Khédidja ZITOUNI

Global Urban Transport and Development Director

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

About

Experience

  • Global Urban Transport and Development Director at Egis
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Global Director for Urban Transportation and Urban Development, leading cross-functional areas of urban mobility, including upstream studies, Metro (MRT), Trams (LRT), Buses (BRT), and systems (RS, signaling CBTC, Power Supply, Depot…), proudly developed and designed by a dedicated community of 2,000 technical resources and experts worldwide.

  • Project Director - Regional and Commuter trains for the Greater Oslo at Alstom
    Aug 2022 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Responsible for the most important contract ever awarded in Norway in the railway industry, worth 1.9 Billion EUR, to supply commuter, regional, and cross-border trains. In 2025, 55 trains out of 200 were ordered by Norske tog (Public Norwegian Company), including 2 variants that can run up to 160 kph and 200 kph. Accountable for the whole project and its performance within a worldwide industrial footprint that includes 7 countries and 10 sites.

  • Alstom (Permanent · 13 yrs 10 mos)
    • Project Manager - Regional and Intercity trains
      Jan 2018 - Feb 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for a major frame contract currently worth 3 Billion EUR to supply trains for French territory. 400+ trains ordered by the French Operator SNCF so far out of 1 000 trains, available in 6 models: - Regional trains (TER) / Intercity trains (IC) - Cross-border trains between France and Switzerland (LEMAN EXPRESS Project) - Cross-border trains between France and Germany - Hybrid trains / Hydrogen train Accountable for the project governance and its performance: - Coordination of and negociation with all stakeholders and partners from 7 manufacturing sites - Relationship with the client, based on trust, active listening and constructive dialogue - Risks and opportunities proactive management and crisis management when necessary Achievements: - On time delivery of the Swiss Cross-border fleet - Achieving sub-fleets reliability and availability targets on warranty phase - Continuous improvement of the customer satisfaction measured through surveys

    • Deputy Project Manager - Regional and Intercity trains
      Feb 2017 - Dec 2017 · 11 mos

      Deputy project manager for the SNCF Regiolis frame contract as an introduction of my role as described above.

    • Tender and Sales Manager - Metro Grand Paris Express
      Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      GRAND PARIS EXPRESS TENDER - METRO LINE 15, 16, 17 Achievement: Frame contract of 1 000 cars worth 1,3 Billion EUR signed Phase 1: Pre-tendering Understand the client's needs to build the best relevant strategy to be compliant with the client's requirements Phase 2: Leading tender - Leader of tender preparation with a team of 40 people focused on product strategy, design & innovation, industrial organization, legal, tender documentation, pricing strategy… - Organization of the first Hackathon of Alstom with Ecole42: Digitalize my Metro (#metro2030) - Partnership with Gobelins School of Arts: creation of short movies in stop motion to illustrate the new metro lines - In charge of challenging negotiations during first tender phase

  • Deputy Industrial Project Manager - ALTEN for AIRBUS at ALTEN
    Feb 2005 - Apr 2008 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    A400M / A350 Extra Wide Body prototype - Industrialization/Methods Department - Jigs and Tools Working with design team in concurrent engineering process to define and develop a new assembly line for the new Airbus plane XWB for T11-T12 section - Writing the requirement specification for the suppliers proposals, analyzing the suppliers offers and driving the supplier technical proposals to manage the development progress of the new assembly line - Collecting and analyzing assembly problems and initiates corrective actions (reverse engineering) - Managing the “MAP” phase (troubleshooting and finetunning phase) for the assembly of the 4 first planes - Following-up the production and providing engineering support to the product line