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Daniel Bizier
Industrial Director, Air Liquide Canada
Pierrefonds,Quebec
Summary
Industrial director with over 22 years of successful experience in operation management (gas filling plants) and project management (engineering department). Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in Specialty, industrial and medical gases industry. Strengths in managing professionals (engineering) and plant personnel backed by training in chemistry and operation management.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Industrial Director
Air Liquide Canada
Montreal, QC
07.2008 - Current
- Focus engineering and production teams on developing and applying solutions to achieve goals for gas filling plants (industrial, specialty and medical gases) (safety, service to customers, efficiency, financial) in line with resource allocation and strategic planning.
- Manage daily operations for 3 production plants: (Varennes: acetylene, Hydrogen, propylene, Calgary Specialty gases (reactive, non-reactive, toxic and oxy-fuel mixtures), Cornwall: high pressure gas cylinder retest centre)
- Provide Technical support to 19 production sites across Canada through our engineering team (9 members). Daily operations, plant maintenance, SOP.
- Participate in the creation of annual budget and developed comprehensive plan to accomplish company objectives while staying within budget.
- Worked closely with organizational leadership to strategically affect operational direction.
- Participated in the creation and application of new business analytics and reporting tool across 19 sites.
Country Manager
Nacan
Montreal, Quebec
01.2007 - 06.2008
- Secured consistent stock supply by providing accurate sales forecasts and managing shipments appropriately.
- Controlled costs and optimized spending via restructuring of budgets for labor, capital assets, inventory purchasing and technology upgrades.
- Managed 3 production sites (water base adhesives and epoxy mix (Boucherville, Toronto, Vancouver), 2 distribution centres, 1 R&D centre
- Oversaw sales
- P/L responsibility
Disvisional Operations Manager
Praxair Canada
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
02.2000 - 01.2007
- Managed 5 production sites (high pressure gases (industrial and medical), acetylene , LPG, dry ice) (St-Hubert (QC), Varennes (QC), Saint-Laurent (QC), Ottawa (ON), Maitland (ON)
- Managed project team
- Prepared and got approved annual budget for production plants
- Responsible for 5 plant managers, 60 operators
- Developed operations KPi to track and work on (safety, efficiency, customer service, cost to produce)
Plant Superintendent
Akzo Nobel
Valleyfield, QC
06.1992 - 01.2000
- Managed production scheduling and kept team on-task to meet all deadlines.
- Maintained safety and compliance of all operations.
- Implemented organizational systems to maximize plant efficiency.
- Managed 4 teams of operators, running a sodium chlorate production facility 24hrs/7days, 365 days/year
- Developed and applied production improvement plans to lower unit cost
- Wet chemistry
- Electrolyses
Education
MBA - Operations Management
HEC Montreal
MontrealMaster of Science - Polymer Chemistry
University of Montreal
MontrealBachelor of Science - Physical Chemistry
University of Montreal
MontrealSkills
Operations management
undefinedAffiliations
- Member of Quebec's professional chemists association (Ordre des chimistes)
- CGA member
Software
Minitab
Certification
6 Sigma green belt (Praxair)
Timeline
Industrial Director
Air Liquide Canada
07.2008 - Current
Country Manager
Nacan
01.2007 - 06.2008
Disvisional Operations Manager
Praxair Canada
02.2000 - 01.2007
Plant Superintendent
Akzo Nobel
06.1992 - 01.2000
MBA - Operations Management
HEC Montreal
Master of Science - Polymer Chemistry
University of Montreal
Bachelor of Science - Physical Chemistry
University of Montreal
6 Sigma green belt (Praxair)
Professional chemist (M.Sc)
ISO auditor (British standard institute)
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