Location : Indonesia

The mission of the Quality Coordinator, with the support and under the supervision of the Executive Vice-President, is to implement and make sustainable a continuous improvement approach within the company, covering all entities and domains of expertise. 
By assisting the entities in the definition and monitoring of their Long-Term and Yearly Objectives, he ensures the coherency of this process within the Company.

By guiding the entities in the organisation and follow-up of their Yearly Business Quality Days, he makes sure that the objectives are reached and the action plans are followed.

By identifying, collecting and challenging ideas for improvement, he initiates, drives and monitors tasks contributing to the improvement of the Operational Performance of the Company.

Due to the transverse character of the position and the nature of the different projects and activities, the Quality Coordinator acts either as a leader, a supervisor, an actor or a facilitator.  In any case, he must demonstrate a broad knowledge of the oil & gas business in terms of processes, applications and best practices.  His ability to create internal and external networks and to use various source of information to identify best practices, increase his personal knowledge and be able to share it with his colleague is a key element of the added-value of this role.

In addition to his main activities, the Quality Coordinator holds also the role of the SAP PM Lead User.  He then works closely with the  SAP Coordinator, the other Lead Users and the SAP Support entity.  His main role is t o provide technical and practical expertise to SAP users, to promote the tool as a lever to improve the business and to develop and implement new features according to the business needs, management expectations or legal requirements.  He also shares his experience with other affiliates and with HQ representatives.

As PM Lead User, the Quality Coordinator is considered as Control Owner of some SOx Controls.
Examples of some projects :

-          Improvement of budget structure, budget delegation and definition of specific reports in SAP BW (Budget Delegation Report, OPEX Reporting, …)

-          Improvement of offshore logistics operations (especially for drilling rigs) with full management of CCU

-          Improvement of material and equipment tracking (repairable items, equipment & tools, movable assets, N2 bottles, …)

-          Optimisation of supply vessels and helicopters schedule

-          Improvement of fuel management & control

-          Re-organisation of Production Sites

-          Improvement of asset integrity management (better use of production data for RBI update, review of Written Scheme Examination, creation of specific reports in SAP BW, …)

-          Review of all current contracts with better use of unit pricing, …

-          Leader for Cost Cutting Initiative Task Force

-          Assessment study to upgrade the SAP systems from 4.6C to ERP6

Location : Indonesia

I was part of the Maintenance Methods Service under Field Operations Division, and my role was quite large since I was not only working as a SAP specialist but I was also involved in Maintenance, Inspection and Construction activities, onshore and offshore.  Some of the activities I was involved in are :

·         SAP Master Data enrichment (Functional Locations, Equipment, BOMs, Spare Parts, Counters, Technical Characteristics, …)

·         Optimisation of preventive maintenance through identification of maintainable packages, standardization of task lists, review of all procedures and ESD matrixes, …

·         Stock Optimisation (elimination of duplicate, improvement of descriptions, better forecasting through simulations, …)

·         Criticality Assessment of production facilities and RCM studies

·         Maintenance budgets preparation and follow-up

·         Review of Business Procedures and communication to sites

·         Users management (SAP training, access requests, …)

·         Integration of Construction activities in SAP

Location : Africa (Gabon and Angola)

I was the PM Leader for a big African Project which aimed at implementing FI-CO-PS-JVA-MM-PM-OLM in the Gabon , Congo , Angola and Nigeria affiliates of an international oil & gas company.  I was responsible for the PM part, my role including all activities from design to training delivery.  I stayed in Paris during the Blueprint and Realisation Phases, then I moved to Gabon (October 2003 – January 2004) and Angola (January 2004 – August 2004) for the rollout phases.

Arcelor-Mittal FCE launched in 2008 a strategic program called “ARMP – Asset Reliability Management Program” which aims at aligning maintenance organizations and practices in all FCE plants.  These objectives are achieved through the so-called “Business Transformation” and by developing and deploying a unique IT solution mainly based on SAP PM / WCM but also on Ivara EXP (for RCM and CBM) and some others peripheral tools (DMS, portal, …).  Part of the “Central Team”, I am not only the Rollout Manager for “Industeel” (two plants in France and one in Belgium) and “Asturias” (two plants in Avilés and Gijón in Spain) but I also actively participate to the development and improvement of the eighteen “Components” (Asset Break down Structure, Maintenance Budgets, Spare Part Strategy, Safety (*), ….) that compose the “Template”.  As a Rollout Manager, I am responsible for all aspects from workshop organization to end-user training including customizing, enhancements, data conversion and migration, …