Hervé LIZEE

Cosmetics industry: 2 plants and several logistics platforms. - Responsible for 550 employees. - Turnover: 126 M€. - Over 1000 active formulas. - More than 120 customers: 50% retailers (FMCG), 25% international groups, 25% independent private and pharmaceutical brands. Major achievements: - Rationalization of external storage platforms from 9 to 2. - Inventory reduced by 15%. - Structuring a roadmap for sourcing, planning and customer service. - Productivity increased by 16%. - Development of an investment plan to support growth. - Lost-time accident frequency rate reduced from 47 to 21. - EHS compliance strategy developed.

Activity: Adhesive (Polyurethane)
Responsibilities: Human Resources and Labor Relations, EHS, Quality, Service, Production, Engineering, Costs, Supply Chain and Relationships with Marketing and Sales
220 direct and indirect reports (+ about 40 Temporaries)
Sales : 100M€
1700 customers
World Wide Source Of Supply

Activity: Filtration solution for Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Cosmetic and Chemical Industries
Responsibilities: Human Resources, Labor Relations, EHS , Quality, Service, Production, Engineering, Costs, Supply Chain and Relationships with Marketing and Sales
90 direct and indirect reports
Sales Value Of Transfers: 33M€
500 customers
Source Of Supply for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia

Value Stream Manager for 3 value stream:
- Pavement Marking
- Glass Beads
- Glass Bubbles
100 direct and indirect reports
P&L responsibility: Sales Value Of Transfers: 95M€
930 customers
Source Of Supply for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (August 2009) - Acquisition of EMFI SA & SAPO SAS (adhesive industry): 2 plants / 10 subsidiaries (Asia, Eastern Europe and USA). - Coordination of the acquisition and integration processes Major achievements: - Deployment of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. - Merger of EMFI SA and SAPO SAS: savings of €100 K€. - Centralization of cash management with the group and integration of information systems and deployment of the group ERP: 2.3 M€ cash savings. - Integration into group insurance program: savings of 400 K€. - Implementation of manufacturing cost calculation and optimization: savings of 600 K€. - Consolidation of raw materials purchasing: savings of 2.5 M€.

Management and coordination of the use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. - Responsible for deployment of Lean Manufacturing model. - Mentored and coached 40 Green Belts. - Conducted Black Belt projects (9 Black Belt projects completed). Major achievements: - Internalization of injection molding production. - Deployment of Lean: 5S, Kaizen, Tier, TPM, SMED and Hoshin. - 17% reduction in compressed air production costs. - Glass bubbles waste reduced by 50%. - Pavement marking line efficiency improved by 16%. - Total savings in 2007: 4M€ and 1M€ in cash.

Management of the Glass Bubbles Focus Factory - In charge of 60 employees. - Turnover: 32M€ Major achievements: - 3.5 years without Lost Time Accident. - Reduction of numbers and amount of complaints by 50%. - Improve service (OTIF) from 63% to 85% delivery on time. - Improve equipment efficiency from 78% to 92%. - Improve productivity by 16%. - Management of strong growth: 65%.

USA assignment. Management of several engineering projects: - "Tape Flags". - "Pop-up Tape". - Designed and built a production line for a new Scotch® Tape called "Wrap and Mail". Major achievements: - Surestart Line Project: $9.3M (Cynthiana, Ky plant). - The Surestart line is a fully automated line (from slitting and molding through assembling and pack-out) designed to produce and pack 1 ½" core tapes at a rate of 120 per minute: - Die-cutting machine designed and purchased in Italy. - Two injection presses purchased in Canada. - Assembly line designed and built in-house. - Conditioning line designed with multiple suppliers and integrated in-house.

Pharmaceutical Industry. - Metered Dose Inhaler technology transfer from Loughborough (UK) plant to Pithiviers (Fr) plant. - Project leader in charge of the 3 production lines projects (9.5M€). Major achievements: - Low-temperature (-70°C) aerosol can filling line (2.8M€): line speed: 120p/min. Designed and built by a subcontractor, integrating a cold filling unit designed in-house. - Autohaler line (4.2M€): Test, assembly, and packaging line for the "Autohaler" aerosol inhaler: line speed: 80p/min. - Press & Breath line (2.5M€): Testing, assembly, and packaging line for the "Press & Breath" aerosol inhaler: line speed: 160p/min. - FDA qualification.