Project Manager Quality

Nicolas Michel, MS

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Los Angeles, CA 90068

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US Permanent Resident

SUMMARY

Results-oriented financial professional with 3 years experience in financial analysis & project management, seeking

new opportunities as a financial or business analyst contributing to strategy development & execution.

Organized and with a high business acumen, recognized for ability to understand stakeholders expectations,

optimize business processes and analyze key data to help senior management make multi-million dollar decisions.

Providing team leadership in a multicultural/international environment, quickly apprehends complex situations/

systems and demonstrated efficient problem-solving.

• Business/Strategic Management

• Financial Analysis

• Process Optimization

• Project Execution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VOLVO GROUP TRUCKS TECHNOLOGY, Hagerstown, MD 3/2012 - Present

Product Cost Controller

Leads the cost controlling activities for the North American powertrain products ($2 billion revenue). Member of 6

project teams, optimizes the outcome of cost rationalization, in/outsourcing and regulatory projects.

• Analyzes production standard cost (2000 part numbers) monthly and presents recommendations to the

Program Manager and NAFTA management ($50 million annual tax cut).

• Leads 7 Project Managers of Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Operations and Aftermarket to compile

strategic cost reduction project business cases (15 projects delivered $10 million savings in 2012).

• Developed new financial forecasting and analysis methods, improving the quality of reports and cutting lead

time by 50%. Implemented new process in Sweden, France, Japan, Brazil and USA.

• Created automatic Material Cost Evolution report for the new cycle 2013-2015, reducing controllers

computation time by 90% around the world.

VOLVO POWERTRAIN, Hagerstown, MD 5/2010 - 3/2012

Chief Project Manager / Product Quality Manager

Led 6 cross-functional teams of project managers (45 total) to deliver new features, decrease cost and improve

product quality. Collaborated with Directors of Engineering and Quality & Customer Satisfaction to ensure a

balanced quality improvement strategy ($8 million budget to reduce $50 million warranty cost).

• Drove highly strategic project (6 reports - $3.2 million budget) to improve refuse truck engine quality by 75%

and reduce cost by $2.5 million annually.

• Organized a competitor engine cost analysis workshop. Supervised procurement, dismantlement, analysis

and shipping of the 108 parts overseas for further study. Coordinated 59 engineers and buyers over 3 days,

producing 20 projects ($2 million annual savings).

• Established and conducted a weekly product management meeting attended by Directors of Engineering,

Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality and Project Managers. Improved communication and coordination in the

company resulting in 50% cut in quality improvement lead time.

• Led 10 project managers through a 5 session quality management workshop to produce a 95 step DACI

(Doer-Accountable-Consulted-Informed) matrix. New process improved project execution speed by 25% and

initiative was adopted globally.

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AEROCONSEIL, Toulouse, France 4/2009 - 9/2009

Intern - Aircraft Operations

Reported to the Aircraft Operations Manager and worked with Airbus A380 test pilots. Developed an innovative

airport navigation feature improving safety and reducing taxi time by 30%.

DASSAULT AVIATION, Paris, France 6/2008 - 9/2008

Intern - Aeroacoustics

Reported to the Airframe Noise Senior Engineer, analyzed business jet Falcon F7X in-flight test results, performed

numerical simulations and applied numerical model to reduce cabin noise by 10%.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MS, Management, Business Administration Institute (IAE AIX), Aix-en-Provence, France, 2010

MS, Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Superior Institute (ISAE), Poitiers/Toulouse, France, 2009

Air Force College (EPA), Grenoble, France, 2003 - 2006

Center for Creative Leadership - CCL / International Institute for Learning - IIL, 2011

Emerging Leader & Project Manager programs

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English & French

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office - Full proficiency

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