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My experience Quality Metrology  Laboratory

MON EXPERIENCE METRO LABO EN: CV

Supplier Quality Manager

LIEBHERR

2013 - 2020 (7 years)

Combustion Motors (diesel and gas)- Common Rail System - Off road

 

  • 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.

  • Implement measures in agreement with production departments and suppliers.

  • Support of the teams responsible for checking the acceptance of parts during initial examinations and in the event of complaints.

 

           Activities related to the various "Common Rail System" projects:

 

  • Coordination of the quality of the suppliers of the "Common Rail System" project.

  • Active participation in the FMEA design meetings.

  • Elaboration of supplier qualification plans.

 

           Within the Strategic Purchasing Department:

 

  • Coordination of quality management plans for development components for the CRS area.

  • 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 saw for photovoltaic industry 

 

  • Head of the Test and Validation department (12 to 15 people)

  • Development of innovative solutions on multiwire 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 final acceptance inspection.

  • Organization of the planning / logistics of tests and trials on wire sawing machines (8 machines).

  • Contacts with customers for acceptance, presentations, visit of laboratories.

Chef de projet senior

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).

Quality Manager

THYSSEN KRUPP

2005 - 2006 (2 years)

Crankshafts machining (production plant).

 

  • Management of a team of 20 people and assisted by 2 sector managers (material reception quality, internal and customers) in relation with the Technical Manager.

  • Internal and product-process quality: Coordination of quality in production (8D and six sigma reports), statistics and technical expertise, audits, management and follow-up of customer complaints.

  • Measurements/Laboratory: Incoming inspection, technical/metallurgical references and heat treatments.

  • Verification of dimensions and gauges, definition and management of control and measurement activities, development of new control processes (ultrasound).

  • Quality assurance: Improvement and adaptation of the quality system to the ISO TS 16949 standard and monitoring of quality management reports and indicators.

Project Manager innovation

VALEO

1998 - 2005 (7 years)

Automotive Components.

In the 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.

  • 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.

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

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


In the 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 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 Manager /Supplier Quality

ZF

1992 - 1998 (6 years)

Pumps and valves (hydraulics) for steering systems (safety parts).

 

  • Project manager to transfer a hydraulic pump manufacturing activity from Germany to France - Purchase of the necessary metrology and laboratory equipment

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

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

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

  • Visit of 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 in an international sourcing team and engineering meetings.

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

  • Responsible for new product and process introduction and validation.

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

Quality Director

LAMBERET

1991 - 1992 (2 years)

Manufacturing of composite refrigeration panels and metal chassis.

  • 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.

  • Qualification of welds and training of operators for welding steel chassis.

Quality control manager

PECHINEY

1985 - 1991 (6 years)

Graphite for electrodes and Nuclear power plants Graphite - Gas

 

  • Graphite for electrodes and nuclear power plants Graphite – Gas

  • Follow-up and quality control of manufactured products at different stages of production with management and coordination of a team of 12 people.

  • Development of new formulations and Design of Experiment plans for the development of new formulations.

  • Follow-up of laboratory analyses (physical-chemical and mechanical tests).

  • Development of controls (ultrasonic technology) including computer imaging.

  • Responsible for technical relations and quality assurance with customers in the field of special products for graphite-gas nuclear reactors (COGEMA, BNFL customers) - Ultrasonic control of products.

Development and laboratory Manager
THOMSON CSF

1983 -1985 (2 years)

Radomes (Electromagnetic windows) for avionic equipment’s.


  • 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 materials specific technical including 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".

Ingénieur Development engineer physico- chemical.

CIBIE

1979-1983 (4 years)

Headlamps for automotive - 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, vibratory tests, chromatography, etc.)

  • 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 deposition of materials.

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