Jean-François Arnaud

Site Managing Director / Project Director

La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

About

Experience in Rolling Stocks Industry since 1998. Site Managing Director for an activity of Manufacturing. Previous positions as Product Portfolio strategic development, Site Managing Director for an activity of Engineering and Services, General Manager for Sub Components in France and China, Products & Projects Manager and Quality management. Interests: General Management, Portfolio Management, Projects Management, Engineering Management, Quality Management.

Experience

  • Alstom (28 yrs 6 mos)
    • Project Director
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

      VELVET - Very High Speed Trains - 15 years maintenance including fleet maintenance in dedicated site

    • Site Managing Director
      Dec 2022 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      General management of site (about 500 people). Industrialization, welding, machining, assembly and delivery of rolling stock trains and components. Site transformation: recruitment about +150 HC (welders, fitters, support functions), ERP change (SAP-GSI), CAPEX for new metro fitting line, robot welding and machining. Loan agreement with QC governement achieved and exceeded. 2 new RS contracts in production and ramp-up phase.

    • Bogies & Drives Products Director - Platform Components
      Jul 2015 - Nov 2022 · 7 yrs 5 mos

      Rolling Stocks Bogies and Motors Portfolio management: - Product strategy (Product 3 Year Plan), - Products R&D, Product range and competition management, - Product improvement plans management, - Coordination of Innovation Management for Bogies and Motors, - Product definition for the future Business Opportunities and pre-tendering, - Product reliability improvement. Interface with the Rolling Stocks Platforms, Engineering and Industrial. Worldwide and multi-Sites activity. Team Management: 10 engineers based in France, Germany, India, USA (direct or dotted lines).