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My experience in R&D activities
Supplier Quality Manager
LIEBHERR
2013 - 2020 (7 years)
Combustion engines (diesel and gas) and for Common rail system - Off road
Experience in design support activities:
Management of development projects for quality planning of parts purchases.
Support in determining quality aspects prior to production start-up for the following departments: Project Management, Testing, Construction and Purchasing.
Conducting audits (product and process) at suppliers to capture component quality.
Support of assembly activities from a quality perspective during the start-up phases of new product generations.
Implementation of measures in agreement with the production departments and suppliers.
Support of the acceptance teams during initial inspections and in case of complaints.
Activities related to the various "Common Rail System" projects:
Coordination of the "Common Rail System" supplier’s quality projects.
Active participation in the FMEA design meetings.
Elaboration of supplier’s qualification plans.
Within the Strategic Purchasing Department:
Coordination of the quality management plans of the development components for the CRS zone.
Respect of Q-Gates (Quality Gates) - Follow-up of 8Ds (Reports and action plans before and after SOPs - Start Of Production).
Support and validation of PPAP samples (Production Part Approval Process).
Quality assurance during the development phase as well as during serial production.
Participation in project discussions and early detection of possible problems - Support to serial production and interface with suppliers (internal quality).
Test, project and Prototyping Manager
APPLIED MATERIALS
2009 - 2012 (3 years)
Wire saws for the photovoltaic industry.
Head of the Test and Validation department (12 to 15 people)
Development of innovative solutions on multi-wire sawing and precision wafering for the photovoltaic industry with corresponding measurements and tests.
Construction and investment of a new metrology laboratory for wafer inspection ($2M).
Organization of tests with the R&D department.
Contacts with customers for acceptance, presentations, laboratory visits.
Senior Project Manager
ETEL SA
2007 - 2009 (3 years)
High precision high speed positioning systems for the electronics and semiconductor markets.
Management of a project team composed of multidisciplinary specialists in an industrial environment of very high technology with a matrix organization.
Project management according to the DfX - design for conception - methodology (phase review, usual quality tools from the FMEA of the design to the acceptance test protocol by the customer).
Coordination of development and industrialization activities, quality plans.
Selection of suppliers in partnership with the project teams.
Evaluation of specifications, project risks, reporting to general management.
Project planning to achieve deliveries from prototypes to production launch.
Presentations to customers (including qualification reports)
Developed multi-axis positioning system projects (micron and nanometer range) with the US market (Nanometrics US, Tokyo Electron US).
Project Manager for innovative projects
VALEO
1998 - 2005 (7 years)
Pièces techniques pour automobile,embrayages et systèmes de détection.
Technical parts for automotive components clutching and detection systems.
In the Valeo Switches and Detection Systems division:
Development up to series of switches for different marketed vehicles with quality/cost/time requirements, including equipment manufacturing process, negotiation.
Commercialization of the project vehicle: TOYOTA/PSA B0: Use of Toyota methodology to achieve quality objectives: full testing, process diagrams, Toyota process audits.
Implementation of a quality control on the process and the suppliers in order to guarantee the 0 defect.
Follow-up of a thesis on electrical contacts with the university. Follow-up of the research contract
Development in partnership with another parts supplier of a sunroof control system with sensitive surface activation. Negotiation of the partnership contract (Webasto).
Filing of the corresponding patents.
Presentation to car manufacturers during a technology day.
In the Valeo Clutching systems division – New products research center :
Development of a new generation of plastic hydraulic controls to replace the old generation in cast aluminum for the Mondovi plant (Italy) - Use of ultrasonic technology to weld the parts and use of experimental designs for validation.
Organization and animation of meetings (Projects, creativity, review, technical and economical evaluation, cost optimization).
Organization of tests and trials necessary for validation and reliability.
Simultaneous engineering design with methods and suppliers.
Qualification of the parts until the series on the new RENAULT Mégane.
Quality Director
LAMBERET
1991 - 1992 (2 years)
Manufacture of composite refrigeration panels and metal frames
Quality management of a team of 15 people in order to set up and develop analysis methods to prevent quality defects: Resins, polyurethane foams, laminates, gel-coats, varnishes.
Responsible for the development of new plastic materials, composites, and adapted resin products to improve quality and reduce costs.
Responsible for the control laboratory, testing methodologies, drafting of specifications and control procedures for contractual specifications of purchased products.
Quality Control Manager
PECHINEY
1985 - 1991 (6 years)
Graphite for electrodes and nuclear power plants Graphite - Gas
Development of new formulations and design of experiments for the development of formulations at the research center.
Follow-up of laboratory analyses (physical-chemical and mechanical tests) and proposals for product and process improvement.
Development of controls (ultrasonic technology) including computer imaging.
Development of ultrasonic control of special products for graphite-gas nuclear reactors (COGEMA and BNFL customers).
Laboratory and development Manager
THOMSON CSF
1983 -1985 (2 years)
Radomes (Electromagnetic windows) for onboard avionics equipment.
Implementation and qualification of new materials and new plastic technologies (injectable and composite materials applied to radomes and electromagnetic antennas).
Writing of research and test reports and qualification of materials for phase transitions.
Support in the development of specific materials with the technical constraints of the aerospace industry (specifications, program management).
Processing of contracts, estimates and investments applied to the implementation of materials: resin molding, injection of special materials.
Construction of a new laboratory with definition of investments and implementation, creation of a "clean room".
Development Engineer physico-chemical
CIBIE
1979-1983 (4 years)
Headlamps - Development of new technologies to move from stamping to plastics..
Animation and management of a team for the development of new products and materials (varnishes, plastics, rubbers).
Drafting of specifications and analysis methods in various physical and chemical fields (mechanical tests, vibration tests, and chromatography).
Qualification of materials for projectors injected in special plastics and follow-up of laboratory tests including vibrations.
Testing of paints and varnishes.
Practice of vacuum deposit.