Thomas Robert

General Manager of a joint venture between Decco (United Phosphorus group) and state-owned Yunnan Anning Chemical, producing and selling refined Bleached Shellac and Shellac Wax. Sales (Bleached Shellac and Shellac Wax), business development, raw material purchasing (Seedlac), plant management (Production, process, quality, maintenance, safety, environment), logistics, finance and administration management, relashionship with JV partner and local authorities, board director. 35 employees.

Process: Powder, molding, baking, graphitization and machining process. Process: * Improve process * Write work instructions * Model and program furnaces * Train and supervise local team Quality * Analyze non conformities, define and lead corrective actions. * Improve quality system (ISO9001) * Write quality documents * Supervise quality lab * Improve products in collaboration with USA and France teams. Industrialization : * Lead equipment installation and starting. * Organize new produc

Cost Reduction Activity Coordinator, Medium Wheel Loader Engineering department at Caterpillar Belgium Product: Caterpillar medium wheel loader Process: Vehicle assembly. (with made and purchased parts) Missions: * Coordinate cost reduction projects * Vehicle re-design (Mechanical, hydraulics, electrical engineering) in collaboration with design control in USA. * Purchasing analysis and strategy (Sourcing, negotiation) * Meeting animation and team management. (Local and worlwide team)

Product: Indoor and outdoor lamp and lighting: Process: Lamp assembling (Mechanical, electronics, painting) Missions: LED luminaires product transfer (From Europe to China) : Project follow-up (Technical requirements, supply chain, quality)

Product: Airbus airplane composite parts. (Central structure, aileron, radome) Process: Carbon fiber prepreg and Resin transfer molding (RTM) Project engineer in process department: Improve consumable materials used in composite process and reduce their cost: * Develop materials with suppliers * Validation plan leading (Sample tests, prototypes, design control validation) * Ramp-up in production

Corrosion study on printed circuit boards (Experience plan, Material characterization)

New pump designer (DAO, prototype assembling)