Nicolas Legouge

Managing the full project life cycle for Actemium The primary point of contact to the customer for all Actemium project-related activities The primary point of contact for the internal project team for all deliverables Managing all internal costs, budgets, and schedules as per proposal/contract Identifying and managing change control procedures as necessary Tracking projects by monitoring milestones, creating and maintaining project forecasts, approving timesheets and budgets to ensure the project is in line with the initial proposal/contract Preparation and review of proposals for client managers Where applicable, managing vendors, sub-contractors, partners and OEM’s to the same project objective and goals Responsible for initiating customer invoices according to payment milestones, and following up with accounting team to ensure compliance Providing leadership and mentorship to the internal team Conflict resolution to ensure projects are delivered to the customer successfully

Support both the customer and internal/external project teams in the coordination, management, and delivery of technical engineering solutions that meet the project objectives Key team leader involved throughout the full project lifecycle – from preliminary assessments and engineering design through installation, construction, and testing Identify project deliverables and drive project team to successfully execute and achieve those deliverables Identify, assess, and escalate potential job-site hazards; assist customers in any health and safety root cause analysis and corrective action planning as required Develop project budget through the gathering of estimates from third party vendors and/or contractors Develop project schedule to ensure all equipment and services can be purchased, scheduled, implemented, and commissioned/tested/qualified in alignment with the required customer launch date Maintain, track, and report on both the project budget and schedule Manage change orders and report schedule/budget impacts internally and externally as required Identify, track, and lead the resolution of project deviations or deficiencies to ensure the finished project is aligned with the project requirements Provide on-site management when equipment arrives, or contractors are on site. Daily supervision of all contractors and overall site activities Develop, issue, and evaluate tender packages alongside client and in alignment with client’s purchasing policies Assist in site acceptance tests to ensure all equipment and systems meet the performance guarantees that were originally committed to as part of the equipment supplier contract agreements Learn different customer accounts and how they run their businesses; this includes products, processes, people, culture, short and long term business goals, etc. Become a dependable and integral member of each customer’s team and help them achieve their business objectives

Responsible for delivering projects and technical solutions to a variety of clients through the use of supported products. This includes the management of customer orders from order entry point through to providing support to sales personnel, engineering personnel, and accurate and timely service to customers. • Oversees Professional Services engagements • Communicates with customers regarding order status, the scheduling of orders for delivery/implementation, and project plans • Assists sales with the preparation of Statements of Work; Request for Proposal Responses; tenders/bids • Communicate project information to appropriate internal and external stakeholders • Effectively manages teams of resources to implement multiple technology integration services to meet the needs of both public and private organizations

Project management specialist for Combi product (blocked stretch-blow-molder, filler and capper) - Supervised all Combi projects worldwide by indirect and direct management of complex projects throughout its development from engineering to on-site installation. - Quoted, planned, managed risks, and followed projects with budgets from 1,5 million Euro to over 6 million Euro. - Managed customer relations from technical and commercial perspectives with prospects and international key accounts, such as The Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo. - Ensured early success of new machines by reporting experience from prototypes, and coordinating corrective actions with engineering and production. - Trained over 40 project managers from different backgrounds on blowing and filling technologies for standard, hot fill, and aseptic applications. - Led and participated in continuous improvement initiatives for Combi product and associated project management processes.

- Managed complex projects for North and Central American markets with budgets from 800,000 Euro to over 1.5 million Euro. - Planned machine manufacturing and in-house commissioning for up to 20 simultaneous projects. - Identified, assessed, prioritized, and developed risk management strategies by elimination, mitigation, transfer or acceptance. Created key process indicators (KPI), and monitored them on regular basis. - Provided technical expertise on machine specifications and preform / bottle design to pre-contracting team and customers. - Led prototype sale projects from commercial offer to on-site acceptance and project closure.

- Managed stretch-blow-molder (for manufacturing of plastic bottles) and mold projects for Spanish and North American markets with budgets from 20,000 Euro to 1 million Euro. - Led project teams of 10 members and more in a matrix organization from pre-contracting to acceptance of the equipments. - Initialized projects from customer specifications, and achieved success by meeting deadlines, respecting costs and ensuring quality of delivery to customers. - Established and maintained good relationships with co-workers and clients. - Represented Sidel at main international plastic trade fair K-Show in Germany.

Studied and tested new tool coatings for turning of Waspalloy, milling of titanium-based alloy and drilling of aluminium-based alloy for aerospace industry and automotive industry.

- Set up maintenance processes for several pieces of machinery. - Improved the maintenance knowledge of an in-press transfer; wrote simplified documentation and trained maintenance personnel.

- Conducted a survey and improved a production line with Kanban system. - Prepared an optimized organization project for raw material warehouse.

Research oriented program, which provides deep understanding of material structure and behaviour, experimental methods and theoretical simulation (Finite Element Analysis).

Strongly industry oriented program that includes courses on mechanic, physics, mathematics, mechanical design, materials, manufacturing processes, electricity, electronics, automatism, logistic, economy and management. The program includes supervised industrial projects and practical component in professional environment.