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Lyon, Fr

Lyon Area, France

As a consultant, assist Executive leaders in :• Diagnostic of Organisations; Diagnostic of the Management Function - Recommendations for enhancement• Top Management workshop facilitation - Alignment on a vision and on the Project sense• Structuration and Monitoring of Enterprise Transformation Project - including HR perspectives and business process improvement• Management of Strategic Portfolio & Programs• Change Management and Communication

United States, Minneapolis - Canada, Toronto

Wyde is an international software vendor and creator of Wynsure - an industry leading Insurance Policy Administration Solution. • Led solution implementation projects for US and Canadian customers. Budget +$1M.• Managed a 15-people team (Business Analysts, Developers, Architects) distributed between USA, India and Canada.• Applied Agile management, Scrum development, Sprint planning and JIRA workflow.• Facilitated Product / Project team liaisons to ensure Wynsure solution enhancements.

Lyon Area, France

• Help making Design process more Innovative : Design Thinking, Innovation Portfolio Management, business model & business plan, prototyping phase and industrialisation project.• Support new structure creation : Investment case, new structure project (start-up)• Assist in transforming into an Innovative Organisation : Innovation strategy (partnership, PI, project portfolio, fundings ...), Gouvernance & Organisation, Management Practices, Digital Transformation.• Collaborative Projects and R&I funding programs (H2020, PIA ...) from €5M to €50M budget.

Lyon Area, France

As part of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) of Volvo Trucks, implemented project management methodologies for the enterprise strategic €1B new truck category project, including coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve cost, quality and time objectives.• Implemented and led governance and monitoring processes for the complete R&D project involving 300 engineers and 5 R&D departments; coordinated with 4 Functions of the enterprise, 3 global technology platforms, and 100 interdependent projects.• Developed and presented more than 100 impact scenarios with cost, quality and timeline analysis for Steering Committee decisions.• Achieved 20% lead-time reduction in complete vehicle validation tests through in-depth technical analysis during planning phase and strong day-to-day monitoring during execution.

Lyon Area, France

Assisted and advised project managers in high technology industries on complex multi-partner initiatives financed by the European Commission (FP6 & FP7). • Managed the PULLNANO budget, a €50M research project involving 25 partners from 13 countries.• Successfully initiate the PASSPORT project to get €3.6M funding for 16 European partners.

Paris Area, France

Managed the developer team to deploy the sales force management application (PeopleSoft CRM) of Logica, including design, programming, testing, deployment and regular communication with the Logica’s Executive Board.• Justified the need and got Board approval for 30% increase in budget to target and achieve more ambitious objectives.• Developed training materials and organized training program for 300 sales representatives, and trained 100 of them.

Paris Area, France

Advised clients on e-business applications and ERP solutions. Customized PeopleSoft CRM applications according to the customer business needs. • Facilitated more than 20 workshops for up to 20 people each from Marketing, Sales and Technical Departments to collect and analyze company requirements, workflows and business processes.• Wrote and validated the functional requirements of the sales process for an application with 20k end-users.• Reduced requests for support by 30% on a sales application with 50K orders per month by improving end-user training and leading long-term efficiency enhancement efforts.

Stuttgart Area, Germany

For the 2nd world largest automotive platform of General Motors, developed new engine cooling systems from a cross-functional and front office position for German (Opel) and Swedish (Saab) customers. • Created and coordinated a virtual team with people from 2 manufacturing sites, 3 testing sites and 3 R&D sites located within France and Germany, and led the interaction with customers in Germany and Sweden.• Within 18 months developed 2 new auto parts outside of Valeo’s expertise for 200K unit annual production.• Developed Statement of Work documents with the Procurement Department to select best 3 suppliers from an initial group of 10 suppliers.

Master'S Degree, Engineering

Master'S Degree, Manufacturing And Logistics

Activities and Societies: Secretary of the Sport Association of the School.MINES DE NANTES is ranked among the top 10% of Graduate Schools.