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Tom Portal

CAPEX Industrial Project Manager | Operations | ERP

€550/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Tom

Secure your industrial transformations: from the shop floor to the information system

Industrial Project Manager with dual expertise inFieldand **Digital**, I support companies (SMEs, mid-sized companies, large groups) in managing their complex projects.
My mission: to ensure that your technical and software investments translate into real operational performance.

1. Industrialization & Operational Excellence
  • **Design & Architecture**: Layout studies, flow optimization, and site development.
  • **Line Implementation**: Management of the installation and ramp-up of production tools.
  • **Maintenance & New Works**: Definition of maintenance strategies (preventive/curative) and management of technical shutdowns.
2. Digital Transformation (ERP & MES)
  • **Audit & Selection Assistance**: Analysis of business needs for selecting your software solutions.
  • **Deployment Management**: Interface between IT teams, software vendors, and production for the implementation of your industry-specific ERP/MES.
  • **Interoperability**: Connecting machine data (field) with the management system.
3. Change Management

An industrial project is only successful if the teams embrace it. I systematically integrate a human dimension to train employees and remove barriers to the use of new tools.

Why work with me?
  • **360° Vision**: I speak the language of operators, engineers, and management.
  • **Results-Oriented**: Strict adherence to budgets (CAPEX) and delivery schedules.
  • **Flexibility**: Immediately operational, I work in the Île-de-France region or fully remotely.

Based in Parisand available. Feel free to contact me via Malt to discuss your challenges and get a quick diagnosis of your project.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Chinese

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nice (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km)

Experience

  • CREALIS
    Plant Technical Services Manager
    CHEMICAL
    October 2020 - August 2022 (1 year and 10 months)
    Bry-sur-Marne, France

    Strategic driver of the site's industrial transformation

    I oversaw all of the plant's **technical services**, ensuring operational performance, proactive maintenance of facilities, and **management of large-scale industrial projects**.
    • **Continuous improvement of existing workshops**: implementation of action plans to increase productivity, enhance operator safety, and optimize processes, using a pragmatic and effective LEAN approach.
    • **Implementation of new industrial activities**: support for the introduction of new production lines and reconfiguration of flows, in line with technical, regulatory, and logistical requirements.
    • Management of structuring projects**: complete **Constructionof new workshops, laboratories, and offices.Project ownerfor a major re-industrialization project, including the reconstruction of an industrial building.Coordinationof internal and external stakeholders (engineering, safety, production, subcontractors).
    • **Preventive and predictive maintenance**: implementation of a high-performance maintenance strategy covering all site equipment, with an operating budget of over €700k.
    • Complete management of the investment budget> €3 million, from needs definition to facility commissioning.
    • Direct managementof 2 technicians, with an approach focused on empowerment, skills development, and operational reliability.
    Industrial Project Management Technical Team Management Maintenance Management Budget Management Production Optimization
  • Selp
    Industrialization Project Manager
    TECH
    September 2024 - November 2024 (2 months)
    Paris, France

    Secure Documents & Custom Production Client-Factory Interface

    As akey interfacebetweeninstitutional clientsand production teams, I contributed to thecoordinationof sensitive projects in the field of high-value identity document security.
    • Client Relationship Management**: handling **specific requests**, monitoring custom orders, **anticipatingtechnical constraints, and maintaining fluidcommunicationwith international clients.
    • Internal Flow Coordination**: constant liaison with **production, quality, and logistics teamsto ensure deadlines are met, product compliance, and responsiveness to unforeseen issues.
    • **Demanding and Confidential Environment**: working in a secure industrial setting, requiring rigor, confidentiality, and attention to detail in project and communication management.
    • Significant experiencein operational management, rapid adaptation to **complex environments**, and **cross-functional communication**.
    Project Coordination Cross-functional Coordination Production Monitoring Industrialization Team Coordination
  • ALTYOR INDUSTRIES
    NPI Project Manager
    TECH
    September 2022 - May 2024 (1 year and 8 months)
    Shanghai, China

    International Client-Factory Interface & Industrial Launch

    Integrated into the heart ofindustrial operations in China**, I managed complex projects for the **production launchof new electronic products in a demanding **international environment**, at the intersection of **engineering**, **quality**, and the **supply chain**.
    • **NPI (New Product Introduction) Project Management**: from the prototyping phase to **industrialization**, I managed the complete launch of new production lines, in close collaboration with R&D teams, suppliers, and production.
    • Line Setup and Optimization**: definition of **processes**, selection of **tooling**, validation of cycle times, and **adaptationof lines totechnical requirementsand quality standards.
    • Document Management and Compliance**: creation and updating of **technical documentation(manufacturing files, work instructions, bills of materials, control plans), ensuring completetraceabilityofproductandprocessdata.
    • Project Risk Management**: proactive identification of **critical points(technical, logistical, regulatory), development ofpreventive actionplans, rigorous monitoring of performance indicators to ensureadherence to deadlines**, **costs**, and **qualityat each project stage.
    • Product Certification**: management of **complianceprocedures (CE, RoHS, etc.).
    • International Client-Factory Interface**: central role in **coordinatingcommunication with European clients, ensuring clearunderstanding of needs**, respect for project milestones, and **smoothoperations.
    • Work in a multicultural contextand daily in English, with a strong ability toadaptto local constraints and a marked orientation towards results.
    Production Line Setup and Optimization Product Certification & Regulatory Compliance Project Management in an International Environment Industrialization Project Management

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Education

  • Information Systems and Industrial Engineer
    EPF Sceaux
    2020
    Formation pluridisciplinaire axée sur la gestion de projet, l’innovation industrielle et les systèmes complexes. Solide socle en sciences de l’ingénieur, complété par des compétences en management, production et qualité. Approche professionnalisante avec une ouverture à l’international et de nombreuses expériences en entreprise.
  • DUT Physical Measurements
    UPEC
    2017
    Formation technique et scientifique axée sur la métrologie, l’expérimentation et l’analyse de données physiques. Compétences développées en instrumentation, essais, matériaux et traitement de signal. Réalisé en alternance chez L'Oréal, au sein d’un laboratoire d’innovation, alliant rigueur scientifique et application industrielle concrète.

Certifications

  • TOIEC
    EPF
    2020
    English

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