Richard LAURENT

– Various transition management missions for companies.

– Operated in a carve-out context with Volvo. – Authored RFP specifications for a logistics, financial, and business flow management solution (P2P, O2C, PA, e-Reporting, Peppol, EN 16931). – Implemented flow management between PLM, ERP, MES, and external partners. – Built the EDI and supplier portal deployment team. – Contributed to Data Lake development for strategic AI in an international context. – Managed user support, billing dispute resolution, and KPIs. – Migration from Volvo-hosted systems: – ERP: Dynamics AX 2012 – PLM: KOLA – MES: None – EDI: SeeBurger GEBIS – PA: Pagero – EAI/ETL/ESB/API: Talend, Metro, Axway API Manager – Migration to new systems – ERP: SAP S/4 Hana – PLM: Siemens Teamcenter – MES: PTC ThingWorx – EDI: Tenor DEX – PA: Tenor eDemat – EAI/ETL/ESB/API: Tenor EAI / ETL / ESB / API – As part of a Volvo Carve-Out and a John Cockerill Carve-In, and within the scope of managing automotive-sector logistics EDI flows, my daily mission at Arquus consisted of providing user support (buyers, operators, warehouse staff, accountants, management controllers, and their respective managers/directors) in resolving customers & suppliers invoicing disputes. – Inventory of billing processes and of the various invoice statuses already integrated or to be integrated into the ERP in accordance with legislation. – Inventory of outgoing invoice scenarios: international, France, EU, particularly for the different factoring cases. – Inventory of incoming invoice scenarios, including transport and customs management, and design of a global inbound format for the ERP. – Assessment of an OCR/Document Management solution for the automatic integration of non-EU invoices received by email/PDF. – Design of EDI, UBL, CII, and specific messages, with interface contracts between the different business platforms, particularly regarding business rules. – Design of an On-Boarding platform for non-EDI suppliers. – Drafting of the specifications for an Information Exchange Platform (PEI) for Arquus, enabling automated exchanges between applications (EAI) and the company's partners: customers, suppliers, public administration, banks, etc. – Vendor selection: Generix, Axway, and Tenor. – Preparation of the scoping/governance, detailed design, integration, prototyping, implementation, knowledge transfer, and warranty phases for the PEI project, as well as the expected Work Packages. – Selected provider: Tenor – Galia-certified for the automotive sector – Web-EDI with integrated supplier onboarding up to invoicing – PDP (now PA) and ViDA-compatible – Interconnection with PEPPOL for non-French invoices – Single invoicing for the e-invoicing service, regardless of the number of translations across platforms – Harmonization of EAI/ETL/ESB/API tools with a unified management console – Preparation of recruitment for the future Arquus Build & Run teams

– Built and trained a 15-person team (project managers, analysts, account managers, deployment manager). – Established institutional relations with social landlords and property managers. – Implemented deployment procedures and commercial target mapping. – Rolled out Citya and Foncia (60% of the market).

– Coordinated teams (methods, processes, quality, customer, security, IT, tools, production). – Led change management for proprietary EDI flows (banking, transport). – Improved response times for customer change requests. – Managed projects using Agile/Scrum.

– Created the Polynesian agency and built technical and commercial structures. – Managed 35 employees across 7 sites. – Managed B2B/B2C websites across French overseas territories.

– Winner of the 2009 Commerce Trophy for after-sales performances. – Increased revenue by 22% and margin by 15%. – Coordinated after-sales, pre-sales consulting, and software solutions.

– Consultant B2B, Web-EDI, EAI Consulting across all sectors.

– Led a team of ~20 people. – Managed EDIFACT migration for automotive, banking, and healthcare sectors. – Created SIM-CEGEDIM company in Turkey for Pfizer.

– Developed EDI activity leading to creation of a PFIZER subsidiary in Istanbul. – Achieved Galia certification for the EUREDIS EDI solution. – Managed offshore development team in Poland. – Led European ESPRIT II funding dossier (DG XIII).