INTRODUCTION – EXPERTISE

A rare industrial profile

From mining engineer background (Nancy – France), I have held almost all industrial positions, largely in an international and multicultural environment:

OPERATIONS

One million tons of cement per year production management: production planning, team management, skills development, cost management, stocks, maintenance operations (refractories, etc.), development of new products and special products.

PROCESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

First in France, then on international basis, numerous workshop audits, thermal balances, etc. leading to the most relevant recommendations (fast, efficient, realistic). "Debottlenecking" missions [find the limits of production lines and provide answers to maximize production], “due diligence”. Finally, all this experience made possible designing various tools or calculation models to facilitate the work of engineers on site and in technical centers.

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR

Focusing on training needs assessment, development of learning organizations, flexible training modules overcoming the language issues, “train of trainers”, "Problem solving"...

PERFORMANCE MANAGER

In multi-sites Business Units: monitoring and benchmarking of sites performance via KPIs [Key Performance Index], conventional ones or developed for specific projects, local implementation of Group projects…

PROCESS ENGINEERS’ COACH

To develop their professional skills and their ability to share their knowledge, but also of plant operators more targeted on their operation skills and SOPs implementation (Standard Operating Procedures).

SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS

Of new workshops or new sites, at each stage: initial design, discussions with suppliers, study of contracts, construction until start-up and performance tests…

This professional path has led me to work in more than 20 countries and towards a long and fruitful expatriation in China. Beyond a large experience suitable in many configurations, I thus have now quite easy communication, especially:

Speaking Chinese in a professional environment,
The possibility of using Chinese reading/writing in some communication contexts,
And a good knowledge of Chinese methods, Chinese equipment…

September 9^th, 2016: Presentation during Chinese Cement Producers International Congress.