Sami Belkadi

Serve as both a hands-on contributor and reviewer in Mercor’s Consulting Domain, leading a distributed network of writers and reviewers delivering structured AI tasks for enterprise clients.

Background • Boxy is a tech-retail start-up that develops connected autonomous stores fitted within recycled shipping containers. I was hired to design a reliable & cost-efficient product, source the suppliers to build-it, and improve its maintenance costs to ensure the company’s sustainability. Main Role & Responsibilities • Member of the company’s Executive Committee • Manager of a team of engineers & technicians across 2 sites • Leader of the technical development and design improvement of the store (3 generations of stores commercialised) • Responsible for sourcing suppliers, tender management and contract negotiation Key Achievements • Built and hired the manufacturing pole • Set-up of store construction process: industrial assets sizing and acquisition, team hiring and development of competency growth plans, processes mapping and standardisation • Sourced and negotiated +2M€ contracts with international suppliers • Deployed +50 stores across the region of Paris • Developed and implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Material Resource Planning (MRP) core processes • Successfully reduced costs of store manufacturing by 50%

Leading a Processes Harmonization and Optimization Project within Zodiac Aerospace Services, covering 9 repair and spares distribution centers in Europe, Middle East, Americas and Asia. - MRO: Repair Processes development, optimization, worldwide deployment, training and change management - IS: ERP Master Data Management rules definition and implementation - Supply Chain: Airline Critical Orders (4h lead time) process optimization - Product Support: Definition of a supplier management plan Through this experience I gained extensive knowledge of aerospace maintenance regulations and standards (EASA&FAR 145, AS/EN9110), and Lean & Continuous Improvement principles (Workshop facilitation, Process Mapping, PDCA/DMAIC, Risk Analysis)

Project Management - Aircraft Cabin Lighting: - Technical Specification - Definition of subparts' Make or Buy strategy - Qualification and Industrialization IS Project Management: - Implementation of a Project Management software - Software configuration to cover management and engineering needs - Personnel Training (50 people)

• Genesis Acoustics is an expert in sound design and provides its clients with unique solutions, studies and training. I was hired to improve an engine sound enhancement device for the automotive industry. • After studying different techniques of cabin FRF (Frequency Response Function) measurement and time-frequency analysis, I led the testing of the newly developed solution and I came up with different opportunities for improvement. I mainly focused on reducing the interference between the real engine sound and the synthesized one. • My work enabled Genesis to secure a massive contract with a well-known Korean automotive manufacturer.

• The Oxygen Systems division I worked in is divided into two entities, one in France and the other in the US. These two entities had different program management methodologies and my manager hired me to lead the process harmonization project. • I designed a Program Management Procedure that normalizes every step of a program, from the Request for Proposal to the Certification Support. I led the establishment of a Risk Management plan in order to identify, assess, handle and monitor risks within a program. I also led the non-technical requirements management for the Embraer E2 program, and wrote the Statement of Work of the Comac C919 program. • Since January 2014, all the program managers follow the Program Management Procedure I implemented and use the Program Dashboard template I updated. This led to a better standardization between those divisions and thus substantial time and resource saving.

• The Students’ Union is composed of 20 people with a budget of 500k€ and is in charge of organizing social and professional activities for 750 people and overseeing Student Societies. • I was an active member of this team for a year, as I was in charge of sealing partnerships with companies. My responsibilities included organizing career fairs and conferences for several companies (Thales, Bouygues, Deloitte, Sopra Group…). I also had an important role in leading a 350-person team while organizing the “Gala Supélec” event (Attendance: 5000 people; Budget: 150k€) and managing events held by the Students’ Union (trips to Amsterdam and Berlin for 100 students). • During my term, I secured revenue streams through new partnerships and managed the already existing accounts. By the end of our mandate, I had raised more than 60k€ for the Students’ Union.