Alain GIRAUD

En résumé

Entreprises

• Vibracoustic - Vice President of Global Application Team Asian OEMs l Business Unit Chassis

  2018 - maintenant International Career in the Automotive Industry at Vibracoustic, Trelleborg and Sagem.
  Now, in China focusing on Strategy, Business Development, Leadership & Global Organisation.
  Technical & Engineering foundation of my prior positions in France, USA and Germany :
  - Product & Process Engineering
  - Project Management according to APQP Standards of Automotive Industry
  - Material Processing : Polymers, Elastomers (rubber, polyurethane), Plastic, Steel, Iron, Aluminum
  - Automotive Chassis Technology & NVH Theory (Noise, Vibration, Harshness)

• Vibracoustic - Director of Application Teams & Business Development l Business Unit Chassis

  2016 - 2018 Technical Center of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
  - Manage Application Teams Global Chinese OEMs and Western OEMs, Commercial Vehicles & Truck in APAC
  - Realize acquisition and product development of new business according to targets
  - Assure profitability of Chassis business according to annual targets
  - Define customer specific strategy and manage resources accordingly
  - Ensure adherence to APQP product development quality system
  - Support problem-solving for development related customer concerns

• TrelleborgVibracoustic - Customer Team Leader l Business Area Chassis

  Darmsdadt 2011 - 2016 Technical Centers : 3 years in Breuberg (Hessen, Germany) and 2 years in Nantes (France)
  Manage suspension and chassis projects team for GM, Ford, Volvo and related Tier-1 system suppliers. Focus on Global projects, leadership and organisation.

• Trelleborg - Senior Product Engineer l Trelleborg Automotive AVS North America

  Trelleborg 2006 - 2011 Technical Center : South Haven, Michigan, USA
  Product development and advanced engineering for driveline & primary suspension systems for NISSAN, TOYOTA, GM and related tier-one suppliers (American Axle, Magna, Tenneco, etc...).

• Trelleborg - Project Engineer & Project Manager l Trelleborg Automotive AVS Europe

  Trelleborg 1999 - 2006 Technical Center of Nantes-Carquefou, Loire-Atlantique (44), France.
  Business development and project management for chassis & suspension systems with PSA (Peugeot and Citroën). Development & industrialization of antivibration products for RENAULT & NISSAN within PSS group (Primary Suspension Systems & Chassis Engineering).

• Sagem - Process Engineer l Automotive Division

  PARIS 1998 - 1999 Automotive Production Unit of SAGEM in Fougères, Ile-et-Vilaine (35), France.
  Industrialization and process engineering for automotive interiors. Cluster ("tableaux de bord") manufacturing and serigraphics printing for French and Japanese OEMs (Renault, PSA and Toyota).

• 27e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins d'Annecy - National Service

  1997 - 1998 Quartier Tom Morel, Cran-Gevrier, Haute-Savoie (74), France
  The 27ème bataillon de chasseurs alpins is a heavily decorated unit, whose members wear the fourragère of the Legion of Honour. The 27e BCA operated under the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade, which specialises in combat in extreme conditions, both in mountain and urban zones.

Formations

• Grand Valley State University GVSU (Grand Rapids, Mi)

  Grand Rapids, Mi 2008 - 2010 MBA Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  
  Seidman College of Business - MBA Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers

  Paris 1994 - 1997 Engineer
  
  Angers et ParisTech (France)