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Marc JeannotMJ

Marc Jeannot

Operations & Continuous Improvement Director

€800/day
Paris, FR
15+ years
Industry 4.0
Lean Six Sigma
Multi-site Management
Multicultural Management
Business Strategy

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About Marc

I support industrial groups in transforming their operations to restore profitability, accelerate growth, and secure strategic execution.
As a former international executive at world leaders such as Sulzer, Knauf, Technip, and General Electric, I have managed industrial transformations across more than 50 sites worldwide, covering operational excellence, restructuring, digitalization, Lean programs, ERPs, quality, and complex supply chains.
My specialty is connecting strategy to concrete results: cost reduction, operating margin improvement, flow optimization, organizational transformation, and leadership team development.
Unlike many consultants specialized in a single domain, I intervene transversally, combining industrial expertise, executive leadership, change management, and financial steering to achieve rapid and sustainable results.
Defense and Military
Oil and Gas
Metallurgy and Mining
Culture
Aerospace

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Besançon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SULZER
    GLOBAL OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR & SPARE PARTS BUSINESS MANAGER
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    August 2025 - Today (11 months)
    Paris, France
    Definition & implementation of Sulzer group's industrial strategy:
    • Define the manufacturing cost reduction strategy for the division's plants
    • Monthly cost monitoring with plant managers & group management
    • Define & deploy the LEAN program across group entities, personnel training (Gemba, 7 Wastes, VSM, Visual Mgt, 5S, Kaizen, RI, Poka Yoke, Tier Management..)
    • Management of group projects such as reduction of overdue backlog, lead time reduction for strategic product lines to meet market expectations.
    • Implementation of the "strategy day" for each plant and cascading the strategy to the tier management system.
    • Ensure plant profitability, report progress and the impact of the strategy on the group's operational & financial results.
    • Propose strategic directions such as technology transfer between plants, production transfer from the EU to the USA to counter imposed customs tariffs.
    • Lead the group's Operational Excellence network
    • Redefine the plant lean manager curriculum, assign an operational role in addition to their lean functions: be as close as possible to operational challenges.
    • Operational management of the spare parts business: 25M euros annual turnover, 50% growth by 2028.
    • Direct management of the Spare Parts value stream from tendering to delivery.
    Industry 4.0 Business Strategy Multi-site Management Organizational Transformation Lean Transformation
  • KNAUF
    GLOBAL OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    December 2022 - July 2025 (2 years and 7 months)
    Paris, France
    Definition & implementation of Knauf group's industrial strategy:
    • Define the manufacturing cost reduction strategy for the division's plants
    • Management of investments (CAPEX) for process automation and optimization, digitalization, and ensuring ROI (Return on Investment)
    • Monthly cost monitoring with plant managers & group management
    • Define & deploy the LEAN program across group entities, personnel training (Gemba, 7 Wastes, VSM, Visual Mgt, 5S, Kaizen, RI, Poka Yoke, Takt Time..)
    • Management of group projects such as process digitalization and data analysis, construction of new plants, site relocation to streamline flow, and global S&OP process optimization.
    • Implementation of LEAN Energy to optimize process energy usage
    • Ensure plant profitability, report progress and the impact of the strategy on the group's operational & financial results.
    • Propose strategic directions such as product changes, process changes, or restructuring.
    • Lead the group's Operational Excellence network
    Multicultural Management Multi-site Management Digital Transformation Lean Transformation Business Strategy
  • LGM
    Industrial Performance Business Manager
    DEFENSE AND MILITARY
    January 2022 - December 2022 (11 months)
    Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
    - Create the industrial performance offering for the LGM group dedicated to operational excellence (Lean and Industry 4.0) & QHSE for the aeronautics (Safran, Dassault), aerospace (CNES & Ariane Group), and defense (DGA, Thales, MBDA, Dassault, NavalGroup) sectors.
    - Marketing & promotion of the offering to clients & new prospects
    - Training & upskilling of LGM consultants for offering execution
    - Recruitment of new consultants with specific skills
    - On-site client interventions as an expert to support consultants in project execution
    International Business Development Training Change Management Digital Transformation Business Strategy
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Education

  • MASTER 1 BUSINESS COACHING
    MASTER 1 BUSINESS COACHING
  • IRCA THIRD-PARTY AUDITOR SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COACH IOBSP LEVEL 1
    LRQA
    AUDITEUR TIERCE PARTIE IRCA
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