David Leleu

Led a high-performing team of 5 engineers, delivering 10 new products/year across the EPHC category (Electrical, Plumbing, Heating & Cooling) - from concept and design to testing, qualification, and industrialization. Delivered innovative solutions including lighting, heaters, fans, electrical systems, alarms, and air conditioners, achieving 23 % reduction in time-to-market. Authored and implemented the company’s design policy, fully aligned with procurement strategy, driving improvement in supplier collaboration / quality. Defined and documented the IoT strategy for connected devices, integrating expertals partners. Managed and coordinated development partners - design agencies, specialized engineering offices, and manufacturers across Europe and Asia Key skills: Product Development • Team construction & management • IoT Solutions • Design-to-Cost • Sustainable Design • Cross-Cultural Leadership

 Manage 3 quality engineers and 6 quality controllers, responsible for a panel of 20 suppliers – 20M USD FOB - on quality, production, toxicology, environment and social compliance  Define quality policy, edit KPI and manage the implementation of strategies, methods and tools to secure risk management  Contribute to develop more than 500 products based on design team request: outdoor furniture, indoor furniture, pottery, decoration, sports goods, and luggage  Validate and manage laboratories, audits & inspection companies  Apply and anticipate European standards & regulations - REACH, EUTR  Assess, instruct and organize the quality skills improvement of local teams  Define and control quality budget

Product design & development In charge of the development of team sports equipments such as basketball systems, soccer goals, baseball & cricket bats, volleyball nets – 39 designed products Select concepts by ideation workshops focused on innovation Build & test prototypes Define functional & value analysis – FMECA edition Elaborate product technical data base – CAD & technical drawings Choose & validate material & industrial process Edit & optimize product cost breakdown Analyze legal and normative environment Define product validation protocols Launch prior art search & define patent International project management In charge of 400 000 pieces per year for more than 10 M€ turnover Supervise 10 overseas employees Coordinate industrialization & production steps Build development schedule (from kick off to stores implementation) to reduce time to market Successfully coordinate numerous projects in many countries (China, Taiwan, India, USA, Pakistan, Viet Nam, Europe) – international travel 4-5 times a year Set up & manage development budget Follow product quality & define objectives Optimize production line – lean management Handle environmental project to recycle goods Industrial engineering Metal process: welding, machining, punching, stamping, surface treatment Plastic process: injection moulding, thermocompression, blow moulding, gluing, foaming Composite process: fiber glass, carbon fiber, wood Notion of tools development Notion of heavy stitching Decoration process : silk screen printing, in mould labelling, cubic, powder coating painting Mechanical engineering Optimize cost: product, packaging, logistics, custom, international transport Validate structure by static & dynamic mechanical calculations Define CAD & validate structure by simulation - finite element analysis Calculate the environmental impact of product

Carry out mechanical research project Define mechanical protocols to optimize the resistance of a bimaterial assembly

Analyze factory quality organization Define maintenance rules of stamping process