Alexandre B.

Ecole Centrale de Lyon is one of the top-ten French colleges in Engineering.

Majors: Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Matter and
Materials, Mechanics and Energetics, Electrical Engineering (modeling and treatment of stochastic processes), Social Science (with electives in econometric and entrepreneurship), Communication.

Activities and Societies: member of the Junior-Entreprise and oenologic club

I was working in the Project Department of SDV Asia Pacific, a logistics company. This department organizes the transport of heavy machines and goods from all over the world to construction sites in South East Asia.

I have been in charge of a gold mine project in Indonesia. I have been following the project from its beginning, my tasks were mainly:
- Write the response for the tender of our client, an Australian mining company
- Plan bridges and roads reparation
- Analyse and select sub-contractors
- Setting up permit applications for the transportation of dangerous goods, with the help of our sister company Bolloré Africa Logistics, which is already accredited
- Follow-up and report
- Interact between SDV Indonesia and support departments (law, technical, management) at SDV Asia Pacific
- Several business trips in Jakarta and Medan, Indonesia, in order to see project progress and improve processes

Key Accounts audits in the industry sector: Renault, Nissan, Converteam, Autoliv.
Assignments: process understanding and analysis, risks identification and evaluation, technical reports preparation, use of audit procedures according to E&Y methodology.
Skills developed: accounting skills, account analysis, team working, rigour.

I made volunteering in a NGO in South Africa which build quality houses to replace shacks in townships, during two months.

I was auditor at the CNJE, the organism in charge of all the French Junior-Enterprises, for the 2010 session. My job was to go at two Junior-Enterprises in order to :
- check all the intern process (recruitment, administration, projects, training)
- advise the Junior-Enterprise on its weaknesses, and show up its strengths
- check the quality and deontology of projects they realized
- advise them on their client relationships

A “Junior Entreprise” is a small company, run by students, providing services for other companies in fields such as: IT, engineering, translation, consulting and data analysis. The Junior Enterprise of the Ecole Centrale de Lyon employs about 70 students. We increased our commercial activity by 60% in 2009, achieving an 70k€ turnover.

Assignments:
* as secretary general: management of members, internal budget optimization of 25%, implementation of an information system, events scheduling;
* as project manager: customer relationship, negotiation, contracts writing, project management;
* as developer: conception and realization of softwares and websites in different teams.

Skills developed: team management, team spirit, project management, risk taking, rigor.

In a team of 40 workers in the French railway's new Technicentre in Lyon, I assisted technicians in the maintenance of TGV and TER. Service review all 5000km, mechanical scanning, comfort review, the department in which I made my one-month internship is characterized by its poly-competence and availability.

In a team of three, I developed during my free-time a French e-learning website, www.siteduzero.com , which provides tutorials in computer domains like programming, operating system and 3D Modeling. We tried to build up an active community by offering interactive content and application. Today, more than 13 million pages seen a month.

Assignments: website interactive development, servers purchasing and configuration.
Skills developed: team working, customer needs, working under pressure.