Vincent LAFON

En résumé

Entreprises

• HB Fuller - Plant Manager

  2015 - maintenant

• HB Fuller - Operations Manager

  2013 - 2015 Production of adhesives for packaging, Automotive Industry, Durable assemblies
  - In charge of Operations and especially integration of Manufacturing capabilities & production volumes transfered from closing sites
  - Ensure continuity in Manufacturing processes & customers deliveries while transformation
  - Set processes & standards to make production cost effective
  - Management of 3x8 production shifts

• AREVA - Production Manager

  Paris La Defense 2011 - 2013 Seveso High level class Plant based in Jarrie (Grenoble area -38)
  Production of zirconium (metals & oxides) and hafnium for:
  - Flat products & tubes Manufacturing for Areva group
  - Aviation titanium alloys (engines turbines and plane structure)
  - Ceramics for medical applications
  
  Missions:
  - Overseeing the production process & Drawing up production schedule
  - Ensure that the production is cost effective and in compliance with Health&Safety regulations
  - Management of 5x8 production shifts (106 people), maintenance and supply-chain

• AREVA - Plant reliability Program Manager & Business Risk Manager

  Paris La Defense 2008 - 2011 Develop & implement a flexible multilayered risk assessment framework to mitigate operational risks and ensure customers security of supply
  Team of 25 people based in 5 different production sites
  
  Achievements
  • Definition of an Division operations risks criticity Matrix
  => Action plans deployment through focused Lean six sigma based projects (3 Black belts)
  => Follow-up of operational risks reduction actions plan implementation on 3 plants
  • Involvement in 2 projects related to Plant layout (throughput optimization) & new manufacturing tool industrialization (2500t Forge Press)
  • Quarterly reporting at Corporate level

• Delphi Powertrain Diesel - Chef de programme adéquation carburants/système d'injection

  2007 - 2008 Reporting to Advanced Engineering Diesel BU Chief Engineer
  
  Management of team of 8 engineers based in 5 differents countries
  Program Manager for Light & Heavy Duty Injection system reliability improvement versus biofuels
  - Support Top Management to define Delphi business unit Fuel Strategy (warranty costs)
  
  Achievements
  - Deployment & coordination of Fuel BU quality program
  - Transversal Work group built-up & follow-up with 3 major customers (RSA/PSA/Daimler) & Total on biofuels and additives impact on fuel injection system.
  - Implementation of 2 new tests for injection systems (injectors & HP pump) robustness versus biofuels
  - Oral presentation on biofuel impact on Injection system at French Car manufacturers annual conference
  - Support to Product line managers during customers reviews

• Dephi Powertrain Diesel - Responsable Laboratoire Matériaux

  2004 - 2006 Materials expertise to support Product/Process development & Materials specifications
  Management of a team of 5 engineers - Perimeter: 4 European Manufacturing sites
  Achievements:
  • Production tool industrialization to produce anti-wear coatings on steel parts (10000p/day)
  - Support to production management during 6 months
  - Project Leader for the piezo injector assembly line (gluing) layout improvement
  • Plants Assembly lines optimization: 100k€ cost saving (2 Six Sigma projects)
  • Creation of a dedicated chemical laboratory for bio fuels study
  • ISO 16949 / OSHAS 18001 Lab certification in 2006

• Delphi Powertrain Diesel - Ingénieur Chef de projet Développement Produit Filtres

  2002 - 2004 Project Manager for the introduction of a new filtration media for Renault K9 engines and manufacturing process industrialization (Quality phase gates / cost / follow-up)
  Management of a team of 4 technicians.
  Achievements:
  • 40% product performance improvement, reduction of 50% part to part variation (DFSS project)
  • Improvement of production line through Layout improvement & job operations optimization
  30% Reduction of scraps on End of Line test (Six Sigma)
  • Technical surveys: filters, polymers (injection molding, melt-blown process), seals, epoxy glues

• PSA Peugeot Citröen - Ingénieur R&D Matériaux - CDD

  2000 - 2001 Centre Technique de Vélizy - Dpt Matériaux et Procédés: MXP/TAC/PSM
  
  Responsible for conducting R&D studies on catalysts, performing materials expertise, tests definition & planning, coordinating studies on several sites , writing final reports
  
  Achievement:
  conception of a diesel particles reactivity model in order to monitor/predict catalyst performance and life-time

• Doctorat finance par PSA Peugeot Citroen, realise a l'universite de Guildford (UK) - Doctorant

  1996 - 2000 Mise en oeuvre d'une nouvelle approche analytique permettant d'étudier l'impact des particules diesel sur les performances et la durée de vie des catalyseurs
  
  Resultats obtenus:
  - nouvelle méthodologie d'analyse des particules diesel pour évaluer leur impact sur les systèmes de traitement des émissions polluantes des véhicules
  - contribution aux études de formation des particules dans les chambres de combustion moteur
  - Publication des deux articles scientifiques dans des revues a comité de lecture
  - 2 presentations orales en anglais a des conférences internationales sur les matériaux

Formations

• Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot

  Paris 1996 - 2000

Réseau

• André BAIN

• Beduneau JEAN LUC

• Bruno ETIENNE

• Cédric LARRIBAU

• Emmanuel LOUZIER

• Fabienne MARGOTTEAU

• Florent ALPHAND

• Jean-Francois LUCCHINI

• Lucie BRASSEUR

• Stéphane LEGRAND