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West Bloomfield Township, Mi, Us

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Management of a major EV OEM Account for Faurecia Interiors in North America ($250M yearly sales):- Responsibility over all parameters of the account P&L- Management of a team of dedicated Program Managers and Sales Managers with full responsibility over commercial performance of the account in Serial Life and Development Programs- Responsibility over the performance of new programs in development : full P&L, timing and quality- Successful launch of the interior of a major vehicle platform in Texas- Lead High level negotiations with OEM for new business award- Lead VA/VE activities on current products- Support production plants (6 plants in Mexico, 1 in Michigan) in achieving quality and delivery targets- Responsible of customer strategy and business development for the account

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Global Management and coordination of a Door Panels development program for General Motors, aiming at financial recovery:-Supervising 2 senior Program Managers-Complete Audit of initial business assumption in order to develop and implement of a “back to profitability” plan-Development and supervision of a strategy for Customer Engineering changes in order to support Design to cost target and support commercial roadmap-Significant KPI’s improvement after 6 months, smooth handover back to the local Program Managers

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Leading the North America cross functional team to success in acquisition of new businesses in North Amercia from non-US customers (Nissan, BMW):- Main commercial interface with OEM for new RFQ's- Leading a cross functional team (engineering, manufacturing, quality, costing,...) to answer customer RFQ for new business opportunities- Management of 4 Programs in RFQ- Successful award of $175M of new interior business

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Management of the Interior Program Development platform in Japan, including the management of 4 PM’s- 4 Programs in Development for Nissan + 3 in Acquisition (RFQ)- Lead of new Programs Acquisition with Nissan, in collaboration with Sales Team. - Major success in 2018 with the award of the 1st production business for Faurecia Interiors Japan, with Nissan- Fully responsible over country Programs performance (P&L and timing)- Definition of country strategic and industrial plan in collaboration with Engineering and Sales teams- Main interface with Nissan Engineering and Purchasing for all Programs related topics

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Global Management and coordination of Nissan Programs developed in Japan- Global management a platform program in Japan with a cross-functional and dedicated team of 5 people- Interface with Nissan during all development- Full responsibility over economics (P&L) and timeline of the programs- Management of new Nissan programs acquisitions- Global lead of Monozukuri and cost down activities for Nissan

Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan

Coordination of global Serial Life activities for a global Nissan platform (Interior trims and instrument panel):- Nissan Monozukuri (VA/VE) coordination between regions (Spain, Mexico, Thailand)- Global quality improvement plan by design communization- Support in the acquisition of derivative programs (Argentina, South Africa)- Program Management of Technical Agreements with partners (China, Argentina)

Kumagaya, Japan

Coordination of purchasing activity for Valeo Group in Asia-Pacific region (Japan, China, Korea,Thailand, Indonesia) for Non Ferrous Forging, Stamping and Fasteners Components:- 4% saving forecasted in 2014 on a very challenging perimeter (high RM content + high technical risk)- Responsible of global supplier negotiations for Asia Pacific Region (113 suppliers)- Coordination of technical and re-sourcing actions in 15 Valeo Sites around Asia- Functional management of 10 local buyers in Asia (Japan, Thailand, China)- Elaboration and deployment of purchasing strategy within the region- Performing supplier evaluation to reduce exposure to quality issue- Capacity monitoring over the region in a strong growth context

Kumagaya, Japan

Coordination of purchasing activity for Valeo Thermal Systems in Asia-Pacific region (Japan,China, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia) for Steel Components and Non-Ferrous Forging Components:- 5.7% of savings achieved in 2012, 4.4% in 2013- Implementation of Long Term Productivity Agreement with all major suppliers- Responsible of global supplier negotiations for Asia Pacific Region (108 suppliers)- Coordination of technical and re-sourcing actions in 10 Valeo Sites around Asia- Functional management of 5 local buyers in Asia (Japan, Thailand, China)- Elaboration and deployment of purchasing strategy at business group leve

Kumagaya, Japan

Managing purchasing activity in various countries (Japan, India, Korea, Czech...) on multiple projects for automotive interior thermal management: HVAC, Compressor,AC Loop, Control panel...- Supplier sourcing and selection according to global purchasing strategy for all components (purchasing turnover: approx 6 billion JPY)- Negotiation of future annual productivities and non recurring savings- Consolidation of bundling projects needs to obtain additionnal cost reductions- Day to day management of co-development process with suppliers- Lead buyer on EV/HEV applications: electric compressor, battery cooling systems...

La Defense, France

In charge of purchasing and new products development in LCC. - Daily work with China office- Spot and long term negotiation with Chinese and Indian manufacturer- Development process management and control (datasheets, control procedures, etc.)

Saint Vallier Sur Rhone, France

Purchasing on various project of fly-by-wire flying controllers:- Supplier RFQ and selection (mechanical parts, plastic injection,...)- Projects costs follow up- Follow up of design to cost activity- Prototypes supply management

Advanced Master In Supply Management, Purchasing And Supplier Relationship Management

Master I, International Trade And Logistics