Rennes, Brittany, France
• General Manager Europe Fluid Leading the profitability and Growth of Fluid Europe Operations. - 6 plants in Czech Republic, Germany, France and Morrocco - 140 M$ in Sales, 1500 people, 18 OEMs customers. - Implemented strategy to improve EBITDA by 10% and double sales in 7 years. • Global Advance Manufacturing - Global coordination of new Processes development. - Capex optimization: reduction from $35 million to $25 million per year through better utilization, cost reduction and process innovation.
Engineering 4.0 • Push efficiency with Standardization, Globalization and Digital tools: - 30% performance improvement in 3 years, - 70% physical test reduction, move to virtual validation, - 20M€ decrease of the Engineering budget, - 14M€ in annual savings for VA-VE. • Partner with Business Leaders to set Product, Technology and Intellectual Property strategies. • Global management - Support functions CAD, CAE, Testing, Prototype, VA-VE. - 6 direct reports - worldwide team of 250 people - budget 21M€. Europe Global Profitability • Lead a transversal team to develop and execute a plan that achieves ROIC improvement through a combination of operational, purchasing, commercial, product development and footprint actions.
Sealing Europe • Management of the European sealing product development team. • Direct reports in each country - Total team of of 120 people working with all major automobile manufacturers - budget 12M€. Global Core Sealing Product Leader • Coordination between the different regions, lead of global standardization, tools improvement, digital needs, technical community animation, innovation roadmap.