Nicolas Philipront

Nicolas Philipront has had an extensive work experience spanning several companies. Nicolas'smost recent role was as the Head of Supply Chain at Nexans, where they led the supply chain process from order to delivery and managed a team of 16 employees. Before that, they served as the Head of Continuous Improvement at Nexans, focusing on implementing CI standards and improving key performance indicators.

Prior to their time at Nexans, Philipront worked at SNCB, where they held various positions. Nicolas served as the Operations Manager at the Train Maintenance Plant Schaerbeek, overseeing a team of 140 employees and ensuring train maintenance and troubleshooting operations were conducted efficiently. Nicolas also worked as the Industrial Engineering Manager, leading a group of 6 employees and improving processes and procedures for train maintenance across numerous workshops. Additionally, they served as a Train Maintenance Technical Department Lean Advisor.

Philipront began their career at Caterpillar Inc., where they held several roles. Nicolas worked as an Operations Manager for Hydraulic Components and as a Lean Value Stream Manager for Hydraulic and Drive Train Components Manufacturing. Nicolas also led the Lean transformation for hydraulic components, served as a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor for hydraulic components, and worked as a 6 Sigma Black Belt and project leader for CAT components. Nicolas'searly roles at Caterpillar included serving as a Design Engineer for Diesel Engines.

Overall, Nicolas Philipront has a wealth of experience in supply chain management, continuous improvement, operations management, industrial engineering, and lean transformation.

Nicolas Philipront obtained a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Faculté Polytechnique de Mons from 1998 to 2003.