Alain Rué

Food Retail Operations Director

Turnover :630 M$ per year
6 factories in Europe
3000 employees

Sector: Industry

General Manager France

FM Logistic(s), european Logistics services provider (warehousing, handling, co-packing, co-manufacturing, transport, Supply Chain Management) serving worldwide FMCG and Retail (500 M€, 12 000 people in 13 countries)

Managing Director France (Member of the Group Executive Committee, 260 M€, 55% Group turnover, 4 000 people, 22 sites)

· Main Customers Masterfoods, Kraftfood, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Danone, Henkel, Colgate, HP, Brother, Alcatel, Conforama, Décathlon, Lapeyre, Carrefour, Cora, Leclerc.

Mission : Generate the growth in turnover and lead the Company towards Operational Excellence in all processes and customers satisfaction (reliability, competitivness, long term relationship) for becoming a Benchmark in France.

Main actions and results:
· Lead the internal growth building or extending 5 sites and taking over 2 sites ( 20 M€ turnover, 400 people) with 15% turnover increase between 2005 and 2006
· Set up operational and financial tools coaching the local steering committees
· Build up a rescue plan for road transportation activities including an external project of growth, a reduction of headcounts and technical means – Target 100% additional turnover and a return to positive results in 2008
· Create and communicate an Operational Health and Safety Politics : 32% decrease in accidental frequency rate
· Fully get part in the Group Strategy definition based on profitable Growth through Excellence.

Sector: Logistics

Division General Manager

Valeo Group, a worldwide automotive supplier (10 billion €, 70 000 people, 150 sites)

Division Managing Director (Member of the Branch Executive Committee, 200 M€, 1 100 people on one then two sites in Europe)

· Main Customers PSA, Renault-Nissan, GM, DC, BMW,VAG, Toyota, Ford, Fiat, Stam
Sanat (Iran), Tata Motors (India).

Mission : Restructure the operations of the Starters Europe Division and boost her profitable growth for becoming N°1 in Europe.

Main actions and results:
Setting up with the Division steering committee a Rescue Plan :
· Boost the business by a strong sales set of actions -
· Increase our market share from 26% in 2002 up to 34% in 2006 winning strategic customers as Ford and Toyota
· Build a new plant in Central Europe moving french production, all means transfered
· Develop low cost countries suppliers base from 8% to 28% in 2 years (Brazil, India, China, Central Europe) : purchasing costs dropped by 15 to 40% including raw material increase
· Relaunch Innovation with technical or functional bricks
· Communicate and manage the social impact of production transfers, hiring and implementing an important training program focused on technicians and managers.

Sector: Automobile

Industrial then General Manager

NACAM France, a subsidiary of the groups ZF and Bosch, a European leader for design and manufacturing of steering columns for passenger and commercial cars

Industrial Director then General Director (Member of the Group Executive Committee, 120 M€, 750 people)

· Main Customers PSA, Renault, Ford, GM, Holden, Volvo, Mitsubishi, BMW

Missions : Lead the industrial performance and production capacity for recovering positive results then manage the Company through the cash value added optimization.

Main actions and results :
· Set up autonomous production teams, permanent improvement tools (TPM, 5S, SMED,…)
· Introduce and develop reverse engineering in products and processes and Lean Investment
· Win market share at GM Europe, Ford Group increasing turnover
· Restore profitability from negative results in 98, set up cash value added management and SAP system
· Change the Company Status for simplifying reportings and speeding up actions.

Sector: Automobile

Plants Manager

LABINAL Group, an automotive and aeronautical equipments supplier

Plant Manager in FILTRAUTO, an automotive supplier specialized in engine filtration, 7 sites in Europe
· Perimeter 30 M€ / year, 530 employees, 23 million parts per year

· Improve the industrial performance ( +45% productivity, working capital divided by 2 in 4 years).

Plant Manager in CINCH connectors, a specialist in connectors for automotive and electronic applications, 4 plants worldwide
· Perimeter 40 M€ / year, 350 employees working 7 days a week and 24 hours per day,
1,7 billion parts per year
· Main Customers Bosch, Motorola, Sagem, PSA, Fiat, Renault, Sylea

· Build up the industrial Strategy and managing the permanent progress (5S, SMED,TPM)
· Implement non stop production in toolings, plastic injection and final assembly workshops.

Sector: Automobile

Project Leader then Production Manager

SNECMA Group, french aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer

Project Leader then Production manager
· Integrate metal coating with plasma spraying technology (1,3 M€ investment)
· Manage a high tech workshop with 40 people specialised in “special processes” such as surface treatment by mechanical, chemical processes and plasma spraying.

Sector: Equipment and aeronautic systems