Emmanuel de Garsignies
European Business graduate from Dublin City University, with Master's in International Trade from Paris II University, currently pursuing MBA at Berkeley and working at Lafarge as Project Manager.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, English, French, Languages, Spanish |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Dublin City University, University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Lafarge |
| Position: | Project Manager, Cement Substitutes |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | (Leader in building materials with $24.1bn revenues).
Developed business cases and led competitive bids to invest in new sources of Green cement substitutes produced at coal power plants and steel plants. Managed monthly reporting and led marketing initiatives to help improve the profits of new Business Unit (+25% or $14M EBIT) · Successfully led a bid against 7 other players to acquire 800kT of materials in the Midwest · Developed an approach highlighting pricing opportunities based on supply/demand, cost position and next best alternative, improving the first pilot market by $1M EBIT · Led the study identifying the impact of emerging CO2 regulations on the North American cement plants · Created the reporting process for this $70M EBIT product line |
| Employer: | Lafarge |
| Position: | Senior Analyst, Corporate Strategy and Development |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Drove analyses supporting network optimization studies for cement plants (greenfields,
brownfields, acquisitions) and addressing the management committee strategic questions · Prepared the President’s presentation to the Corporate Board of Directors, securing a $1.5B investment program: reported directly to the President and led the analyses with the input and the buy-in of the functional executives · Co-developed a customer segmentation approach to identify the business exposure with accounts at risk of being acquired. Presented approach and recommended repositioning strategy at annual strategists seminar in Istanbul, Turkey; received supportive feedback · Identified several untapped opportunities in the Green cement substitutes business; was promoted to Project Manager after approval of the creation of a specialized Business Unit |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Dublin City University |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2002 |
| Degree: | European Business, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | International travel (South East Asia, North America - 22 states); photography |
