Thierry R.

Program Management / Business Management

Trignac, Pays de la Loire, France

About

Experienced Plant Director in Aeronautics, currently overseeing the production of AIRBUS's A350 XWB Fuselage section at SPIRIT AeroSystems France. With a 20-year track record, I excel in global systemic management, executing complex projects and optimizing industrial processes. Noteworthy achievements include doubling efficiency, recovering quality levels, and transforming operations from losses to profits. A crisis management expert, I've successfully implemented digitalization initiatives and orchestrated major factory projects, consistently delivering results in high-stakes, high-tech environments. #Cross-Functional Team Management # Multi-Cultural Team Management #Leadership #Industrial Strategy #Enterprise Transformation #Systemics #Innovation #Digital transformation #Factory 4.0 #Operations Management #Open to work #Supply Chain Management #Quality Management # CAPEX Management #Project Management #Continuous Improvement # Operation Excellence Management

Experience

  • Business Management at Airbus
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

  • Spirit AeroSystems (14 yrs 7 mos)
    • Business Management
      Apr 2019 - Dec 2025 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      Business Management: Manage A350 (Fuselage Section 15 & Wings FLE) Executive reportings (France, US: Kinston & Wichita, UK). Support A350 S15 Program Management. Operations Excellence France champion: Manage Continuous Improvement process on site, identify and share local Best Practices with other sites, Implement shared Best Practices. Manage corporate cross-functional projects on site (eg: Digitalization, Operations Engineering, Operations performance, Safety, Quality related projects). Design to Cost France Focal.

    • France Finance manager & controller
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Team : 2 persons

    • Industrial Engineer Manager (A350)
      Jun 2011 - Sep 2017 · 6 yrs 4 mos

      • Team : 2 engineers • Product : Central section of the A350 Fuselage • Customer : Airbus • Activity : - S&OP, Master Scheduling, Scheduling, Capacity Scheduling. - Continuous Improvement (Lean Manufacturing): setup and optimize processes across the business (Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, SCM, Logistics, Operations, Quality), Risk Issues & Opportunity Management with cross-functional teams - Industrial studies and simulations to optimize Cost per Unit & lead time, to ensure ramp up and On Time Deliveries. Other additional missions : - 2013: SAP France implementation Manager, SAP France Focal - Since 2014: - Group performance metrics deployment in France, optimized the activity by automating the process. - Industrial Projects manager to ensure ramp up and optimize cost performance. - 2016 - 2017 : Major factory projects manager - Q1 2016: Transfer of Work between supplier and our factory : Schedules, resources ramp up. - Q2 '16 - Q3 '17: France A350-Strech Project manager, worked with cross-functional team : Program Management, Facility, Tooling, Logistics, Operations, Architect, Suppliers. Customer reviews. - Since 2017: - Business management France manager: Ensure Business performance reporting and provide guidance to top management - CAPEX France manager

  • SEGULA Technologies (Greater Saint-Nazaire Area)
    • Plant Manager (Airbus, Thales)
      2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

      Saint-Nazaire - Brais site • Team : 15 persons • Products : 1/3 Belly Fairing A340-600, A320 pylon casing; Radio Frequency antenna 3m (military), 9m, 13m, 17m • Customers : THALES Antenna (military and civil), DAHER-SOCATA, AIRBUS Toulouse, DASSAULT, FAMAT • Activity : Operations, Scheduling, Supply Chain, Procurement, after sales market, quotation & negotiation for new contracts, quality, financial results. • Results : - Won local market of production services for FAMAT - Recovered quality level expected on A320 products - Recovered to On time deliveries - Re-engineered antennas to be more efficient in production

    • ERP setup and implementation (IFS)
      2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

      - Setup and implement new Corporate ERP (IFS). In charge of: Plant, MM, MPS, MRP, PAC, WO, HR, Direct Clocking, …

    • Business Unit Manager (Airbus)
      2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

      • Team : 75 persons • Revenue : 4.5 M€/year • Customers : AIRBUS France, AIRBUS Germany, AEROLIA, BOMBARDIER (Canada), CAC (China), DASSAULT, EUROCOPTER France, HAI (Greece), HAL (India), FOKKER (N etherlands), LATECOERE, MAZ'AIR, MECACHROME, REIMS Aerospace, SAAB (Sweden), SABCA (Belgium), SOGERMA, SOCATA • Activity : - Manage Airbus St-Nazaire’s suppliers’ outstanding works on Gron site on all programs (A400M, A380, A340, A320) ; ME & Suppy Chain services provided to Airbus St-Nazaire. - Manage all functions : Operations, Quality, billing, negociate each month price, scheduling, supply chain, logistics, HR, budgets, financial results. - Accountable for financial result. • Realizations : - Passed from losses to profits - Increased efficiency by 46% (from 0.78 to 1.24), by setting up processes, organization, method and tool, enabling to track each individual performance - Recovered customer confidence - Improved : OTD from 80% to 99,9% ; OQD : from 75% to 99% - Develop teams skills

  • Aerostructure Assembly Operations Manager (A320 Family) at DAHER Atlantique
    2005 - 2005 · Less than a year

    • Team : 25 persons • Products : A320 Family structure pieces assembly • Customer : Airbus • Activity : Operations, Scheduling, SCM, Logistics, Quality (functional) • Realizations: - Recovered Customer confidence, recovered on time deliveries, recreated AOG end item stock - Improve performance (from 25 to 15 persons) - Setup processes, organization, systems and tools to transfer the activity in Morocco “key on hand”

  • Saint-Nazaire Plant Manager (A380) at SPEKON France SAS
    2003 - 2005 · 2 yrs

    • Team : 25 persons • Revenue : 120 k€ per shipset + negociated and won local contracts 25k€ per shipset • Product : A380 Insulation blankets • Customer : Airbus Saint-Nazaire (GRON) • Activity : - Set up, Implement, set up , manage and grow the new St-Nazaire site (from 1 to 25 persons) - Negociate contracts with customer and suppliers - Hire and Build the team • Results : - Site implementation : success - Customer satisfied of services and products provided (Reactivity, on Time Deliveries, on Quality), - Management satisfied : on Safety, Cost, Team building.