Laurent Collignon

EVP Quality at Safran Seats

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

30 years serving Aerospace Industry, dedicated to driving projects successfully, create or transform industrial entities.

Experience

  • Safran Seats (7 yrs)
    • EVP Quality
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Deputy Industrial Director
      Apr 2024 - Jul 2024 · 4 mos

    • VP Composites Center of Excellence
      Jul 2019 - Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Creation, ab initio structuration, ramp-up of the industrial entity, in charge of the development and the supply of seats and suites composites structures. Business Unit (72 M€ ramping up, 1100 people), managing programs, developments, 3 production plants and external built to print suppliers. Foundation of a common culture and standards, leveraging synergies and mutual support between the 3 sites (France, Mexico, Tunisia). Leading throughout the Covid crisis : industrial transfers management, important headcount adaptation.

  • VP Quality Safran Transmission Systems at Safran Transmission Systems
    Dec 2013 - Jul 2019 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Member of the Board of Safran Transmission Systems. OE customer claims reduced by 70 %. QRQC deployment over the company perimeter. Unifying EN9100 certification and Part21 approval over the French and Polish entities. Building the Quality System of a new subsidiary.

  • Casting Plant Manager Safran Aircraft Engines at Safran Aircraft Engines
    Apr 2010 - Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Managing 260 people, in charge of the industrialization and production of turbine blades. Back to PO and scrap reduction. Management of the initial industrialisation of the LEAP blades.

  • Snecma (11 yrs 8 mos)
    • Director Industrial Operations Russia Safran Aircraft Engines
      Mar 2008 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Managing a complex relationship with the risk and revenue sharing partner NPO Saturn, leading to the certification of the SaM146 engine and to the serial production launch. Leading a team of 30 expatriates and Russian nationals, coordinating the operations in Russia : design, industrialization, production and assembly, engine tests.

    • Production Manager Le Creusot Plant
      Oct 2005 - Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Managing 125 people, in charge of engine turbine disks production. Lean Manufacturing deployment.

    • Forge Engineering Manager
      Aug 2001 - Sep 2005 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Project methodology and leadership deployment within the team. Success in industrializing on time the new engine GP7200 (A380). Developing the relationship with internal and external customers.

  • Société Européenne de Propulsion (Bordeaux Area, France)
    • Rocket Nozzle Designer
      Feb 1996 - Aug 1998 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Design of nozzles for rocket solid fuel engines.

    • Thermostructural Composite Project Manager
      Sep 1994 - Jan 1996 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Design of products based on thermostructural composites