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Nicolas Hovnanian

International Manager with comprehensive experience on the Asian market (>10 years) - Desired position: Branch Manager

Nicolas Hovnanian
37 years old
Driving License
Paris (75011) France
Professional Status
Available soon
Available
About Me
WHAT WILL I BRING TO YOUR TEAM?
  1. Over 10 years’ proven leadership experience in Asia working in manufacturing
  2. Over 7 years’ experience in tire industry – Greenfield and Brownfield Project
  3. 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

Deputy Project Manager

Michelin
October 2011 to August 2015
Full-time
Shenyang
China
  • Responsibilities
    ► Member of the project team responsible for the setting-up of the Greenfield Factory
    ► Managed and coordinated the activities of the project team in charge of building-up additional mixing capacity to support truck and tourism tire production ramp-up

    Achievements
    ► Organised the decision-making with the business partners to achieve the quality, cost, time and performance objectives from the launch to the closure of 5 overlapping multi-millions euros projects
    ► Managed and coordinated cross-functional and cross-cultural team (> 50 persons / ~80% Chinese)
    ► Validation protocols: regulatory compliance, functional and contractual commissioning during the installation, start-up, ramp-up and mass-production operation of the production facilities
    ► Animated and monitored continuous improvement workshops: SDCA, PDCA, QRQC (5Ws, 8D, Pareto), Obeya, 5S
    ► Attended Michelin Worldwide Project Management seminar – 230 attendees out of 111,000 employees (reference: June 2013)

    Acquired Skills
    ► Cross-cultural, functional and project management (WBS, CBS, risks management, quality planning: PFMEA, Control Plan, Work Instruction), ATEX Directive, business continuity management, change management