of outstanding payments, lawyers relationAchievements:- managing a reverse merger- sale of fixed assets and inventories, business combination- realization of a leaseback- Change from ERP to Navisión for the main company on 1/1/2022- adaptation of all insurances Show less