TARIK SAFI

Profile
- Eight years of international experience in automotive industry.
Two years in production management
Six years in direct contact with international customers (Renault, General Motors, Nissan Motors)
- Strong listening and communication skills, open minded attitude and flexibility.
- Strong understanding and use of quality tools
- Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures
- Availability for professional travelling
Professional Experience
Project quality manager within Valeo, Great Paris ▪ February, 2004 – Present
- Working on new projects, I lead the quality activity inside the project team
Ensuring the strict application of the company innovation policy throughout the project life
Managing product modification batches: Schedules, process audit, initial samples approval...
Leading the project team throughout the problems analysis activity and following the implementation of the action plans
Supervising customer complaints by using the Valeo’s quality tools
Driving COMEX with clients and eventually n-2 rank suppliers
Managing customer audits
Developing specific tools for customers applications
Participating in the benchmarking activities
Working for customer satisfaction

Quality Resident Engineer within Valeo, Luton, United Kingdoms October, 2000 – May, 2004
As a quality resident engineer based in the customer plant, IBC Vehicles (GM), I was responsible for :
Developing and maintaining a good image of Valeo with the customer
Managing the quality issues inside the customer plant; “securisation”, sorting, traceability…
Relaying quality issues between the customer and Valeo’s production plant
Validating Valeo’s action plans and presenting them to the customer
Managing logistics issues
Proposing solutions for quality improvement and cost reduction (Valeo Added) to the customer
Managing the introduction of product modifications in the customer plant
Issuing Reports to the division about the client’s perception of Valeo
Production Supervisor – Valeo, Casablanca, Morocco ▪ September, 1998 – October, 2000
Responsible for production lines ensuring respect of quality procedures, productivity and delivery times
Animating working groups on productivity and quality issues



Training

QRQC - PDCA/FTA
Process audit
FMEA
Interpersonal Managing Skills





Education
MBA International Business, Luton University, UK November 2003
DUT Electrical Engineering, High School of Technology, Morocco July 1997

Languages
Fluent in English, French, Arabic and Moroccan

 Economic and business reading
 International travel
 Photography