• Plan, direct, and control the activities of the production departments of the Drummondville and Trois-Rivières factories• Analyze production-related problems, find possible solutions and decide on changes to be made to production• Evaluate and adjust manufacturing requirements based on plant capacity and performance, labor, material, and financial means available• Plan, prepare, present, and monitor operating and capital budgets• Lead the maintenance of quality control in accordance with ISO 9001 certification• Ensure the quality of the work climate and the maintenance of good working relations• Guide the continuous improvement of working methods• Take care of recruitment, training, personnel management, and the application of the collective agreement

• Lead the production and management of inventories (human resources, subcontractors, procurement, and budgets for the department)• Organize the industrialization of production • Lead continuous product improvement• Develop processes associated with production, quality control of products and materials, implementation of procedures, controls, and monitoring of production activities (implementation and monitoring of indicators).• Implement the ERP system.

STRATEGIC• Develop strategic thinking in the management committee• Develop and implement action plans to achieve these strategies• Analyze financial statements and key performance indicators (KPI)• Lead continuous improvement projectsOPERATIONAL• Evaluate current quotes and measure their impact on workload• Manage execution of 30 to 50 simultaneous projects (total value of $ 4M to $ 10M)• Establish the organizational structure to support increase of turnover (70% in 3 years)• Supervise the engineering, machining, assembly, customer service and procurement teams (approximately 75 employees out of a total of 100)• Guide team directors and project managers for priorities management• Negotiate contractual agreements with partners / suppliers• Orchestrate interventions to support teams in critical situations• Organize team meetings to monitor and improve processes• Monitor planning deviations and establish action plans• Develop tools for monitoring performance indicators (KPI)

I have to manage • All Engineering, Continuous improvement and R&D activities• New projects for technical transfer to different partner• Improvement and design standardization

Manager of different unionized production team.

Directed Electronics acquired Astroflex in May 2006.• Develop strategic thinking in the management committee• Manage R&D and production operations in a context of seasonal sales• Shaping the evolution of the product portfolio, technical development, and production• Establish partnerships with local and international suppliers

• Develop strategic thinking in the management committee• Manage R&D and production operations in a context of seasonal sales• Shaping the evolution of the product portfolio, technical development, and production• Establish partnerships with local and international suppliers• Create a subsidiary to exploit the use of RF in a different area of activity• Participate in the due diligence for the sale of the business

• Develop strategic thinking in the management committee• Lead R&D, production, and customer service operations• Align the evolution of the product portfolio, technical development, and production• Establish partnerships with local and international companies• Collaborate in the establishment of two subsidiaries to exploit technologies developed in the blindness field for the mainstream