An industrial career with proven results

Experience in operations and industrial site management, focused on profitability, transformation and team leadership.

Production team briefing in an assembly plant, focused on performance and continuous improvement
Production team briefing in an assembly plant, focused on performance and continuous improvement

Recent assignments

Industrial SME – Interim general management

Review the viability of a manufacturing operation, prepare its reorganisation and support the transfer of skills to another business activity.

Industrial organisation
Industrial organisation
Team management
Team management

Industrial SME – Performance improvement consulting

Improve purchasing and inventory management, then deploy standard work to increase production output.

Cost, loss and waste reduction
Cost, loss and waste reduction

Selected results from industrial and general management roles

Caterpillar machines on an industrial assembly line.
Caterpillar machines on an industrial assembly line.

CATERPILLAR France · 2007–2011

Production line transformation and flow improvement

Transformation of an assembly line to support production ramp-up: project management, investment, recruitment and team training.

Deployment of the Caterpillar Production System®, standardisation of assembly operations and workload balancing across production lines.

6 → 14

units/day

on one assembly line

-30%
throughput time

following deployment of the Production System

-15%
operating costs

GGB metal-polymer plain bearings and sliding components.
GGB metal-polymer plain bearings and sliding components.

GGB France · 2011–2017

98%
on-time delivery

following deployment of the Production System

400
work standards

supported by shop-floor training

Improving performance across two industrial sites

Managed budgets, investments and performance across two plants. Standardised operations, trained teams and deployed a production system to strengthen quality, delivery performance and cost control.

+2% → 13%

operating margin

11-point improvement in two years

Automotive applications of CEBI components and systems.
Automotive applications of CEBI components and systems.

CEBI Luxembourg · 2017–2020

Strengthening quality and reliability

Improved flow on assembly and plastic injection lines. Strengthened daily management, corrective actions and preventive maintenance through better coordination between production and supply-chain teams.

-45%

customer complaints

including those from VW, GM and PSA

+12 points
OEE

following deployment of SMED and problem-solving methods

90%
on-time delivery

following deployment of Lean Manufacturing

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