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Nicolle Thomas

Controle de Gestion, FP&A, Project Manager

€650/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Nicolle

Professional with over fifteen years of experience on Financial Planning, Controllership, Costs and Business Management.
International experience in Europe, United States and Latin America.
Strong analytical, interpersonal communication skills and large experience in Leadership.
Experience in Financial Statements (SEC - Security Exchange Commissions in the USA and CVM - Brazilian Security Exchange Commissions), SAP implementation in several countries (R2R Business Leader), Industrial Cost Control (U$3 Bi/year), Budget Control and Management, ZBB implementation, FP&A and Strategical Projects.
  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 10km)

Experience

  • GERDAU SA
    Sr Controlling and Profitability Manager
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    July 2016 - December 2022 (6 years and 5 months)
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Gerdau is the largest long stell manufacturer of Americas with 30 thousands employees
    - Responsible for Industrial Cost control, budget, planning and forecasts cycles (US$ 3,5 billion annual budget)
    - Cost optimization of a very complex and large industrial and logistic process (9 mills, 23 fabrics, 90 points of sales BTC)
    - Provide financial input and modelling for key strategic projects acting as a critical member
    - Driving profitability and cost through KPI monitoring and dashboards
    - Board meetings participation and presentations
    - Responsible for monthly results release, analysis and comments
    - Footprint of 90 point of sales (US$ 3 million/year in savings)
    - ZBB implementation
    - Close interface with different cells of the company (Strategy team, S&OP, Logisitics, Supply, Marketing, Mills Director, Production/Industrial team, etc)
    - Leader of 21 direct employees
    Cross-functional Team Leadership Gestion de projet Analytical Skills Stratégie d'entreprise Industrialisation Cost Killing rentabilité
  • Gerdau SA
    Business Leader - Record do Report - SAP Implementation Project
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    January 2011 - October 2011 (10 months)
    São Paulo, Brazil
    - Business leader of R2R team during the Roll outs in Colombia, Peru and Mexico. Blue print phase in the United States.
    - Manage time, quality, resources and scope of the accounting team. Adjust schedules and plans as needed; and identify and resolve issues to ensure project success.
    - Leader of 25 people of 5 nationalities, locally and remotely.
    - Ensure a smooth interface and interaction between R2R and all other teams: P2P, O2C, S&OP, etc.
    - Ensure a smooth change management process throughout the affected business units.
    - Ensure a fluid transaction from one consulting company to another with no impact to the project structure, scope, organization and timeline.
    - Assist and accompany the business units after the SAP implementation.
    - Ensure that the accounting monthly closure would meet the deadlines in the newly implemented business units.
    - Manage relationship with project stakeholders by informing them the evolution and the concerns on all project requirements and deliverables.
  • Gerdau SA
    Cost Business Leader
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    February 2010 - January 2011 (11 months)
    São Paulo, Brazil
    - Blueprint phase: Definition of Global Strategic and Operational procedures;
    - Expose the costing team business needs and ensure that all the cross functional areas were aligned;
    - Deliver all the tasks, respecting timeline, using pre-defined resources and budget;
    - Coordinate tasks with all peers: Gerdau IT team, IBM Consulting team, SAP team and META team;
    - Respect the project management methodology, tools, procedures and documents.

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Education

  • Master in Economics
    UFRGS Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
    2010
    Economic Scenarios in general.
  • Master in Fashion Business
    ESMOD
    2012
    Marketing for the Fashion market. Marketing concepts applicable for any domain.

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