David - COO/Managing Director - France - iCEO #70718

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David's Profile

iCEO #70718

Position: COO/Managing Director

Nationality: France

Experience

CEO/General Director at Automotive TIER 1 suppliers (max 1200 salaries, 200 M€, multi-site responsibility). Group CFO (5300 salaries, 750 M€) and General Director (1400 salaries, 250 M€ sales) at Hard Metal Supplier. R&D Manager and CFO of a global supplier of Robotised Manufacturing Systems for the Automotive Industry (300 salaries, 80 M€ sales).

Major Achievements

Leadership of Post-Merger Integration Projects (22 production sites, 50 sales subsidiaries, 20 countries, including redundancy programs). Turnaround of a loss making company within 16 months (300 salaries, 80 M€ sales). Reorganisation of Sales and Production (strategy definition and implementation) and deployment of Operational Excellence: growth +10% per year over 9 years, EBIT +50% relative increase, reduction of delivery times, scrap rates, incidents, robust increase of OTD (55 to 95%+), sustainable cost reduction programmes (-7 M€ p.a.).

Industry Sector Competencies

B2B for Automotive Production Systems

Automotive

Engineering

Metallurgy (tungsten carbide)

Mentoring

Professional Objectives

Function: CEO / Managing Director

Sector: Manufacturing Industry, Automotive

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand

Prefered Locations: Luxembourg, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland

Additional Professional Interests

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

France

Germany

Luxembourg

Operational Competencies

Technologies to market (Professional)

Business development (Professional)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)

Close down or sell off (Professional)

Pre or post investment audit (Professional)