Nicolas BERNIER

En résumé

Entreprises

• Bouvet - Directeur de Production

  2016 - maintenant 400 personnes en Production / 100 M€ CA / Conception et Fabrication de menuiseries pour l'habitation / 100% Français
  Responsable des fonctions Sécurité, Qualité, Production, Méthodes et Maintenance

• Valeo - Production Manager

  Paris 2013 - 2015 VALEO - Reims - France
  
  150 employees / 55 M€ yearly sales / 24 hours - 7 days manufacturing of Heat Exchangers (Charge Air Cooler) / Lean and fully automatic processes
  
  - Plan, organize and direct the manufacturing operations in order to reach Financial, Quality, Delivery and Social targets
  - Initiate cost reduction plan
  - Drive the industrial strategy to keep the plant competitive

• Valeo - Smyrna - USA - Plant & Industrial Manager

  2011 - 2013 70 employees / 80 Musd yearly sales / 24 hours Just-In-Time manufacturing and delivery of Front End Modules
  
  - Responsible for all Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain operations as well as other support functions: Safety, Human Resources, Information System and Maintenance
  - Plan, organize and direct the manufacturing operations meeting Financial and Quality target
  - Initiate cost reduction plan
  
  Results:
  * 3,500 m2 plant opened on time & Investments 23% under budget
  * 70 employees hired and trained to the Valeo standards
  * Gross Margin: 30% above target
  * 15% cost reduction on Direct Labour and Overhead in 1 Year
  * Zero lost time accident
  * Pass Nissan ASES audit level B / ISO TS certification / Customer line return = 10 PPM / Very good relationship with the customer

• Valeo - Paris - France - Industrial & Process Engineer

  2008 - 2011 Product Group Process Engineer for new projects / 10 plants worldwide
  
  - Training and coaching of 4 Process Engineer worldwide
  - Industrialization leader for a new Front End Module in US (Investments & Direct Labour needs definition, Equipments specifications, Supplier negotiation and selection, Equipment installation and validation)
  - Creation of the Product Group Industrial standards through a collaborative website: kit to launch a new plant, standard specifications, Product/Process definition, PFMEA, Supplier panel, validation check-list, Lesson Learned Cards.
  - Answer RFQ (Request For Quotation) from worldwide customer
  
  Results :
  Investments new assembly line saving: 20%, Tool standardization saving: 100 Kusd, Ultra Lean Process Workshop: Direct Labour reduced by 20%.

• Valeo - Zaragoza - Spain - Continuous Improvement Engineer

  2006 - 2008 Manufacturing of EGRC (Cooling modules)
  
  - Kaizen, 5S, SMED Workshop
  - Quality problem solving using QRQC methodology
  - New equipments launch and implementation of the Preventive Maintenance
  - Process transfert from Valeo Spain to South Korea joint-venture (2 Musd equipments transfer, 3 South Korean Engineer trained in Spain, Production launch validation in South Korea)

• Valeo - Angers - France - Process Engineer

  2005 - 2006 Industrialization of new headlamps for PSA and Volvo (PSA Award for the Production launch)

Formations

• Fox Valley Technical College (Oshkosh)

  Oshkosh 2013 - 2013 APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional
  
  See APICS CSCP website - http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professional-development/certification/cscp

• ENSI Bourges

  Bourges 2002 - 2005 Master's degree, Industrial Engineering
  
  Mécanique, Production, Robotique et Risques industriels

• Lycée Henri Bergson Math SUP / SPE PC

  Angers 2000 - 2002

• Lycée Henri Bergson

  Angers 2000 - 2002 Classes préparatoires
  
  Classes préparatoires entrée aux écoles d'ingénieurs

• Lycée Saint Louis

  Saumur 1994 - 2000

Réseau

• Fabrice CATTANT

• Laurent KALETA

• Marc BOSVIEUX

• Michel COUTREEL

• Nelly PRIVAT

• Olivier PELLEGRIN

• Pierre GIRARDEAU

• Servajean JULIEN

• Séverine THIBAULT