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RECYLEX
- Improvement Engineer
2010 - maintenant
Company / people / business / location: FMM (part of the RECYLEX group)/ 24/ Lead battery recycling/ Brussels
Function: Improvement Engineer
Achievements:
* Key player in achieving a 60% productivity improvement through the proposal, purchase and implementation of relevant investments (about 300 000 Euros of investments) ;
* Development of a ``sophisticated'' excel spreadsheet to break down and analyse the cost of production ;
* Analysis of the finance operational reports: fixed cost allocation, break even computation ;
* EBIT simulation of different production mix scenarios ;
* Development of a production process dashboard with Labview ;
* Supervised three Engineer students during their internships in our company ;
Experience gained: Lead battery recycling / Lead metallurgy / relation between production practices and cashflow / dust filtering and capture technologies /Mercury filtration / Shredders / Vibrating screeners / Labview
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Toyota
- Manufacturing Engineering Deputy Manager & engineers/technicians
VAUCRESSON
2005 - 2010
Company / people / business / location: AWE (Toyota group) / 600/ Automatic Transmissions Remanufacturing/ Mons
(up to 10 engineers/technicians)
Achievements:
* Increased capacity and productivity to cope with an increase of production from 10 to 50 AT/day over a 3 years period ;
* Managed continuous improvements for reduced cost of operations through Lean Manufacturing principles application ;
* Pulled a solid, cohesive team of colleagues to reach impressive achievements.
Experience gained: Management, Automatic Transmissions / Remanufacturing type of business /Total Preventive Maintenance / Toyota Production System
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AWEurope
- Extrusion BU manager
2003 - 2005
Company / people / business / location: Decoma/ 250/ Cars' exterior plastic mouldings/Belgium, Braine L'Alleud
Function: Extrusion BU manager, 6 sigma projects responsible
Achievements:
* Re-layout and reorganisation of 4 (among 5) end cap and finishing lines with 20 to 100% increase in productivity, 30% reduction in floor space, suppression of inline inventory, important improvements in ergonomics ;
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Toyota
- Production Engineer
VAUCRESSON
2002 - 2003
Company / people / business / location: AWE (Toyota group) / 200 /Electronic boards for gearboxes and GPS / Belgium, Braine L'Alleud
Achievements:
* Re-layout of the existing production process with JIT philosophy: 20% productivity improvement, 80% reduction of inline inventory, 35% reduction in floor space occupancy ;
* Training of the operators at the new work organisation ;
* Layout of the new navigation systems production line ;
* Study and implementation of all the kanban loops
Experience gained: Kanban in deep / Japanese culture / Japanese production methods / Electronic boards manufacturing
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TNC
- Interim Manager
2001 - 2002
Company / people / business / location: TNC / 50 / Illuminated displays / Belgium, Tubize
Function: Interim Manager, in charge of implementing a new production line for their newest product (flat displays)
Achievements:
* Designed and implemented the workshop layout in a JIT philosophy that use 1/4th the area previously planned. ;
* Improved the productivity ( 200%) with new equipment, parts and work organisation. ;
* Improved the logistics for better parts supply reliability (use of Kanban). ;
* Organised the production with no buffer stocks, greatly simplifying production and quality management. ;
* Ramped up the production from 25 to 150 parts per week in 2 months time. ;
* Wrote the assembly procedures (complete with steps, parts references, drawings, pictures). ;
* Managed the day to day activities: production planning, human resources, follow up. ;
* Used only 1/4th of the allocated budget for the new production line.
Experience gained: multi-cultural people management / flat panel displays / JIT production implementation
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IMPAC
- Productivity Improvement Consultant
2000 - 2000
Company / people / business / location: IMPAC / ? / Productivity Improvement Consultancy /
Achievements:
* Was able to propose significant productivity improvements and cost savings in various manufacturing plants ;
Experience gained: meat preparation / cheese process / domestic garbage recycling / concrete casting industry
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PTS
- Indépendant
2000 - 2001
Designed and developed a new product for personal transportation, to be patented. This included: market analysis, manufacturability analysis, parts procurements, partners search, patentability investigation, and other related activities.
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SecurityDBS
- Manufacturing Research Manager
1996 - 1999
Company / people / business / location: SecurityDBS (ISO certified) / 120 people / Drill bits manufacturing / Brussels
Function: Manufacturing Research Manager.
Achievements:
* Complete restructuring of the production to bring the old fashioned plant to modern (JIT) workflow. This included: new layout drawing; consensus obtainment at all levels; subcontractors management to move the 70 machines, rebuilding of the internal walls, certifying the new power lines and plumbing; changing the mentalities... ;
* Key player in the closer collaboration between the Brussels and the American colleagues. ;
* Implemented new work cells techniques and procedures for significant productivity improvement (30 to 200%). ;
* Implemented a new Kanban warehouse. ;
* Imagined and implemented a new production planning using Microsoft Project programmed in Visual Basic.
Experience gained: powder metallurgy / torch brazing / (NC) milling & lathing / MIG and sub-arc welding / measurement methodology / project management / environment issues / negotiation with Unions / missions to our US plant (Houston) for production method convergence.
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Honeywell
- Production Engineer & Team Supervisor
Thaon Les Vosges
1991 - 1996
Company / people / business / location: Honeywell (ISO certified) / 200 people / Digital Control Systems / Assembly line Team Supervisor.
Achievements:
* Reduced the test time of the main product line from an average of 3 days down to 1 hour per cabinet (through a new work method from my own and the choice and implementation of the right test equipment). ;
* Key player in the closer collaboration between the American and Belgian teams. ;
* Implementation (in collaboration with our US colleagues) of an input/output simulator. ;
* Worked on the implementation of an MRPII software, in charge of the production module (BOMs, routings,...). ;
* Made the methods of assembly & test in a new user-friendly way involving the mix of digital pictures, drawings, references and comments on the documents. ;
* Implemented a new Kanban warehouse.
Experience gained: MRP / ISO 9001& 9002 / TQM / EFQM / presentation skills / software management (Pascal, C, Visual Basic) / electromagnetic compatibility (EC norms) / electronic cabinets assembly and test / missions to our US plant (Phoenix) for test methodology convergence.
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General Motors
- Manufacturing Engineer
Argenteuil
1989 - 1991
Company / people / business / location: General Motors / 600 people / car equipment (air conditioning) /
Achievements:
* New prototypes of evaporators preparation and presentation to the customers. ;
* Launching of the prototypes in manufacturing (tooling purchase, production line adaptation, procedures,...). ;
* Various significant productivity improvements in the JIT philosophy and miscellaneous hands on problem solving. ;
* Gave JIT training.
Experience gained: JIT / Toyota system / continuous improvement / design for manufacturing / SPC/ customer satisfaction / meeting conduction techniques / vacuum brazing / ultra fine leak test / TIG welding/ presses / degreasing .
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Illochroma
- Method Engineer
1987 - 1989
Company / people / business / location: Illochroma/ 500 people/ industrial printing/ Brussels
Function: Method Engineer.
Achievements:
* Complete calculation, simulation and follow up of the production budget for the whole company (all BUs). ;
* Analysis and implementation of a cost/selling price calculation software. ;
* Various production problems solving.
Experience gained: cost calculation / budget calculation / deep understanding of productivity / daily work with workers up to directors / helio printers / paper cutting / packaging / inks preparation / paper behaviour / paper metallisation.
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Armée belge
- Service militaire
1986 - 1987
