Liège, Walloon Region, Belgium
➢ Industrializer with extended field experience and demonstrated leadership ➢ Recognized and rewarded for managing multidisciplinary teams and projects working with KPI’s ➢ Specific aptitude in implementing new products from R&D stage to plant production: ➢ 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 ➢ 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 ➢ Lead international teams in various countries (Belgium, USA, Mexico, UK, Italy, Poland, China) ➢ Based in New York for 5 years (2011-2016) ➢ Experienced in « 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢 » practice and lean principles ➢ Co-inventor of patented technology: Peroxide-Stable Oral Care Compositions (US 20150366766)
LIONYZE is a Belgian startup project in Eco-Designed Lithium-Ion Technology. More specifically, the NCE laboratory of the University of Liège has developed and patented an ecological and innovative manufacturing process to produce electrodes for Lithium-ion batteries without the use of any toxic solvent or additive. LIONYZE has the ambition to produce taylor-made Lithium-ion micro batteries designed according to the customer's specifications. My role in this project is to drive the technical and commercial aspects. This project funded by the SPW Research in the frame of the First Spin-off Program is in the indutrialization phase.
The NCE laboratory (Nanomaterials / Catalysis / Electrochemistry) is active in the development of nanostructured materials for various applications such as catalysis, electrochemistry and functionalized coatings. The specificity of NCE's research lies in their transversality, through which materials science and chemical engineering are approached in an integrated way. My role in this laboratory is to industrialize new technologies related to Lithium-ion batteries: demonstrate their industrial potential and feasability and put them in production through the LIONYZE startup project. Beyond design and synthesis of nanostructured materials, shaping processes are developed and optimized. Thus, the materials produced are used in the form of powders, films, beads, monoliths, etc. An important aspect of the research is to demonstrate the feasibility for scaling-up of both synthesis methods and shaping processes at an industrial scale. Studies are therefore devoted to their development at an intermediate pilot scale, between the laboratory and the industrial scales. Examples include the production of microbeads from powders through the microencapsulation process developed by BRACE GmbH, the deposition of photoactive nanometric films by roll-coating for steel industry and in commercial devices for water purification, the production of electrodes by spray-coating.
★ LEADERSHIP ➢ Lead the complexity management process to help our business partners understand complexity drivers, identify and reduce non-adding value / non-strategic complexity and promote sound business decision to assure profitable and stable product launch ➢ Identify and drive the fundamental changes necessary to orient New Products Implementation (NPI) team behavior towards customer needs and ensure support to sustainable performance aligned with business requirements ➢ Ensure leadership in HS&E and QA within NPI process ➢ Lead the implementation of a performance driven NPI culture through Continuous Improvement / Lean principles and concepts ★ STRATEGIC ➢ Define a strategic view on complexity management and put in place the right process / governance to ensure sustainable complexity management ➢ Build, maintain and improve an adequate pilot plant scaling-up facility ➢ Identify, retain & develop key talents ★ OPERATIONAL ➢ Assess new products / processes through pilot trials and / or analytical to ensure full safety ➢ Continuously improve processes in terms of efficiency, yields, quality and safety ➢ Develop, implement, report, set targets and control a set of KPI’s to support NPI objectives ➢ Support efficient introduction of new products by continuously improving GCP’s ➢ Ensure successful execution of the key NPI projects agreed with business that will enable the necessary changes to meet business requirements ➢ Manage, evaluate and develop the Flavor Industrialisation Team
𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 "𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨" 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 ➢ Successfully launched new products by coordinating projects with R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, Procurement, Packaging, Quality and Manufacturing teams ➢ Developed innovative manufacturing processes at pilot and industrial stages to reduce production time ➢ Optimized original product formulations / processes and generated significant saving: - Patent # US 20150366766 - Rewarded 3 times by the "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚" award ➢ Experienced in Technology Transfer, Change Control Management, writing Technical Justification and Notice of Deviation ➢ Generated FDA required documentation and underwent FDA audits ➢ Conducted monthly meetings with manufacturing teams to review and improve process capabilities using statistical approach (6 Sigma)
𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 ∕ 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 (𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖) 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 ➢ Developed and implemented new toothpaste formulae in collaboration with European marketing team (Colgate Oxygen, Colgate Smiles, Colgate Total) ➢ Generated required technical information for local Regulatory Agencies ➢ Demonstrated expertise in process optimization: - Designed manufacturing processes for new formulations - Wrote several research reports - Harmonized / Optimized processes for Mexico, China, United Kingdom and Thailand - Completed a 4-month STA in Poland to start-up a brand new plant: ➢ Adjusted manufacturing processes for new equipment ➢ Ensured products conformed to quality standards from existing plants ➢ Optimized operations after plant start-up ➢ Designed an innovative "𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝" based on ingredients post-addition for the Tennessee plant during a 6-month STA in the USA ➢ Improved Cleaning & Sanitization procedures for manufacturing equipment ➢ Managed pilot plant operations for the European Oral Care R&D site: - New equipment installation (DQ / IQ / OQ / PQ) and maintenance - Daily coordination of making & filling operations for process / consumer / clinical tests ➢ Managed the "Environment, Occupational, Health and Safety" program for the department
𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 / 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚-𝙪𝙥 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 ➢ Conducted production release activities for Hair Coloration Products ➢ Resolved technical issues in daily manufacturing operations, including night shift work ➢ Scaled-up new manufacturing processes based on R&D recommendation ➢ Optimized existing processes after production start-up