President / Managing Director responsible for upholding successful company operations by implementing business strategies and fostering business relationships to grow the Independent Aftermarket for the USA / Canada regions. Communicate and/or report with company Executives and Board Members, reviewing operational data and financial statements to track the progress of business initiatives.

Ensure the successful development and launch of all new programs. Manages the continuous improvement of all aspects of the program management system.·Proactively look for risk in programs and initiate actions with program teams, and/or functional management as necessary.·Ensure all functions within the cross functional program teams are in proper compliance of the program management system.·Selection, appraisal and development of program managers.·Validate business plans content including upfront costs, risks & opportunities, and footprint alignment.·Look for consistency between program business plans, divisional budgets, actual performance as wells as medium-to-long-term division strategic plans.·Develop/maintain monthly reporting and analysis for all programs in Development.·Establishing program related objectives for the Division.·Drive continuous improvement across Divisions as well as across Business Groups within NAO Division. Drive consistency towards best practices.·Develop and conduct program management related training as needed.·Oversee the audit of programs on a regular basis.

Faurecia Management proactively created a new Business Unit to manage all aspects of the service business including but not limited to past-model-service, current-model-service, and aftermarket. I am responsible to manage, develop and market our service business for all customers. This business approach was implemented to continuously improve customer satisfaction. The main missions of the role are to:•Direct line management responsibility for the Service CBU organization. Support the main CBU objectives as it relates to Service requirements for each OEM customer. Responsible for the profitability of Service Sales. •In charge of all the aspects of customer satisfaction as it relates to Service. Intervene at customer management level in case of any problem unsolved directly by the operational teams in charge.•Documents and synthesizes the Customer evolution in the next years as it relates to Service and define how Faurecia will adapt to this evolution. Then deploy the strategy within his team and the other operational units of the Product Line as necessary (operations, development, international development).

As the Purchasing Director I am responsible to develop and deploy the Division’s purchasing strategy in compliance with Group and Product Group policies, direct the Commodity Buyers of the Division, and build and maintain a best-in-class supplier panel. The main missions of the role are to:•Continuously improve purchasing productivity via cost reductions, negotiations, VA/VE activity, increased knowledge of cost drivers by region as well as the development of cost models. •Lead Commodity Purchasing management of Division’s direct spending by defining the objectives of the Buyers and ensure the active use of e-sourcing tools, deployment of best practices and development of supplier panels to the optimal technical and/or best-landed-cost levels. Ensure the coordination with global counterparts in other Divisions/Product Groups for best practices.•Support Program and Acquisition Purchasing through participation in the Commodity related APQP activities (Program Steering committee, Program Sourcing Committee). Assist in the integration of expert suppliers in the pre-acquisition phase where applicable. •Provide data as needed for normal reporting, forecasting, budget activity as well as mid-term planning to Division, Product Group and/or Group levels. Provide guidance and leadership to employees, develop objectives and conduct performance reviews, manage career development and training plans.

Ensure the successful development and launch of new programs and manage the continuous improvement of the Global Program Acquisition and Management System. The main missions of the role were to: •Ensure proper compliance and reporting of all programs globally. Identify risk in programs as well as mitigating actions. Conduct the audit of programs in each division on a regular basis.•Validate program business plans and identify inconsistencies between BPs and Divisional Budgets and actual performance.•Aid in the selection, appraisal and development of Program Managers. Establishing Program Related objectives for the divisions.

The position is responsible for compiling and overseeing all internal and external commercial activity related to our newly formed business unit. This includes, but is not limited to, price submissions, major negotiations, management of the DCX systems interface, new business quoting activity and overall customer relations. The business unit’s Account Executives and Cost Estimators report to this position. Under my guidance, high levels of customer satisfaction have helped our DCX CBU sales soar from approximately $40M/yr to $105M/yr including three major program awards as well as proliferation of existing programs. Starting the new business unit has included many additional, intangible challenges involving the formation of a new internal, cohesive business unit team while maintaining high levels of performance through motivation, leadership, and mentoring skills.

Responsible for managing the product development launch process. Direct reports included several Program Engineers, Resident Engineer, and Design Engineers. Helped guide the technical interface process with Ford. Worked closely with the Commercial Director, to ensure that the technology strategy is aligned with product, corporate, and business unit strategy. Helped manage various team’s program launch activities including and achieve their program targets including functional performance, quality, timing, cost and profit. Participated in the selection/assessment of prospective account executives, program managers and engineering candidates.

This expatriate assignment in Köln, Germany was to help our company establish the Ford Business Unit in Europe. I co-led an on-site team located at the Ford Merkenich facility for approximately 2½ years. Faurecia was sourced to lead a global exhaust team in providing full system solutions to multiple OEM Partners including Ford, Volvo, and Mazda. The program complexity involved 7 engine families, 3 brands, 6 markets, 10 emission levels, 8 body styles, and 5 OEM production facilities that will produce approximately 1.4M vehicles annually. My leadership skills and decisiveness, helped direct this fast paced project team, which faced many changing responsibilities, processes, and conflicting requirements along the way. The culmination of work has resulted in Ford of Europe now accepting Faurecia as a serious exhaust partner and system solution supplier in Europe.

Building on the Product Engineering role, my responsibilities included developing and managing APQP processes and timing with all departments to ensure that all key milestones/deliverables are met. Established/monitored SDS, SOW, DVPs, development costs, budget constraints, risks/opportunities and target metrics to internal teams and management. I helped identify, prioritize, communicate and resolve open issues, and major concerns. Obtained team feasibility agreements on design and cost. Assisted in all aspects of Tier2 activity. Established and cultivated strong, working relationships with team internal/external team members.

Liaison engineer to Ford on the F-Series, Motor Home, Special Truck, O/8500 GVW for the US, Mexico, and South America markets and production facilities. Responsible for the product design/development activity from inception until steady state production, by utilizing the internal APQP process. Coordinated/monitored $1.5M annually in prototype sales through various programs. Worked with customer contacts to acquire pertinent electronic data, engines, vehicles, specifications, or other resources essential for program design/development. Coordinated formal design reviews and validate that designs meet internal/external standards. Participated in all relevant customer events including CPMT, Engineering sign-offs, on-site build/launch events

Responsible for organizing and implementing steel rod and tube products from prototype stages to steady state production for various customers including GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Common activities were production line troubleshooting, producing/updating all 2D/3D product drawings, tool/gauge/process design.