Herve Voiry
Responsable de Lignes de Produit, Sicma Aero Seat / Groupe Zodiac Aerospace
Definitely, this is not my picture but this deeply reflect how I envision program management :
- team player
- team management
- focused on customer management from kick-off until production ramp-up
- anticipation of customer needs all along the program walk from design iteration up to packaging selection and logistics steps
The list is rather long but I have been able to challenge key programs with international automotive players :
- OEM's: Audi, BMW, Ford, Mini, PSA, Smart, VW
- Tier 1: Blaupunkt, Continental, Delphi, INergy, Faurecia, Harman Becker
Tackled down by the automotive market crisis, I started a new challenging adventure in aerospace industry : business class furnishing for the newest Boeing 787 aircraft.
I recently moved to the head of the yankee class seats manufacturing department.
A daily challenge
171 contactsSupervise a manufacturing hall of: 5 team leaders, 10 support staff and 120 assembly operators
Performance follow-up and improvement
- Establish a monthly metrics - costs, lean, on time delivery, quality - report to top management
- Manage the yearly production budget
- Promote continuous process improvements to achieve lower assembly costs: assembly line redesign including lean inputs, batch reduction, flow optimisation, quality self assessment, …
- Implement a costs variances’ analysis to prioritize solving actions
- 25% reduction of non conformity level
Provided effective leadership, coaching and conflict resolution in order to meet and exceed field goals
Quality
2010 - 2011Managed the supply chain - costs, deliverables tracking, on dock date delivery - of business class furnishings for the new Boeing 787 LR aircraft, coordinating with Boeing and Airline Engineering Departments.
2006 - 2010Program Management
- Managed all project aspects (Quality, Cost, Delay) of €4.225 million OEM’s and Tier 1 sales’ program contract: Bosch, Harma Becker, Delphi, Faurecia,Magna, PSA
- Profitability evaluation: 75% of the projects over 10% margin
- Budget costs savings: engineering: 20% (budget value: €1.2M), tooling: 15% (budget value: €5.5M)
- Managed high level contacts on customer side: Plant Director, Program Director, Quality Manager, Purchasing Director, Technical Manager
- Provided technical and application support to key customers for advanced project
Team Supervision
- Supervised and managed a 3 packaging team members
- Performed day-to-day project and service activities
1999 - 2006Team Management
- Supervised and managed 18 engineering team members – CAD, Process Design, Project, Quality including customer based Resident Engineer
- Performed day-to-day project and service activities
Program Management / Busines Development
- Managed all project aspects (Quality, Cost, Delay) of €8 million OEM’s sales’ program contract: Audi, BMW, Ford, PSA, VW
- Promoted customers’ tools - APQP/PPAP, QOS, QPN, Warranty Review, ... - in-house
- Developed Ford common rail low pressure fuel systems w sales from €0M in 2002 to €5M in 2006
Product Development
- Promoted cleanliness in production shop floor to meet stringent customer requirements
- Provided technical and application support to key customers for advanced project
- Supervised and managed €1.5M activated carbon canister (emission management) assembly line implementation at a MGI Coutier site
