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In addition of previous responsabilities, management of new team and activity: injection tools and part feasibility. Management of new team leader located in Brazil.

In addition of previous areas, responsability, management of a CAD team in one plant located in Germany, dedicated to interior lighting products. I have promoted one people to get a local team manager.Main customers : BMW, VW group, Daimler

 In addition of France territory management and further to the acquisition of the interior division of Magna by Grupo Antolin: co-management of the CAD resources of the Warwick (UK) plant including new products:instrument panels and central consoles Management of resources allocation from external companies and from other GA centres to complete the UK project team, considering skills and economic aspects. Co-management of issues regarding requirements and projects with JLR and Toyota (planning, specific requirements, etc). Deployment of operational processes with BCC teams and GA Corporate workflow. Annual budget setting.Main Customers:Jaguar Land Rover - Toyota - Renault Nissan Group - PSA Group - VW Group - BMW - Ford - Honda

Management of 5 centres (about 32 employees) in charge of different products: seats, sun-visors, lighting. Deployment of operational processes with BCC teams considering specificities and constraints for each centre: team, product, workflow, etc. Management of issues regarding requirements and projects with German and Asian customers. Management of workload from France centres to BCC centres. Annual budget setting.Main Customers:Renault Nissan Group - PSA Group - Smart (Daimler) - VW Group - BMW - HondaResults and benefits: Increase of BCC hours according to internal targets. Decrease of overall CAD costs. Increase of activities range with BCC centres

Area: Automotive Interior TrimTechnologies: Plastic Injection, ThermoformParts: Door Trim - Body Side TrimProject phases: Offers - Development - Industrialization on plantsMain tasks: Creation of the France CAD department - Hiring and management of France CAD team (8 senior designers) - CAD activities costing - Engineering support - Development of working methods with LCC CAD team - Management of LCC CAD team (junior designers) based in India and Morocco - Planning management with internal project team and customer - Negotiation - Budget setting - Cost-cutting strategy - Junior designers training in engineering - ReportingCustomers:Renault Nissan Group - PSA Group - Smart (Daimler)Results and benefits:New CAD French team quickly operational45% improvement on competitiveness (for CAD activities)Responsiveness improvement regarding customer requests (flexibility, task force)12 projects developped from 2011 to 2013 with optimized resources and customer satisfaction

Area: Automotive Interior TrimTechnologies: Plastic Injection, Welding ProcessParts: Door trim - Body Side TrimProject phase: OffersMain tasks: Technical management of Requests for Strategy and Quotation - Studies on weight gain on interior trim parts - Drafting and presenting tender offer files - Benchmarking - Management of designers based in France and IndiaCustomers:Renault (F) - PSA (F)Partners:Kasai (J)Results and benefits:Development of ideas to reduce weight on interior trim partsDesign proposals to reduce costs and weight of partsProposals on product diversity gain to reduce development costs

Area: Automotive Interior TrimTechnologies: Plastic Injection, ThermoformParts: Headliner - Door trimProject phases: Offers - Development - Industrialization on plantsMain tasks: Design and development of parts - Management of tier 2 suppliers regarding quality issues solving - Management of designers based in France, Spain and India - Management of foreign suppliers - Drafting of tender offer filesCustomers:Renault (F)Partners:Macauto (Taïwan) - Persico (Italy) - Dow (Netherlands) - Ototrim (Turquia) - CML (France) - LG (Korea)Result and benefits:Awarded on new projectsValidation of a new supplierBetter quality thanks to product design improvement

Area: Automotive Interior TrimTechnologies: Plastic Injection, ThermoformParts: Headliner - Body Side TrimProject phases: Offers - Development - Industrialization on plantsPartners:Grupo Antolin (France) - Eurostyle (France) - Johnson Controls (France) - Treves ( France) - ITW (France)Main tasks: Management of suppliers - Design and development of parts