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Fabrice Gribon

Lean Performance Transformer

€1,463/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Fabrice

I have spent nearly three decades working on process performance, operational excellence and transformation in complex industrial environments.

My conviction is simple: most organisations do not fail because they lack strategy. They fail because too much value gets trapped between strategic ambition, execution, and the way work actually happens every day.

My expertise sits at that intersection.

I work on practical operational problems where performance loss is not always visible in one function, one dashboard or one process map. The issue is often hidden between teams, routines, decisions, handoffs and governance.

The topics I focus on include:
-Capacity constrained by flow, planning or changeover losses
-Cost hidden in rework, waiting time, complexity and poor handoffs
-Quality exposure created by weak process discipline or unclear ownership
-Transformations that create activity but not enough measurable business impact
-KPI systems disconnected from operational decisions
-Improvement activity disconnected from executive priorities
-Operating models that look clear on paper but break down in execution

My work is practical, structured and grounded in operations. I help clarify where performance is being lost, why it is happening, and what needs to change.

I have worked across Europe and the US in biopharma, manufacturing and complex operational environments, with experience spanning strategy deployment, transformation, operational excellence, process improvement and performance management.

I am often most useful once the strategic direction is already defined and the challenge becomes execution.

Across my work, I have contributed to more than $150M in revenue impact and $45M in direct cost reduction. The lasting value is not the number itself. It is helping teams make better decisions, solve problems faster and sustain improvement after the initial intervention.

My focus is performance improvement where strategy, process and daily execution meet.
  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Gribon & Company
    Founder & CEO
    July 2022 - Today (4 years)
    Gribon & Company is a specialist consulting company helping pharma, biotech, CDMO and complex manufacturing leaders improve operational performance.

    We work with CEOs, COOs, site heads, transformation leaders and private equity teams to identify hidden value, resolve execution gaps and deliver measurable improvement without adding unnecessary complexity.

    Our work focuses on:
    • Operational performance improvement
    • Cost reduction and productivity improvement
    • Capacity release without additional capex
    • Site and network performance diagnostics
    • Process improvement and operational simplification
    • KPI cascades and performance management systems
    • Tiered governance and leadership routines
    • Transformation recovery and acceleration
    • Operational excellence deployment
    • Executive alignment between strategy and execution

    The company was built around one practical observation:
    Most organisations already own the value they are trying to find.
    It is often hidden in delays, rework, unclear ownership, weak routines, poor handoffs, poor visibility and decisions made too late.

    Our role is to help leaders find it, quantify it and release it.
    We do not position ourselves as strategy consultants.

    We work where strategy meets execution: in factories, leadership routines, planning processes, quality systems, transformation programmes, operational reviews and management behaviours.

    We help clients move from diagnosis to action quickly, while building the internal capability required to sustain the results.
    Tiered Accountability Business Transformation Transformation Delivery Operational Excellence
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals
    Global Head Strategy and Operational Excellence
    November 2020 - July 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
    Switzerland
    Led strategy and operational excellence across a global pharmaceutical network, with responsibility for strengthening execution, risk management and performance governance.

    The role focused on developing and implementing the strategy required to create a more integrated end-to-end operating network.

    Key areas of responsibility included:
    • Strategy execution across the manufacturing and operations network
    • End-to-end operating model integration
    • Strategic initiative delivery
    • Performance management infrastructure
    • Risk management and execution governance
    • Cross-functional alignment between operations, quality, supply chain and leadership teams

    This role reinforced a core belief behind Gribon & Company:
    Most performance issues are not caused by a lack of effort.
    They are caused by weak visibility, unclear ownership, slow escalation and operating systems that do not help leaders act early enough.
  • Seqirus
    VP Transformation and Operational Excellence
    August 2019 - September 2020 (1 year and 1 month)
    United States
    Member of the executive team during a period of growth, complexity and global transformation.

    Supported the CEO and executive leadership team in managing enterprise operations, performance, strategic projects and governance.

    Key contributions included:
    • Set up the CEO & Transformation Office
    • Managed strategic projects and executive governance routines
    • Led the Strategic PMO and Operational Excellence teams
    • Improved executive team collaboration and decision-making
    • Created more agility and speed in resolving business issues
    • Strengthened the link between strategic priorities, operational execution and performance delivery

    This role gave me direct experience of the CEO agenda: how to create clarity, focus and pace when the organisation is managing growth, operational pressure and competing priorities.

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Education

  • Executive MBA, Entrepreneurship
    HEC Paris
    2016
  • Master's Degree, Manufacturing Engineering & Management
    Cranfield University
    1999

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