Nicolas Usé

• Driving Global Standardization: Standardize and harmonize methods across global production sites to improve efficiency, costs, and quality • Implementing Structured Project Management:Spearheaded the transition to a company-wide structured project management approach for New Product Development (NPD) and Engineering Change Requests (ECRN), improving execution and cross-functional collaboration. • Digital Transformation & Industrialization: Developed and deployed a custom machine breakdown and maintenance tracking system using React and SQL, enhancing operational visibility. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Work closely with R&D, marketing, quality, and production to streamline development cycles, optimize industrialization strategies, and support new product launches. • Process & Manufacturing Excellence: Oversee industrialization projects, process improvements, and technology deployment to align global production sites with strategic business objectives.

• Led the maintenance and industrialization teams, ensuring reliability and efficiency of production equipment. • Designed and implemented a preventive maintenance plan, improving machine uptime and reducing unexpected breakdowns. • Trained operators and technicians on new machines, ensuring proper usage, troubleshooting, and maintenance best practices. • Managed equipment expansion projects, aligning machine capacity with production growth and evolving manufacturing needs. • Coordinated machine installation, testing, and commissioning, ensuring seamless integration into production workflows. • Supported process industrialization efforts, working closely with production to optimize machine efficiency and reduce downtime.

• Set up and optimized new production lines and workshops, improving throughput and operational efficiency. • Acted as the liaison between R&D and production, ensuring design for manufacturability (DFM) principles were applied. • Implemented data-driven process analysis tools (Pareto, 5Whys) to enhance quality and efficiency. • Oversaw machine installation, testing, and calibration across three production areas. • Coordinated efforts between Quality, R&D, Production, and Logistics to align operations with business goals. • Conducted supplier audits to ensure material quality and compliance with production standards.