Category: Sales

With more than 30 years of experience in various industries and companies, I have acquired recognized expertise in strategic development and operations management, with special focus on:

• Company overall performance
• Operations efficiency and productivity
• EBIT, ROI, Profit optimization
• Strategy and Business development
• Cost control
• Non conformity management
• Customer satisfaction
• Employees empowerment and satisfaction
• Transformation, change, crisis and turnaround management

at different phases : start of operations, development of activity, critical situation, and turnaround emergency.

• 2000-2001 HEC Paris, France MBA
• 1986-1989 Ecole Central Marseille, France Master of Science in engineering

Manage the industrial operations, sales and business development of the subsidiary

Upgrade overall level of the plant by improving productivity, technology, procedures, reporting, …

Secure current business

Establish the company budget and business plan

Supervise new product, technologies, and processes industrialization, with support of the group

Maintain or develop strong relation with local customers, develop business with new customers

Ensure a proper administration of the plant in general

Thanks to diversified experience in various industries/products/processes, in several countries and company sizes, I can quickly understand and assess an environment to draw an improvement plan, covering all the activities (general management, strategy, production, quality, purchasing, supply chain, projects, sales, business development, HR, finance, ….).

With a strategic mindset as well as hands-on management, I am deeply involved in the actions, supporting the teams to achieve ambitious goals on time, driven by a continuous improvement mindset and a management by objectives.

I have strong leadership skills, independent thinking, organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

People appreciate my commitment to the mission, enthusiasm, sense of organization, dynamism, numerous ideas and entrepreneurial mindset.

I coach and work with the teams to achieve ambitious goals and enhance individual enthusiasm and satisfaction. Thus I am quickly integrated in the organization and appreciated for my performance and results.

• Thanks to diversified experience in various industries/products/processes, in several countries and company sizes, I can quickly understand and assess an environment to draw an improvement plan, covering all the activities (general management, strategy, production, quality, purchasing, supply chain, projects, sales, business development, HR, finance, ….).
• With a strategic mindset as well as hands-on management, I am deeply involved in the actions, supporting the teams to achieve ambitious goals on time, driven by a continuous improvement mindset and a management by objectives.
• I have strong leadership skills, independent thinking, organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• People appreciate my commitment to the mission, enthusiasm, sense of organization, dynamism, numerous ideas and entrepreneurial mindset.
• I coach and work with the teams to achieve ambitious goals and enhance individual enthusiasm and satisfaction. Thus I am quickly integrated in the organization and appreciated for my performance and results.

• Turnaround company loss to profit
• Top KPI performance: 0 accident, 0 customer claims, 100% OTD, 100% customer audits and Certification audits passed
• Prepare, negotiate and win significant businesses with new customers
• Increase sales by 30%
• Start production and recruit team in a new plant
• Implement Office Lean management
• Improve Employee satisfaction from “Low” to “very high”
• Reduction in employee absenteism from 17,5% to 7%

Walor, China : upgraded overall organization and performance to exceed goals (100% On Time Deliveries, 0 official customers claim, 100% customer evaluation “A” or “Excellent”, 88% OEE, very high employee satisfaction, very low employee turnover and absenteeism) and reach high profitability.

Faurecia, China: I coordinated the whole engineering for the first 2 plants in China to manufacture seats and components; then I co-managed the start of production with the Chinese partner.

EYBl, France and Morocco: after having gained a big business for a major Tier1, I set-up a low-cost production workshop in Morocco within a very short time and meet customer planning and quality.

Cartolux, China : turnaround the profitability to 9%, (loss was -11% when I joined in) within 1 year.

Acrelec, China: launched production in a new plant within a few weeks and after 1 year got the ISO9001 certification. Designed and implemented processes which became new standards in the group.

• I have strong leadership skills, independent thinking, organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and can quickly integrate a new environment.