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Tesla Motors
- Sr. Engineering Project Manager - Propulsion Systems
Gennevilliers
2015 - maintenant
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Tesla Motors
- Senior Project Manager: New Product Introduction
Gennevilliers
2014 - 2015
Increases European facility capacity by a factor 2, by implementing new equipment, standardizing jobs and decreasing cycle time
Creates a financial gain of $X.XM/quarter by decreases vehicle manufacturing costs by ($XXXX) improving touch time, and reallocating resources
Coordinates, monitors and manages technical cross functional team
Purchasing/Manufacturing/Quality/Logistic/IT/Business System/Facilities
Transfers assembly line line from Fremont facility to Netherlands (Conveyor line and End
Of Line Testing)
Implements new assembly line and testing line in Europe
Manages project up to of XX,XXX,XXXUSD investments
Manages Specifications, manufacturing/product validation and tuning (End Of line
Equipment, Marriage systems, Tooling)
Establishes and maintains timing schedule
Manages the project reviews, consolidates actions plan and provides reporting
Provides industrial plan, testing procedures, process trials & cut over schedules
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Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior (Duncan, SC, USA)
- Engineering Change Manager
2013 - 2014
(Temporary replacement position)
• Managed various combinations of Engineering Changes: tool modification (assembly tools, molds), product modification, production assembly line move to several plants...
• Coordinated and monitored Purchasing/Manufacturing/Quality/Logistic activites for each change
• Managed bumpers and fenders projects (BMW (E53, E70, E71, F25) and GM)
• Secured XXX.XXXUSD
• Defined a completely new process to implement, follow, track, and document input and output of a tuning.
• Managed inventory of all tuned parts in accordance to customer build phases and requirements
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Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior (Duncan, SC, USA)
- Engineering Project Manager
2013 - 2014
Missions:
• Ensures the product design and product industrialization including associated tools (molds, checking fixtures, validation equipment, etc.) within the QCT requirements (non-event launch, robust manufacturing)
• Ensures cross functional management of extended team
• Ensure RETEX and lessons learnt
Activities:
Product design & validation:
• Involved in upstream phases of the project (expertise phase, acquisition phase)
• Analyzes Customer Needs and Draw-up PO Specifications
• Defines the concepts of the product design to meet customers specifications and GD&T and ensures that the design for manufacturing (assembly, paint & packaging) are fulfilled
• Is the main technical contact with the customer during the design & tuning phases
• Manages and perform risk analysis (DFMEA + Design reviews)
• Manages Specifications, manufacturing and validation of the means (injection tools, checking fixtures, test jigs, End Of Arm Tooling)
• Manages Product validation (functional, geometry and cosmetic quality)
• Manages Product tuning (mold tuning, checking fixture tuning)
• Participates to the closure of project and gives feedback regarding best practices and difficulties
Project Management:
• Defines initial Statement of Work of product engineering perimeter including extended team, regarding project perimeter, development budget (hours)
• Defines and set up the engineering project planning
• Manages the engineering project reviews, consolidates actions and provides reporting and action plans
• Proposes adjustments and modifications linked to perimeter evolution during project life time
Budget management:
• Allocates budget to his extended team
• Ensures the follow up of project budget and escalade in case of deviation
• Determines internal and external perimeter versus SOW
• Contribute to investment optimization through part design
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FMC Technologies (Sens, France & Dunfermline, UK)
- Project Engineer
2010 - 2012
Technical/Commercial package submission to customers
• Analyzed customers technical needs, pre-designed and selected material regarding Quality-Cost-Delivery criteria and company strategy
• Completed quotation layouts drafts
• Secured 50M$ worth of new contracts
Post orders engineering
• Advanced design to match customer requirements
Libya/Chad Base Support
• Supported Service Engineers on field
• Reported issues, and improved components after feedback
• Created a database recording all special operations for each customer
New product development
• Developed with success worldwide retrofit key and technology advanced product
• Managed workload for multi disciplinary and international team
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FPK SA (Bilbao, Spain)
- Automotive Project Manager
2008 - 2010
Project Management from Request for Quotation to Final Delivery
• Developed technical solution in plastic molded parts to replace metal sheets structural parts (Front End Carriers, Cockpit Carriers, etc …)
• Entered in a new strategic customer into tactical project (electric car)
• Managed projects for the French car manufacturer Renault, with high level of customer satisfaction
• Specialized in Cockpit Carriers specifications
• Led Engineering/Quality/Production/Logistic teams (up to 6 peoples)
• Created documentation and actions related to Product Quality Plan (ANPQP)
• Monitored suppliers and industrialization
• Managed and monitored projects budgets
• Secured 26.9M€ worth of new contracts (12.5% of annual turnover guarantied for 6 years)
Mechanical Design
• Managed and staffed CAD/CAE resources to comply with customer mechanical behaviors specifications, with a "design to cost" orientation
• Created Design standard according to plastic molding operations
Processes maintenance and creation
• Tracked and reported European R&D projects status
• Released, updated and improved Key Performance Indicators and processes
FEA Analyst
• Integrated new FEA tools: NX Nastran and PamCrash
• Calculated static, harmonic and dynamic load cases, completed project reports
• Developed report templates and engineering calculation standards
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SAFT BATTERIES (Bordeaux, France)
- System Intergration Engineer
2006 - 2008
Mechanical design on electric truck
• Designed and industrialized European project EUREKA KB1 Electric Hybrid
• Interacted on a regular basis with suppliers and customers
• Managed team a team of 3 drafters
Test analysis
• Tested prototype on site, recorded data, analyzed data, and improved design
Continuous improvement
• Developed C++ application for "torque" according to applicable standards
• Released welding standard for symbolization and FEA application
