2016 - maintenantThe Vice President of Manufacturing (VPM) manages and coordinates all activities associated with manufacturing : Industrialization (mechanic & Electronic), Configuration Management, Production Flow Management, Methods/Investments, Maintenance and the Production sites.
- The VPM reports to the EVP Operations - COO and is responsible for direction, strategy, planning and execution for CMI Defence's manufacturing operations. The VPM shall lead the Production Teams to review, revise, develop, coordinate, and implement processes and procedures. Key attributes for this role include reduction of manufacturing waste, a focus on metrics to validate efficiencies, development of talent and cross-functional leadership.
- This position is responsible for efficient and economical manufacturing of company products in conformance with established goals and objectives.
CMI Defence
- Industrialization Manager
2012 - 2016- Management of Industrialization personnel and resources (14 peoples) providing a cost effective manufacturing process for New Product Industrialization (NPI) to CMI operations facilities
- Drive standardization on industrialization standard documentations (process flow chart, DFA & DFM, PFMEA and work instructions)
- Providing feedback to Engineering to improve product design for ease of manufacturing, optimization of material and labor costs and weight reduction
- Implement department goals, priorities, operating methods and procedures
- Effective communication (formally and informally) with outside departments concerning departments status and project requirements
- Conduction of performance appraisals for direct reports and provide input to the appraisals of other department members working in teams
Villepinte2002 - 2003Analysis in order to have a complete traceability of electronic cards and process sequences (Writing of the specification / Making contact with suppliers / Planning for implementation)
- New concept of packaging for electronic cards (Proposal / Initial Samples / Experiment & Validation)
- Capability study and analysis (In-circuit Test)
- Preparation for Audit (Checking form done with Autocad)
Autoliv
- Product Process Engineer
Cergy2000 - 2002My responsibility was to define, to put in place and validate the appropriate product manufacturing process, taking into account the expected volumes, the project time schedule and the plant existing tools. The Product Process engineer’s responsibility was to establish the process requirements that needed to be taken into account by the product design team. When fulfilled, those requirements would ensure that the product would be manufacturable with the required quality level.
- Management of the projects for Renault, Matra and General Motors
- Interfacing between R&D and Manufacturing plant to fullfil the company goals in terms of QCD
- Manufacturing constraints implementation in the product design / Design For Assembly
- Global Industrialization sequence (flow chart process, layout, cost for industrialisation, interfacing with customers and suppliers, optimization of manufacturing costs)
- Management of the capacity of tools (increase of the volume) / Purchase Order
- Negociation of the manufacturing constraints with the R&D Center
- Project milestones and project review with the management
- Preparation and liveliness of the customer’s audit / Run@Rate
- Taking the responsibility of production for prototypes and Initial samples
