Carnoy Gilles
Plant director at DELFINGEN Wuhan, DELFINGEN
Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications (renewable energy, nuclear energy and automotive industry). I am particularly interested and skilled in relationship management.
I have been in China for more than 2.5 years, and I hope i will stay longer. Working in a different environment, in a different country, with people with different tradition, culture and working methods is a real challenge; and I like that !!
Specialties:
Project manangement, lean manufacturing, customers relationship, negotiation, international business, production Mechanical, material , thermo-mechanical and general engineering
71 contactsResponsible for defining and setting up the system of production and logistic as well as required industrial investments related to the program FORD Fiesta around the world (Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, China, Thailand & India).
- coordinate the plant launch teams involved in the program and ensure fulfillment of all industrial and logistical activities with respect for customer key dates as well as PMS Milestones (Program Management System) and authorized budgets of investments.
- act as an interface between the core team Program and the plant/s
- search for product/process optimization with the engineering team
- search for solutions to increase industrial economical performance of the program concerning:
o Investments level;
o Direct productivity;
o Material consumption
o Scraps
o Required areas for the program setting up in plant
o Downstream, upstream and Internal flow: logistic costs
- manage the first production trials in plant, product and process tuning phase, runs of production representative of serial conditions, MPT (fMass production trial) before start of production (SOP)
- report all manufacturing risks analysis and their associated action plans and opportunities
- apply program Management System and Faurecia standards
2010 - 2011Set up Delfingen Plant in Wuhan:
Creating the legal status of the company : Business license, Tax license, Importation & exportation license …
Research & selection of suppliers (building, equipment, furniture, raw material…)
Oversee the progress of construction of the plant and equipment installation
Set up 6 extrusion production lines according to French specification
Establish and direct plant policies and procedures according to Group Policies
Recruit and train plant key managers
Manage daily plant operation:
Oversee all manufacturing-related departments, including production, quality, manufacturing engineering, purchasing and material planning including HR and Finance;
Manage manufacturing operations to provide world-class quality, delivery and service to customers;
Establish, monitor and report key indicators;
Recommend changes to increase cost effectiveness;
Leadership responsibility for strategic and tactical manufacturing planning, quality improvement, cost reductions, productivity and process improvements, equipment maintenance ;
Develop and monitor operating budgets for production program, personnel and equipment, manage manufacturing activities to budgeted forecasts, take corrective actions to address budget deviations;
Monitor sales forecasts to insure requirements in materials, equipment, and personnel are met.
2007 - 2009Lead every phases of development of projects in china concerning car makers (Dpca, Nissan, Renault…) and International Equipment suppliers (Lear, Kongsberg, Delphi, Valeo, Mecasplast, Jtekt, Nsk...)
Develop, quote and propose the technical solution to the customers
Plan, coordinate and evaluate project activities
Identify and report the technical and quality process (Q3P, PSW, IMDS, PPAP…)
Develop, monitor and set up the tooling, produce and test (functional and dimensional) the samples, edit the production methods and quality control posts
In relation with subsidiaries based in France, Mexico, Roumania and China
Manage and develop parts for the project : DPCA X7, T7 & W2 (5 M €), Kongsberg China JU (4,7 M €), Nissan X11M & P32 (7,2 M €), Delphi packard (3 M€), Mecaplast (5.5 M€) and others parts for Lear, Presta, Dongfeng...
Improve the productivity of the supply chain: (apply French process in Chinese plant but adapted to the local environment)
Modification of the key factors of production’s process ( Machine time, demoulding time, vulcanisation time)
Improvement of the tooling (SMED, % defects, capacity of production)
Improvement of the workflow (flow piece per piece, Kanban) and quality (andon)
Improvement of control (Elaboration of control instructions sheet)
Gain the loyalty of customers (monthly or weekly visit, weekly contact by phone or email …)
Source and prospect of new local and international customers
Negotiate with Chinese / international customers and suppliers
2005 - 2007Research engineer, nuclear energy, CEA (Atomic Energy Commission), France :
Model making of the Facing Plasma Component (CFP) of ITER (CASTEM)
Thermo mechanical model making of the load apply on the CFP
Model making of a thermo mechanical damage
Comparison of experimental data and results of mapping
ITER high-heat flux plasma facing component study. I set up a detection method of the defects of the future fusion nuclear reactor components (Castem mapping and IR film comparison), enabling the finding of a potential damage in thermomechanical fatigue.