Mireille LEFRANC
Summary
Decisive and globally-minded executive with a strong background in supply chain management. Proven expertise in optimizing operations and driving efficiency across the entire supply chain. Successfully implemented strategic initiatives to enhance materials management and logistics processes, resulting in improved customer experience and business growth. Skilled at fostering team collaboration and leading continuous improvement efforts. Experienced in managing multicultural environments to achieve organizational goals.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Planning & Supply Chain Director
Nouryon
01.2023 - Current
- Spearheaded demand management and supply planning, leveraging a global manufacturing and distribution network in alignment with Oliver Wight's industry-leading principles, within the context of a demanding private equity environment focused on cash management and profitability
- Achieved a 30% reduction in inventory levels while simultaneously elevating customer service metrics by 20 points year-over-year in 2023, meeting stringent private equity expectations
- Developed a global inventory entitlement model leveraging Arkieva for each of the 30 product lines, aligning service level targets with category-specific strategies and overall business growth objectives, to enhance cash flow
- Directed a customer-experience initiative to deploy an 'Available to Promise' feature, integrating production scheduling, quality control, and logistics capabilities to deliver accurate and reliable promise dates across 62 manufacturing facilities /200,000 sales order lines annually
Quality Executive Mammo & IG Surgery
GE Healthcare Imaging
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Global Leader of Quality Assurance for Mammography and Image-Guided Surgery Product Lines, responsible for securing certifications from the FDA and other international regulatory agencies.
- Directed a department of 100 quality engineers, overseeing comprehensive quality assurance functions from supplier quality to design and manufacturing control.
- Achieved a 20% reduction in headcount by streamlining processes and leveraging the Salesforce suite to enhance operational efficiency.
- Significantly improved customer experience through enhanced product reliability, reducing the infantile failure rate in the first 90 days from 1.5 defects per equipment to 0.5 within 18 months.
- Oversaw root cause analysis investigations, identifying opportunities for process enhancements or corrective actions.
Industrialization Leader Mammo & IG Surgery
GE Healthcare Imaging
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Global Industrialization Leader for Mammography and Vascular Interventional Business Units (generating $1.2 billion in revenue), driving the introduction and scaling of new products across international markets.
- Managed scalability from R&D to full-scale manufacturing across five sites in Europe, China, India, and North America, ensuring seamless transitions and maintaining high standards of production quality.
- Oversaw tooling and equipment for manufacturing, spearheading digital transformation initiatives including AI-driven OCR solutions, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and eFLEX to enhance operational efficiency and precision.
EMEA process excellence leader
GE Oil&Gaz
08.2014 - 12.2017
- Oracle Implementation Leader for five manufacturing sites in the UK and Angola, overseeing 1,500 active users and modules for sales order management, procurement, and advanced supply chain planning.
- Implemented bar code reading, serialization, digital manufacturing records, cross-dock, intelligent incoming inspection systems, auto-procurement, and auto-sourcing.
- Standardized processes and improved performance in inventory management, production planning, scheduling, and procurement across 40 regional sites.
- Increased ERP and advanced planning module adoption from 50% to 75% across the region.
Director of Supply Chain
L'OREAL
07.2007 - 12.2013
- Creation of the worldwide distribution center processes and systems for Luxury Division: next day delivery loading to all European destinations, 2 day loading for all other global destinations
- Post-merger integration of 700 YSL cosmetics finished good SKUs in less than 3 months & transfer out of 300 make-up references to new manufacturing site
- S&OP & materials management (5000 Finished goods, 250M€ buy/year) for Luxury Division
- Maintaining over 98% service rate and lowering FG inventory levels by 25% over 2 years
- Seamless SAP implementation
Materials Team Leader / Black Belt
GE Healthcare
01.2005 - 06.2007
- Leading supply chain delivery performance projects across Europe (improvement OTIF by 30% YOY)
- Managing materials for a manufacturing site: 30% growth YoY, inventory reduction by 25%
Supply Chain Consultant /Project Manager
DELOITTE CONSULTING
01.1998 - 01.2004
- ERP implementations from a process design and change management standpoint in global industrial companies (LVMH, CHANEL, BONDUELLE)
- System and process redesign for a frozen logistics provider in Europe
- Inventory optimization on global level to support Cash-Flow improvement
- Choice and implementation WMS & forecasting systems
- Coordinating APICS training program internally
Education
Master of Science - Biotechnology Engineering
INA PG
Paris, France09-1998
Skills
- Supply chain analytics
- Materials management, MRP
- Logistics optimization, warehouse management
- Demand forecasting
- Production planning
- Financial aspects of supply chain
- Inventory management
- Digital transformation
- Industry 40 & AI
- Oracle implementations
- SAP implementations
- WMS, MES
- Forecasting tools
- Supply chain planning software
- Translation of business requirements
- Quality Assurance: FDA, MDSAP, MDR, NMPA
- Continuous improvement
- Lean & Six-Sigma, Waste elimination
- Productivity increase
- Kaizen & Hoshin Kanri, Problem Solving Reports
- People development
- Empowerment & Recognition
- Performance feedback
- Customer oriented mindset
Certification
- APICS CPIM (now ASCM)
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Industrybackground
- Chemical/ Cosmetics
- Medical devices
- Oil & Gas upstream
- Food industry
Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Business Planning & Supply Chain Director
Nouryon
01.2023 - Current
Quality Executive Mammo & IG Surgery
GE Healthcare Imaging
01.2020 - 12.2022
Industrialization Leader Mammo & IG Surgery
GE Healthcare Imaging
01.2018 - 12.2019
EMEA process excellence leader
GE Oil&Gaz
08.2014 - 12.2017
Director of Supply Chain
L'OREAL
07.2007 - 12.2013
Materials Team Leader / Black Belt
GE Healthcare
01.2005 - 06.2007
Supply Chain Consultant /Project Manager
DELOITTE CONSULTING
01.1998 - 01.2004
Master of Science - Biotechnology Engineering
INA PG
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