Jean-Baptiste Ballif

Lead a strategic 600-employee, 500 MCHF manufacturing site, driving operational stabilization and preparing global-standard deployment in Lean and Manufacturing Quality.

• ● Lean & CI Deployment: Implemented end-to-end Master Production Schedule, improving OTIF by 20% and strengthening cross-functional coordination

• ● Manufacturing Quality: Established daily FPY and CoPQ monitoring linked to field feedback loops, improving quality control and customer satisfaction

• ● Safety & Problem Solving: Reduced workplace accidents by 30% in 6 months through QRQC and structured capability-building programs

• ● Operational Transformation: Led organizational redesign (serial vs. custom production), delivering +10% productivity through flow and takt alignment

• ● Standardization: Deployed standard work, visual management and daily Gemba routines to stabilize performance

• ● Financial Steering: P&L and Capex aligned with strategic priorities and transformation roadmap

P&L ownership of the legal entity set up to monetize technical training for hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, doubling revenue and improving field service quality standards.

• ● Built global training and certification frameworks supporting Operational Excellence and Manufacturing Quality deployment,

• ● Doubled revenues while improving training efficiency,

• ● Supported knowledge transfer and industrial scaling across sites.

P&L ownership of the legal entity set up to monetize technical training for hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, doubling revenue and improving field service quality standards.

Built global training and certification frameworks supporting Operational Excellence and Manufacturing Quality deployment,

Doubled revenues while improving training efficiency,

Supported knowledge transfer and industrial scaling across sites.

Global Lean Governance: Defined and deployed Lean transformation for digitalization and decarbonization, ensuring workforce readiness for a 33,000-employee industrial organization, shifting skills from mechanical engineering to embedded software driven systems.

• ● Quality & Compliance: Mapped critical business skills and upskilled 500+ engineers to achieve A-SPICE compliance.

• ● Operational Efficiency: Optimized learning processes, reducing training time by 13% while increasing participation by 26%.

• ● Standardized globally shopfloor dojos across 30 sites to speed up the onboarding of operators,

• ● Launched global innovation challenge, engaging 12000+ employees, generating 200+ ideas and 5 prototypes in 4 months.

• ● Digital Ecosystem: Established digital-first learning culture (LMS, performance dashboards) to support global operations.