Nicolas Hovnanian
International Manager with comprehensive experience on the Asian market (>10 years) - Desired position: Branch Manager
37 years old
Driving License
Paris (75011) France
Professional Status
Available soon
Available
About Me
WHAT WILL I BRING TO YOUR TEAM?
ABOUT ME
International agile manager with the capability of interacting, federating and influencing decision-makers at all levels of a matrix organization to contribute to the success of your transformation projects. I chose project management field from 2010 as it structures business cases and improves the outcome quality within time and budget while building strong relationship (a family growing over the project) with your colleagues. Over the years, I managed large-scale project (3 to 72M€) from initiating to closing process group and honed my skills in production / continuous improvement while driving a transformation program.
Looking forward into my career, my goal is to spearhead the development of an organisation in competitive and challenging markets.
Core proficiencies in business planning, project management (incl. construction), risk management, cross-cultural management
- Over 10 years’ proven leadership experience in Asia working in manufacturing
- Over 7 years’ experience in tire industry – Greenfield and Brownfield Project
- Sound understanding of cross-cultural and cross-functional management (> 50 stakeholders)
ABOUT ME
International agile manager with the capability of interacting, federating and influencing decision-makers at all levels of a matrix organization to contribute to the success of your transformation projects. I chose project management field from 2010 as it structures business cases and improves the outcome quality within time and budget while building strong relationship (a family growing over the project) with your colleagues. Over the years, I managed large-scale project (3 to 72M€) from initiating to closing process group and honed my skills in production / continuous improvement while driving a transformation program.
Looking forward into my career, my goal is to spearhead the development of an organisation in competitive and challenging markets.
Core proficiencies in business planning, project management (incl. construction), risk management, cross-cultural management
Head of Project Department
Continental AG
January 2018
to September 2019
Full-time
Alor Setar
Malaysia
- Responsibilities
► Responsible for the plant investments (Brownfield Project: building & utilities, mixing, extrusion, tire building, curing, conveying system) – Portfolio [<50K€ to 14.95M€ – 3600 SQM] – 3 direct & 30 transverse headcount
Achievements
► Implemented a project organisation and defined project roles and responsibilities
► Collected project requirements (time, cost, performance) and drew up business case for management decision
► Determined project program (key & intermediate milestones, important sequence of the project, critical path)
► Organised regular milestones presentations to steering committee to validate the project status
► Managed EPCM-consultant during the design, tendering process and construction [10 headcount]
► Coordinated Value Engineering between EPCM-consultant (Vietnam / Philippines), Central (Germany) and Local (Malaysia) engineering team to achieve cost and performance objectives [-250K€ on civil and utility]
► Defined the procurement strategy. Coordinated the tendering process of 7 work packages from pre-qualification to contract award (technical clarifications & negotiations up to 8 rounds) [-165K€ on civil and utility]
► 46 lessons learned collected over three industrial projects - Shared in a structured and systematic approach with 12 Project Leaders
► Results: 2017: 96% spending achievement – 95% OTD over 21 projects; 2018: 1% below budget for one strategic project