Experience

Saint-Gobain Glass France

• France
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant Director

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Thourotte, Hauts-de-France, France Plant manager 600T/Day production line 150 employees Colored glass for automotive and building markets



Saint-Gobain

• France
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Saint-Gobain Research Shanghai Center Director

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2021

  Shanghai, Chine -Innovation and support to operations excellence for High Performance Solutions business (Abrasives, Life science, ceramics, Mobility), APAC construction products business (Weber, Gypsum) - R&D center management and responsible : activity and competencies development, HR, EHS Finance management and optimisation - 12 new products launched, 15 innovations patents per year - global innovations and competencies for saint-gobain - talents hiring and development - 200 collaborators in… Show more -Innovation and support to operations excellence for High Performance Solutions business (Abrasives, Life science, ceramics, Mobility), APAC construction products business (Weber, Gypsum) - R&D center management and responsible : activity and competencies development, HR, EHS Finance management and optimisation - 12 new products launched, 15 innovations patents per year - global innovations and competencies for saint-gobain - talents hiring and development - 200 collaborators in shanghai, - 2 collaborators in Saint-Gobain-CNRS-NIMS join lab in Japan (Tsukuba)

• Saint Gobain Research Shanghai & Korean Gunsan R&D Centers Director

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2019

  Shanghai City, China - Innovation and support to operations excellence for High Performance Solutions business (Abrasives, Life science, ceramics, Mobility), APAC construction products business (Glass in Korea, Weber, Gypsum) - R&D center management and responsible : activity and competencies development, HR, EHS Finance management and optimisation - 12 new products launched, 15 innovations patents per year - global innovations and competencies for saint-gobain - talents hiring and… Show more - Innovation and support to operations excellence for High Performance Solutions business (Abrasives, Life science, ceramics, Mobility), APAC construction products business (Glass in Korea, Weber, Gypsum) - R&D center management and responsible : activity and competencies development, HR, EHS Finance management and optimisation - 12 new products launched, 15 innovations patents per year - global innovations and competencies for saint-gobain - talents hiring and development 200 collaborators in Shanghai, 20 collaborators in Gunsan. R&D entity has been separated from Saint-Gobain in December 2019.



Saint-Gobain Research Compiegne

• France
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, R&D Centre

  • May 2011 - Aug 2016

  Thourotte, France - innovation and support to operations excellence, mainly for automotive glass and building glass market - High interactions with the business - Management : EHS, ISO 9001, internal and external communication - Change management - Competences development, fab lab, collaborations with universities - people hiring and development, 240 people including 90 engineers / researchers 34M€ fundings

• Mineral coatings Department Manager

  • May 2010 - Apr 2011

  Thourotte, France Research, development and industrialisation of - enamels products and process for automotive and building applications - CVD and PVD products and process for automotive and building applications 35 people

• Enamel Department Manager

  • Sep 2005 - Apr 2010

  Thourotte, France Research, development and industrialisation of enamels products and process for automotive and building applications Standardisation of enamels used for automotive application Department growth : from 6 to 13 people

• R&D project leader

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2005

  Thourotte, France Development of innovative glass panel for supermarket freezer doors, inducing 25% savings on freezer energy consumption. From concept to pilot line, field tests and customer feedback. Development of anti-frost coating. Product now on the market. Group & project management

• R&D project leader

  • Sep 2000 - Dec 2001

  Thourotte, France Development of vacuum Insulating Glass Group and project management

• Development Engineer

  • Nov 1998 - Aug 2000

  Thourotte, France Final products and raw materials control. Interaction with purchasing and technical directions. Team management



Saint-Gobain

• France
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • 1995 - 1998

  Région de Lille, France PhD on glass composition, structure and its links with final properties.