Nicholas Russ

STC is a consulting firm with offices in Europe (Paris) and Asia (Shanghai). Whilst our clients call upon us to support them on a wide range of topics, we have developed very strong practices in the domains of Purchasing, Logistics and Sales & Marketing with over ten years presence in China In Purchasing we deal with Strategic Issues including the complete re-design of Purchase Organisations from the development of objectives, design of strategies, introduction of processes and their role out through to the resource plans. At a more operational level clients come to us to develop new supply bases, often in Asia. STC can take in charge the whole process from the establishment of objectives through the steps of supplier evaluation and selection, RFQ management, product validation, launch in mass production and after support. In the domain of Logistics we are drastically reducing logistics costs. We leverage a number of tools and techniques. We are also innovating in this domain, creating new solutions that permit cost reductions but also improve delivery performance. Further to our operational work, STC is also redesigning Logistics Strategies. Our approach enables us to both resolve issues within the current organisation as well as look forward in time to ensure that the solutions envisaged now can evolve and satisfy the future. In Sales & Marketing, STC is specialised in the creation of worldwide sales organisations. Faced with global customer, with both global and local demands STC helps clients design “Key Account Management” strategies and organisations. These organisations enable our clients to out-perform their competitors but at the same time defending their own interests. What sets STC apart is that in the realisation of projects we believe better sustainable results can be achieved through the management and coaching of internal resources, combined with our own, thus delivering better value for money, faster.

Management & Strategy Consultant

During the 13 years in Valeo I was privileged to have fulfilled a wide range of roles and responsibilities: I started my career as Team Leader on a Production Line, quickly then becoming Manager of a Z.A.P. and subsequently Plant Production Manager. A few years on I moved across the business to Manage the Team of Project Managers interfacing with OE Customers. Quickly I was appointed to Director of R&D that also included responsibility for the Methods and Industrial Engineering Functions. In 1995 I moved to France for a specific project and after completion I moved into a new role as Strategic Purchasing Manager where I initiated projects including Global Sourcing and the Localisation Sourcing for the Green Field Start up Projects. My last position in Valeo, which I took up in 1997 was as Director of International Development managing project including; M&A, Managing Licensing Projects, and Green Field Projects for new Manufacturing Plants around the World.