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Guillaume Crochard

Transition Manager - Food Industry Maintenance

€716/day
Rezé, FR
0-2 years

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About Guillaume

Transition manager for industrial departments in the food industry, I work with SMEs to lead high-stakes industrial and human missions:

👥 Relay Management: to ensure continuity in the absence of a key manager, maintain industrial performance
🎯 Technical Project Management: integration of new production lines, process structuring, safety
🔄 Department Reorganization: change management, process sustainability

🔧 Field professional with over 20 years of experience in the food industry, I leverage 15 years as head of maintenance and new works to improve companies' industrial maturity.

🏭 Accustomed to the demands of the food industry, I have had the opportunity to manage profound transformations: creation of new production lines, construction of a new industrial site, post-acquisition reorganizations, continuous improvement, and facility safety.

🤝 My role is to drive change with pragmatism, unite teams around a new project, bring a fresh perspective, expertise, and structure priorities. Natural leadership, industrial vision, and people skills are my assets for stabilizing an organization, relaunching performance, or supporting change.

Open to full-time or part-time transition assignments for industries in Loire Atlantique and Vendée.

Let's discuss your needs and operational challenges. Mobile
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Rezé (up to 50km), La Roche-sur-Yon (up to 10km), Angers (up to 10km), Nantes (up to 50km), Cholet (up to 10km)

Experience

  • MITI
    Head of Maintenance & New Works
    AGRICULTURE
    January 2011 - April 2024 (13 years and 3 months)
    Rezé, France
    Management of the maintenance team(10 people - 7 technicians), creation of maintenance plans, preventive maintenance monitoring, reporting, maintenance plan, scheduling & on-call duty, metrology.

    Service Management:service contracts, infrastructure monitoring, HR management, training & versatility management, budget management (maintenance: €600k/year – CAPEX: €1M/year – spare parts stock: €400k/year), CMMS deployment, machine RETROFIT, process control, continuous improvement, coordination with production, quality, safety, and general services teams.

    Safety:regulatory watch on 2 sites, securing production lines, machine compliance, PRAP (Workplace Hazardous Materials), prevention plans, preliminary visits, hot work permits, lockouts, audits.

    Execution of major industrial projects:

    • Integration of 3 production lines, workshop modifications (manufacturing, packaging) 2008/2013
    • Implementation of a cold pasteurization unit by HPP treatment (6000 bar) 2015
    • Creation of a new industrial site (€11M): equipment selection, specification writing, energy needs definition, backward planning, site monitoring, site startup 2017/2018
    • Post-acquisition reorganization by Cité Marine, new organizational models 2019
    • Integration of specific equipment 2020
    • Replacement of 3 labeling lines 2021
    • Integration of a multihead weigher on a packaging line 2022
    Team Management Project Management Food Industry Industrial Maintenance Reorganization
  • MITI
    Setter then Team Leader
    AGRICULTURE
    June 2006 - January 2011 (4 years and 7 months)
    Nantes, France
    • Modifications of packaging lines
    • Management of the production team
    • Creation and development of the maintenance department
    • Securing of production lines
    • Development of a Flamoxal marking process
    • Modifications of manufacturing and packaging workshops
    • Internal audits
    Leadership Food Industry Troubleshooting Performance Improvement Securing
  • BPA Tours
    Production Manager
    AGRICULTURE
    September 2005 - April 2006 (7 months)
    Saint-Avertin, France
    In charge of scheduling, production, and maintenance of a new industrial bakery site for the BPA group
    Planning Scheduling Maintenance and Repair Team Management Stepping Back

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Education

  • CACES R489, MULTIVAC (tray sealer maintenance), CMMS (CORIM, RIO), TIG stainless steel welding, pretreatment station maintenance and operation, SSI 2 (CHUBB fire safety)
    CACES R489, MULTIVAC (maintenance operculeuses), GMAO (CORIM, RIO), soudure TIG inox, maintenance et exploi tation de station de prét raitement, SSI 2 (sécurité incendie CHUBB)
  • Team management training, BAFA
    Formation management d'équipe, BAFA

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