Stéphane GROVES

Executive Director - Windelo

France

About

Experience

  • Executive Director at WINDELO - Catamaran
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    We're bringing eco-built, electrically motored, innovative live-aboard and high sailing performance catamarans to the market.

  • Head of A220 Product Management at Airbus
    Oct 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Formerly known as C-Series by Bombardier, the A220 is a Joint Venture now led by an Airbus majority stake. At Satair - an Airbus Services Company, we are working to transition the Spares business from Bombardier into Airbus and setup a constant and comprehensive support for our customers short term, and to secure the success of the A220 on the market long term.

  • Professional Skipper / Yachtmaster (Sabbatical Year) at Independant
    Oct 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Dream your Life, Live your Dreams. After 20+ years of sailing for holidays and regattas, I undertook to qualify as a commercial Yachtmaster and accomplished my goal of going "sailing every day" for a year. Sailing is about sharing all the good moments and the challenges, sharing skills with the varied crews on board whilst ensuring everyone's safety and reaching a destination. Does that sound familiar? What next? Definitely an Atlantic crossing.

  • Airbus (13 yrs 9 mos)
    • Director, Standard Parts Product Management
      Aug 2014 - Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Together with a worldwide team comprising Product Managers and Customer Service Specialists we developed Airbus market share in Standard Parts as a key competitive market which we had set out to impact. Within 3 years we fully reshaped the upstream supply method and cost of parts, repriced and marketed the product and roll it out, successfully signing up major airlines and MRO worldwide for long term supply agreements.

    • Director, Vendor Parts & Tools/GSE
      Feb 2011 - Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      The team is responsible for initally provisioning vendor aircraft parts and tools to customer airlines, managing consignment and surplus stocks, as well as product lead for vendor parts, tools and GSE for all Airbus customer services.

    • Head of E-Procurement & Business Ops Integration
      Jul 2009 - Feb 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

      EADS General Procurement is the shared service for indirect procurement across EADS Divisions : Airbus, Eurocopter, Astrium, Defence & Security, Airbus Military. One of the most powerful indirect procurement organisations in Europe, comprising 8BN € spend and over 470 staff, serving more than 70 sites. • Ownership and Management of the SAP EBP platforms for EADS Divisions in scope of EGP. Definition of EADS level tool consolidation strategy, definition and alignment of mid-term division level strategy, management of project teams on division and EADS levels. • Ownership and management of the EADS Catalogue Center.comprising >500 supplier catalogues serving all EADS divisions (broader than EGP), management of the associated services, processes, financials and supplier relationships. • Definition and implementation of common business operation processes & tools for operational and tactical procurement. Strategic roadmap elaboration and implementation as regards usage of external service providers (Business Process Outsourcing) on EADS level. • Direct Operational Reports : 11 to 15, Direct Subcontracting budget : 10M€, Indirect IT Budget : 2M€