Philippe Bouchet
Customer Director @ Valeo
About
With over 32 years in the automotive industry, my expertise lies in driving sales leadership, managing strategic programs & manufacturing process improvement, in international companies such as Valeo, Johnson Controls and Borg Instruments AG. At Valeo, I was dedicated to gain new profitable business with Stellantis, increase innovative product shares in our sales and protect current products’ profitability, with following achievements : • Growth: yearly turnover from several product lines (Displays, Dig Clusters, HUD, Passive Entry Passive Start, Command Modules, ADAS) multiplied by 4+ ; • International Business development: thanks to our ability to gain new clients' confidence, we have been awarded on major and strategic programs in North America ; • Resource crisis management / Leadership: critical period due to some team members’ resignation, I have managed the transition phase, recruiting new members, protecting the knowhow and ensuring a professional customer relation ; • Strong product cost containment: I successfully solved semiconductor claims (target achieved: 100% on the impacts and negotiated a Raw Material increase compensation ; • Finance Engineering: critical analysis of Business Cases, guaranteeing adequacy of financial targets with offers sent to clients. I have identified a strategic business Link that allowed us to get the award on a strategic ADAS program. This role sees me overseeing the Stellantis account, managing a dynamic commercial team to achieve a significant turnover. My responsibilities include global sales management and developing tailored negotiation strategies. During my experience, I have demonstrated following skills : • Commercial Strategy: Analysis of customer roadmap and trends, defining business goals and challenging organization, managing customer intimacy and key people • International Business development: gaining new customers, new regions, promoting innovative products by activating adequate resources within the organization • Sensitive negotiation: creating game-changing situations to win outstanding business & close vital claims with success • Finance driven: managing fin. KPI, optimizing Business cases, product cost containment, in line with company targets • Leadership: Management of international teams, ability to recruit the right profiles, interaction with Top management • Program management: 8 years international experience, developing & putting into mass production strategic projects. • Production & Operations: mass production constraints, launch management, logistics organization, SAP.
France
Lyon
Automotive
Commercial Strategy, Sensitive negotiation, International Business Development, Strong product cost containment, C-Level Relationships, Production & Operations, Management Of International Teams, Program Management, Leadership, Contract Negotiation, Customer Service, Project Management, Automotive, Attention to Detail, SAP ERP, Embedded Systems, Project Planning, Director level, Sales Leadership, Team Leadership
Experience

Customer Director
Créteil Area, France
CDA (now Brain) Customer Director (Sales) Gain new profitable business with Stellantis worldwide, increase innovative product shares in our sales, protect current products’ profitability, for all the product lines of the Brain Division. Achievements: • Growth: yearly turnover from several product lines (Displays, Dig Clusters, HUD, Passive Entry Passive Start, Command Modules, ADAS) moved from ~400 M€ to 1 350+ M€ • International Business development: thanks to our ability to gain new clients' confidence, we have been awarded by STLA for a Large NA digital Cluster (200M€ OI / 50M€ annual) • Resource crisis management / Leadership: critical period due to some team members’ resignation, I have managed the transition phase, recruiting new members, protecting the knowhow and ensuring a professional customer relation. • Strong product cost containment: I successfully solved semiconductor claims (target achieved: 100% on the impacts €20M out of €300M in turnover) 2022, 2023 and negotiated a Raw Material increase compensation • Finance Engineering: critical analysis of Business Cases, guaranteeing adequacy of financial targets with offers sent to clients. I have identified a strategic business Link (5 M€) that allowed us to get the award on ADAS Front Camera

Director of Sales And Business Development (Product Group)
Créteil, Île-de-France, France
Gain new profitable business and new customers, develop business in all the regions (EU, Japan, China, US) always protecting products’ profitability. Global sales management (multi-client) of a product group, negotiation strategy tailored to the client, worldwide responsibility (turnover: €150 million); Management of the commercial team (4 People in EU + 2 Managers in functional report) Achievements: • Growth: Order intake in 2015: 268 M€ • International negotiation: leading our team in China to finalize a strategic business award with DPCA (inc. Bus Link) • International Business development: New customer & New technology acquired in North America • Strong product cost containment: successfully negotiating & managing a millionaire Ecotech (Smart Key) with 4M€ + yearly saving

Senior Key Account Manager
Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France, France
Gain new profitable business with PSA, protect products’ profitability during development & mass production Achievements: • Growth: get in touch with the client's key people, award of €80 M€ turnover for the product lines in the portfolio (100 M€ of Turn Over): Instrument Clusters, LCD Devices, Matrix and Color Displays, Head-Up Display units • Customer intimacy: gain trust and build a strong intimacy by strongly supporting the client, promoting internally an important development requested by the client himself

Program Manager
Cergy-Pontoise, Île-de-France, France
Drive and challenge an international multidisciplinary project team (Product Engineer, advanced Quality Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer and Program Buyer) for 3 programs: 2 mass production, 1 in development Achievements: • Production & Operations: development & production ramp up of a Program of Display Device (up to 3000 units / day) • Responsible of the technical choices (arbitrations), the progress, the cost and the quality of the projects towards the Business Unit Manager and towards the customer (management of customer relationship) ;

Senior Program Manager
Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Drive and challenge international multidisciplinary project teams (R&D: electronic, software, mechanical; advanced Quality Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer and Program Buyer) for projects in development and in RFQ Achievements: • Growth: Responding to the RFQs with 5 awards out of 6 (50 M€ turnover) and then developing and putting into mass production one of the projects awarded (30 M€ of annual turnover) • Customer intimacy: gain trust and build a strong intimacy with French OEMs: 5 projects in development

Embedded System Software Engineer
Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Software development of the Renault Espace Cluster & Leader of a technical team in charge of RFQ answers. Achievements: On-time delivery of the SW of the Renault Espace Cluster, despite a short time schedule.
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