Vianney Le Gad

Trucks and Off-road Division Engine and Thermal Management Business Unit On top of the Global Key Account Management, supporting the Business Unit Manager with operationnal lead within the BU's entities in order to achieve the business plan.

Trucks and Off-road Division Emissions control business unit We provide smart BLDC actuators for valves (EBPV, EGR, Waste Gate, Intake throttle,...) with customized performance and softwares dedicated to severe environments and lifecycles. I am your key partner to discuss mechatronics for emission control systems. In closed collaboration with you, I will take into account your challenges, draw preliminary specifications and propose a solution for your drive, flow regulation or positioning need.

Complete seating global program management in Europe for Renault BJA: 3 JIT locations: Paris/Turkey/Slovenia 4 Engineering locations: Fr/Tur/SK/Ger for a Complete seat + Foam/Trim/Plastics control Leading a global 60 peoples team to achieve a >1B$ sales program with more than 50M$ budget within 3 years from RFQ phase till post SOP.

Complete seating portofolio management in Germany for the platform french customers PSA: -Project leader on programs with complexity, starting with the proposal phase until product launch -Responsible & Overall contact for the OEM for the targeted goals: financials, timing, quality and as result customer satisfaction -Owner of the business plan, the product change management and the overall program timing -Leading an international SDT within a matrix organization

“Green Field” Neuenburg Plant’s readiness Drive launch team to have responsibility for the start-up to achieve program’s targets Manage Launch Start up cost according to program budget Ensure agreement on Capital, Tooling Equipment for Program Budget. Manage PV Build deliverables, Run-at-Rate assemblies Conduct Manufacturing reviews/ Ensure Manufacturing Readiness Key Interface for SDT to ensure Product Readiness & Design for Assembly feasibility Change management and implementation in the plant.

Project leader for Assembly plan BR451 (Smart Fortwo 2nd generation) Scope: Pilot of the manufacturing strategy team. Key interface between Hambach plant and Böblingen central planification Link between German engineering team and French plant. Definition and launch of new production lines. Assembly process set up: ODS, Headcounts, Ergonomics, Linefeeding, Line Balancing Launch of serial production and specifics market SOP: RHD, Hybrid, Brabus, USA…

Representative for all plant’s projects Animating weekly meetings with department's managers & industrialization director. Production business case forecast (+3years) according to engineering and project inputs for assembly time, TRS, headcounts, CAPEX ISO TS 16949 process owner: industrialization process and certification audits representative Production line organization and headcounts planification for budget’s forecasts Operations Representative for special CHST & Unions events

Smart Roadster assembly line Launch Prototyping / design for assembly Production line setup: definition and organization of all logistics and working stations Human resources: Production operators needs dimensioning / integration / training Planification: bulk tests, SOP, new market and product/process optimizations; engineering change requests evaluation Lean manufacturing leader for Roadster production line Management: 1 manufacturing engineer and 3 manufacturing technicians