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Prony Consulting
- Managing Partner
2013 - maintenant
Prony is a management consulting firm focused on industrial competitiveness : cost engineering, product portfolio optimization, competitive bidding, value-driven design, cost and delay reduction, purchasing performance.
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Thales Communications
- Directeur Transformation
Colombes
2010 - 2013
Thales Communications S.A. provides communications networks, satellite and radio products, naval and airborne communication systems, navigation and identification systems for civil and military aircrafts, command information systems.
In charge of the company performance program, driving a set of operational initiatives aligned with executive management objectives, involving widely the organisation and aimed at:
# decreasing Non Quality Costs in customer Bids & Projects
# improving Engineering & Supply Chain performance
# increasing efficiency of Sales and Support Functions
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Thales D3S
- Purchasing Director
Courbevoie
2007 - 2010
D3S, created in 2007, is the merger of activities coming from Thales and Alcatel-Lucent, with over 3B€ of Sales in the safety and security markets for Ground Transportation, Governments, Civil security, Energy industries, Airports, Enterprise services.
# Integration of the Purchasing teams (140 purchasers in 12 countries): definition of an homogeneous new organisation with objectives and functions;
# Deployment of harmonized operational Purchasing processes for the customer bid and the program execution;
# Creation of a global team for key Sourcing and Contracting domains.
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Alcatel-Lucent
- Head of Procurement for Integration and Services Division (ISD)
Paris
2003 - 2007
Scope: ISD selling turnkey communication and security networks to Rail, Oil&Gas, Telecom, Airport customers, with a purchasing volume of 400 M€.
# Development of the Project Purchasing function (45 purchasers in 10 countries) in its contribution to Sales and Operations;
# Control of commercial offers, within the bid review process;
# Development of sourcing policy for products and services: coordination of global/local negotiations, standardization and generic solutions, partnership and reseller agreements, LCC sourcing.
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Alcatel-Lucent
- Corporate Procurement Manager
Paris
2001 - 2003
Management of the Group international sourcing team for CAPEX equipment for R&D, Manufacturing and Installation; Development and implementation of sourcing and contracting approach; Definition of Group CAPEX equipment acquisition rules with buying-leasing-rental arbitration ; Management of the Test & Measurement asset base with centralised pool for intra-Group rental, resale of redundant stock, optimisation of maintenance.
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Inter Action Consultants
- Management Consultant
Paris
1998 - 2001
Conducted cost reduction projects in industry, in various countries: design-driven cost reduction of products and supplies, purchasing re-negociation, manufacturing process re-engineering.
Assignments in Madrid, Brussels, Swindon, Sydney, Paris, Grenoble, Limoges
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Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
- R&D Engineer, Nuclear Power Industry
1995 - 1998
Developped expertise on safety issues related to nuclear plant components: finite element modeling and analysis, fracture mechanics, mechanical and thermal behavior of material.
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SNCF
- R&D Engineer, Raiway Industry
1993 - 1995
Development of numerical model to analyse behavior and improve reliability of catenaries.
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Junior Lecturer
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées
1992 - 1993
Teaching of mechanical structural analysis to engineering students
