Arnaud G.

Experience

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  GEOCOTON/ DAGRIS - Agro-Industry

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1995

  Logistic manager - Africa & Europe

  Logitics manager : shipping negotiation with shipping companies worldwide, freight bookings, forwarding agents, haulers, storage facilities in Africa, port relationships, organize shipment from fields in Africa to customers all over the world

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  GEOCOTON / DAGRIS - Agro-Industry

  Jan 1996 - Dec 1999

  Procurement manager - Africa region

  Industrial manufacturer and trader of cotton raw materials - raw Colton and cotton oil

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  CHEVRON ORONITE S.A

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2005

  Management of a supplier portfolio on Chemicals raw materials, packaging Lead buyer on chemicals

  • Procurement Supervisor

    Jan 2002 - Oct 2005

  • Category specialist

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
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  Chevron

  Jan 2005 - now

  Area Sales manager of additives for Lubricants.AEO, Small Engines, Viscosity Improvers, Marine, Specialties and Chemicals Developing the sales of Chemicals from Chevron's refineries and lubricant additives plants. My area of sales is the EAME region, Europe- Africa -Middle-East, where I develop the sales of specific chemicals to a wide variety of industries, from lubricants, metalworking, explosives emulsifiers, paintaing and coating...Chemicals we sell are: Tetramer, Pentamer, Alkylates and Alkylphenols, Detergents, Inhibitors, Dispersants, Polyisobutylene and PIBSA (Polyisobutylene Succinic Anhydride). Managing the Procurement SCM Activity of Logistics provider in the EAME region, managing the Toll manufacturing activity, supporting internal Business Partners (Corp Services, Technology), leading Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management.Team management.Cross-functional teamworkMulticultural interaction with counterparts and vendors worldwide business partners from Upstream, Midstream and Downstream - I support Health Safety Environment, Corp Aviation, HR, Corp Procurement, on a wide variety of procurement initiatives (Category management - category planning, strategic sourcing, supplier management to support )Managed a team of 10 $150MM Spend managed Global purchase for 7 chemical plants worldwideCategory planning, Strategic sourcing, Supplier Management Contract negotiations, project management, raw materials and chemicals sourcing in Low Cost Countries, Supply Chain initiatives, R&D projects optimization$60MM spend managed

  • Area Sales Manager Europe, Russia and CIS (Directeur Commercial de zone export)

    Oct 2021 - now

  • EAME Chemicals Business Development Manager

    Mar 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Category Lead Logistics, Toll Manufacturing and Services

    Aug 2015 - Feb 2022

  • Category Manager - Corporate Services - Procurement Supply Chain Shared Services

    Jun 2012 - Sept 2015

  • Global Category Manager - Additives for lubricants

    Jan 2005 - Jun 2012