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Frédéric Laurent

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

€800/day
Rouen, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Frédéric

💡 Transform, structure, perform. Sustainably.

Over 25 years of industry experience — SMEs, mid-cap companies, large groups — after my career as Operations Director, Supply Chain Manager, and Executive Coach, I support companies in their operational transformation and their sustainable performance improvement.

My deep conviction? Robust organizations build their sustainable performance through a global vision, involving the teams on the ground.


🛠️ Contexts & Areas of Intervention:


• Operational Excellence & Industrial Transformation:
Deployment of continuous improvement culture and tools, optimization of Supply Chain processes (S&OP, inventory & WCR, flow optimization, supply security, subcontracting management, customer satisfaction, ...);

• Management & Change Leadership:
Organizational transitions, alignment of operational objectives and teams with company strategy, team cohesion and skill development, tension management,

🤝 My operating method: Collaborative Leadership

Analytical and pragmatic. Structured and deeply human. I establish a climate of trust that mobilizes energy towards a common goal — and generates measurable results through collective dynamics.

📞 Let's talk about it.

Are you facing an industrial transformation, operational challenges, do you want to optimize your Supply Chain or structure your operations to support your growth?

I am available to discuss it.
  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Rouen (up to 50km), Beauvais (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Amiens (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Arcure SA- PME 70 pers.
    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
    TECH
    October 2021 - January 2026 (4 years and 3 months)
    Mission: Lead, coordinate activities: Supply Chain, Subcontracting Production, Quality, Purchasing, Methods-Industrialization, and Customer Service for France and its American subsidiary. Co-responsible with the Technical Department for bringing new products to market. Achievements: Implementation: PLM, QRQC, customer satisfaction survey, S&OP/PDP Process, optimization, securing flows, standardization and differentiation of products at the latest stage to reduce lead times and inventory. Management of supplies (global semiconductor crisis in 2022, under-capacity suppliers, WCR impacts). Control of product production costs, ERP usage reliability. Organization of the operations department to support growth with collaborative leadership. First Past Yield: 65% to 85%, OTIF (On Time In Full): 70% to 94%, 100% of semi-annual revenues achieved from 2021 to 2025 - -30% of the number of sub-assembly references managed in stock.
  • Cibl'Aster -
    COACH, TRAINER, TRANSITION MANAGER
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    August 2017 - October 2021 (4 years and 2 months)
    Mission: Individual & collective support, Change management, Team cohesion, Operational performance search, Interpersonal relationships, Conflict prevention and management, Corporate trainer, High-level athlete coaching, Transition manager. Achievements: 6-month transition mission as Supply Chain Manager in an SME, handover mission with skill development of the future Supply Chain Manager. Support in change management for the industrial department of a site in a large French group: Combining the revelation of individual and collective potential with an operational excellence approach - Individual coaching of high-level athletes (football, fencing, rugby). Results: Transition mission, autonomous Supply Chain Manager at the end of the mission. Company support, Decision-making with a global vision, elimination of siloed views, alignment of teams on common objectives, development of cooperation.
  • Thales LAS France - Électronique civile et militaire
    SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
    AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
    December 2009 - July 2017 (7 years and 7 months)
    Mission: Operational management of the Supply Chain. S&OP/PDP, Procurement, subcontracting, scheduling, distribution logistics. Contribution to the industrial department's performance plan. Achievements: Implementation of a new ERP version (Oracle). Lean VSM projects to reduce product lead times by integrating subcontractors into the approach. Inventory reduction. Change management: transition from project-based production to shared continuous flow production. Results: Reduction and control of inventory levels (-40%), 20% reduction in product line lead time using Lean tools.

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Education

  • Ethical Leadership Program
    Ethical Leadership
    2019
    Leadership - Management - Coaching
  • Team Management and Excellence
    H-Cort Performances
    2016
    Coaching - Management - Préparation Mentale

Categories

  • Other