Greater Lyon Area
Experienced Innovation, Product and Manufacturing Director with a demonstrated history of working experience in automotive industry, plastics and composites. Lead key projects, innovation organization and winning new product strategies. Manage multidisciplinary projects in worldwide globalized automotive industry. Team player with excellent communication capabilities.
Lead the Industry 4.0 strategy for the Division. New role in the organization: key challenge to continue to grow the business profitably. Introduction of breakthrough, efficient, and differentiating technologies and production systems in Auto Exterior plants.
Manage products life-cycle & strategies for automotive exterior applications. Worldwide network to identify customer needs and promote new technologies. Strategies for weight-saving, high performance composites & new modules. Elaborate business plan & business models for new products. Over 1 million tailgates in production positioning PO Auto Exterior as a market leader. New body concepts for future connected & autonomous cars (Living Body)
Team of 70 skilled engineers and technicians from Innovation to lab testing. Responsible for technical commitments in RFQ’s phases. Manage tight budget, maximize subsidies to finance Innovation.
Development of finite element modeling for injection molding & crash simulation. Development support to all polymer divisions (PA, PS, PE, PP, PVC, Alloys...). Specialized in support to automotive applications & PP division (Appryl).