Jacques R.

Animation of SQA and ASQ network Series and Programs issues
Reduction of ppm from 400 down to 30 in 3 years;
Special assignments on some critical programs
Contribution to Group level Best Practices and Procedures; Supplier Requirements Manual

Quality director
1st Certification ISO TS 16949 in the SAS group in 2001
Managed the Quality program for the whole cockpit development with Renault
& Set-up of the Quality System for completely new JIT plants (Douai, and Palencia)

Purchasing director
Sourcing of tools, metal, plastic and electrical parts, in bound logistics and containers
(800 millions € in total , 100 ‘ € “free sourced” ) mostly for Renault, Ford and Volvo modules programs.
Successes ex.
1°) Low Cost Country sourcing metal assemblies (East Europe) ,
2°) transfer of tools between 2 suppliers at SOP -6 months,
3°) Generation of mark up on parts and tooling trading
4°) Strong relation with OEM’s in the Supply Chain management ; for ex. by organization of Supplier Days at start of industrialization phase (Renault , Volvo, Land Rover) in order to set up the 3 Parties relations (OEM, Module + Tier2 supplier for : call off, invoicing, changes, penalties, … )
Objectives for the components mark up and cash generation were exceeded in all programs
Advanced Purchasing on innovative functions (Displays, Switches,)

for an Electronic Manufacturing activity (50’€) including White goods for BSHG
3 main projects introduced with short industrialization time (ex: engine control ECU made in China for Russian customers; navigation system, electricity meters)

30 projects for a world wide customer basis (Big 3’s, Europeans and Japanese)
Solved the most difficult specification challenge for a technically difficult sensor at BMW

MHS (, Now ATMEL) Nantes 1980 - 1987
Technology transfer Harris Semiconductors CMOS technology Melbourne FL (USA);
Quality manager Set up the department at the company start .
Obtained major qualifications (telecom, military, space)
Product Engineering manager Microprocessors (Intel microprocessor product transfers)
Product Line manager ASIC’s (Application Specific Integrated Circuits)
30'FF business ; new product line introduction with success (for ex. TGV circuits)

Conflans Ste Honorine / Paris -
& Nantes & Boulogne Billancourt
Test engineer laser trimming
Development engineer ; design of hybrid circuits (thick and thin films); cust. Assistance; costing
Assembly line manager Surface Mount Devices Hybrid technology
Purchasing ; Selection of suppliers and specifications of components