My automotive experience

Technical Sales Manager

2006 - 2007 (2 years)

Manufacturing of injected and decorated plastic parts - (paints and varnishes).

• Technical and commercial proposals with the various design and purchasing offices in the automotive field in order to develop sales.

• Management of a customer portfolio, prospecting and negotiation of new contracts.

• Identification of market needs and sales forecasts.

• Choice of the adapted plastic materials and the corresponding paint and varnish coatings and provision of technical solutions.

• Presentation of new products, processes and technological know-how to customers.

• Follow-up of the development in pre-industrial phase on injected technical plastics in subcontracting and on painted and decorated parts.

Project manager

1998 - 2005 (7 years)

Automotive components equipment

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Division Valeo Switches and Detection Systems

• Development up to series of switches for different marketed vehicles with quality/cost/time requirements, including equipment manufacturing process, negotiation.

• Commercialized vehicle project: TOYOTA/PSA B0: Use of Toyota methodology to achieve quality objectives: full testing, process diagrams, Toyota process audits.

• Commercialized vehicle project: SMART 4x4 MITSUBISHI Colt (airbag-switch)

• Implementation of a quality control on the process and the suppliers in order to guarantee the 0 defect.

• Development in partnership with a supplier of a new generation of electrical contacts including quality assurance of the product and the process.

• Development in partnership with another supplier of parts of a control system with sensitive surface activation (mechatronics). Negotiation of the partnership contract

• Deposit of the corresponding patents.

• Follow-up of a thesis on electrical contacts with the university. Follow-up of the research contract.

• Elaboration of the technological development plan

• Teacher for 5 axes "Constant innovation".

Division Valeo Clutching systems - 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

• Overall responsibility of the projects in terms of Cost, Quality, Time and Planning of the project activities (2 sites, one in Italy - coordination of the activities)

• Organization and animation of meetings (Projects, creativity, review, technical and economical evaluation, cost optimization),

• Participation in internal design and patenting.

• Organization of trials and tests necessary for validation and reliability

• Simultaneous engineering design with methods and suppliers

• Presentation of the synthesis files to the general management and to the customers, reporting of the project.

• Qualification of the parts until the series on the new RENAULT Mégane.

Quality manager/Supplier quality

ZF

1992 - 1998 (6 years)

Pumps and valves (hydraulic) for steering systems (safety parts)

• Project manager to transfer a hydraulic pump manufacturing activity from Germany to France - Training of operators.

• Quality management to reach the best level for European customers.

• ISO 9001, VDA6, QS 9000 - responsibility for these audits to customers and accreditation bodies.

• Audit and follow-up of safety parts on power steering valves.

• Responsible for inspection and monitoring of plastic and metal injection molded parts.

• Visit suppliers to improve quality and costs,

• Transfer of machining activities to suppliers.

• Qualification of prototype parts from all suppliers in Europe.

• Setting up and accrediting new suppliers within an international sourcing team and engineering meetings.

• Follow-up of quality issues with suppliers and ZF Schwabisch-Gmünd for part design.

• Responsible for the introduction of new products and processes

• Performed audits (product and process) at machining suppliers for component quality validation and safety part monitoring.