CURRICULUM VITAE
Mr Patrick Vicat
France
Mobile Number: +33 6 8565 7425
Summary
I wish to move to the English countries (NZ-USA -Australia – HK-UK ) and continue managing the manufacture of mould tools for the plastics and manufacturing industry.
Experience
Company:
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Location: Based in France, extensive travel to China
Position: General Manager
Period: May 2008 – Current
Role:
Leading the contract manufacture of mould tools in China
Managing local Chinese teams
Ensuring quality standards are followed and met
Liaising with customers in France
Negotiating cost to manufacture and delivery timing
General Project Management
Sourcing new suppliers with high quality machining capabilities
Management of the French office
Business development - sourcing new European customers
Created a network of mould tool manufacturers in China
Managing budgets at both the business level and individual projects level
Management of staff
New business sourcing in China
Achievements:
Balanced this office the sales during 7 years despite the crisis in Europe
Balanced this office the profit during 7 years despite the crisis in Europe
Appointed new manufacturing contractors, saving money and increasing quality
Company:
Website:
Location: Based in France, extensive travel to China
Position: Dual Sales Manager and General Manager
Period: May 2005 – May 2008
Role:
Sourcing and appointment of Tooling sub-contractors in China
Ensuring quality standards are followed and met
Liaising with customers in France
Development of new European customers
Created a network of mould tool manufacturers in China
Special manufacturing office in Europe
Achievements:
Grew this office the sales by 250%
Grew this office the profit by 400%
Company: Empreinte
Website: www.groupe-empreinte.fr
Location: Monaco, with extensive travel to China
Position: Mould Tooling Sub-Contractor Manager
Period: 1999 – May 2005
Role:
Managing the sub-contracting of all Mould Tools
Created a network of mould tool manufacturers in China
Achievements:
100% sales growth 1999-2005
Company: Empreinte
Website: www.groupe-empreinte.fr
Location: Monaco based
Position: Sales Manager
Period: 1992 – 1999
Role:
Appointment of a new sales network in France and Germany
Focus on highly technical mould tools
Managing the sales network to achieve set targets
Sourcing new European customers
Mould tool manufacturing in France
Scheduling, planning and processing manufacturing
Lead a team of five
Standard component Sales Manager in France, Europe and Globally
Company: Empreinte
Website: www.groupe-empreinte.fr
Location: Monaco
Position: Mould Draftsman
Period: 1989 – 1992
Role:
Mould designer and draftsman
Direct liaising with customers
Delivering drawings to specifications and on time
Resolved customer technical requests
Company: SORK
Location: Saint Romans, France
Position: Mould Draftsman
Period: 1987 – 1989
Role:
Mould draftsman
Commercial follow-up of manufactured mould tools
Company: Bourguignon
Location: Valence Drôme, France
Position: Quality Manager
Period: 1984 – 1986
Role:
Installation follow up
Working with a range of manufacturing and industrial products
Optimization of products
Creation of new industrial products
New products sourcing according with the machine tools
Company: Florence and Peillon
Location: Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Position: Production Manager
Period: 1982 – 1984
Role:
Production management for aluminium injection manufacturing
Installation of production centre
Installation of a new induction furnace
Management of the production of 25 injection machines
Managing a team of four
Company: Société Dauphinoise de meca-soudure
Website: www.SDMS.fr
Location: Saint Romans, France
Position: Quality Controller
Period: 1981 – 1982
Role:
Quality control of boiler making within the nuclear power industry
Leak checking by helium
MIG welding for the nuclear products
Set-up of follow-up quality department
Education
1980 Foundry Engineering Degree, First Class VOIRON Grenoble
1978 BAC (France) - Wood Modeller Technician
1978 CAP (France) - Mould Maker Draftsman
1977 CAP (France) - Wood Modeller
1977 BEPC (France)
Personal
Divorced with two daughters
Born 30 January 1962
Home Phone Number +33 4 97 07 03 11
Languages
French, native
English, technical and business
Main Qualities
Strong experience in Mould Tooling
Ability to travel extensively
Autonomy
Driven
Interests
Ruby
Weight lifting, fitness
Referees
Available on request.