Experience

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  Exped AG

  • Zurich, Suisse

  • Product Innovation Manager

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Zurich, Suisse

    backpacks and Gearbags development

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  LifeStraw

  • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

  • Industrial Product Design Manager

    • Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
    • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

    Lead product designer of the LifeStraw® product range (outdoor, lifestyle and humanitarian markets).- Participation to defining product strategy and roadmap- Responsible for product planning- Legitimate technical leader within the company- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority- Creation of Market Requirements Document (MRD) and Product Requirements Document (PRD)- Prioritization of products as well as corresponding features and justification- Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples- Demonstrated success in defining and delivering winning products - 10+ products/accessories launch over the past 5 years- 2 awards recognitions at international level (Red Dot Design Award/ISPO innovation award)- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority- Regular travel to Asia (40%)

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  Home office / office desk

  • Other skill sets

    • Jan 2021 - Jan 2021

    - Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product- Defining the product vision - Product planning and execution- Bring marketing scope to completion- Continuous improvement champion - Product Lifecycle- Propose an overall budget to ensure success- Deliver monthly expense forecasts- Leading weekly/monthly project reviews to management- Financial, timelines, validation and scope reporting- Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals- Simultaneous project development- Cross functional teams collaboration- External consultants/suppliers management- Compliance and regulatory objectives - Product validation - Consolidation and integration of consumer feedback- Product/process optimization (cost breakdown analysis, FMEA, SWOT…)- Problem solving, performance and lessons learned session- From product concept to production scale-up - Perform product demos to customers- Operational efficiency- Customer requirements gathering and prioritizing - Competition benchmarking- Ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.

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  Johnson & Johnson MedTech

  • Switzerland

  • Product verification manager

    • 2015 - 2016
    • Switzerland

    In this contractual mission, I took the workstream lead in planning and organizing End to End verification activities for the deployment of a cross country product codification change. The deployment involved registration and tracking of products in the global worldwide database as well as implementation in the new ERP system, impacting product from the manufacturing phase, up to the customer , through logistics and legal registration.

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  SICPA

  • Région de Lausanne, Suisse

  • Lead Test Engineer

    • 2011 - 2015
    • Région de Lausanne, Suisse

    - Definition, implementation and execution of end to end validation processes (Worldwide).- Cross-disciplinary team leadership (mechanical, electrical, automation as well as Mobile app, Graphical - User Interface, Hardware User Interface, WebApp).- Key role in official demonstration to support sales activities - Training / internal demo-room / events / customer site- Develop strategy and effort estimations for the assigned projects- In-house and field equipment commissioning- Final handover / client’s acceptance. - Train and assist customers in getting started, providing immediate technical support.

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  Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK

  • Deeside

  • Operational process Engineer

    • 2009 - 2009
    • Deeside

    As Operational process engineer (student consultancy job) reporting to the line manager, my role was to identify, analyzed and present strategies of limiting fluctuation in time to operate manual tasks on engine assembly lines. Both analytically and experimentally, I successfully implemented solutions that increased efficiency and repeat-ability of operations through the assembly line.

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  Fives Cinetic Filling

  • Région de Nantes, France

  • Design Engineer

    • 2007 - 2007
    • Région de Nantes, France

    As Design engineer (student consultancy job) at Cinetic, my role, along with a team of cross-functional engineers, was to develop new automated fluid filling equipment for the automotive industry. These equipment provide highly innovative fill-in process. From customized solution to standard ones i participated to the development of the worldwide standard product lines for General Motors.