Vincent Couturier : Operational transformationand performance improvement.
From diagnosis to implementation, an approach combining quantitative modelling, an understanding of technical constraints and work alongside client teams on the ground.
Building an S&OP process to right-size a department.
Challenge
Size a department’s resources against its actual workload while maintaining service quality.
Delivery
Development of an S&OP process linking activity, pipeline and sales forecasts to resource requirements to right-size the department. Development of the workload model and work allocation tool, management training and implementation of the restructuring.
Outcome
A 50% reduction in headcount within the team concerned, with service quality maintained.
Activity→S&OP→Resources
Executing an operational restructuring plan on site.
Challenge
Implement an existing restructuring plan with no decline in activity and a tightly constrained investment budget.
Delivery
On-site implementation of the existing restructuring plan with management and operators: changes to workstation staffing and working methods, combined with targeted automation within the investment budget.
Outcome
A 30% reduction in operator headcount, with no decline in activity.
Workstations→Methods→Deployment
Identifying AI applications within a deep-tech product.
Challenge
Identify relevant AI applications within the product of a semiconductor equipment business.
Delivery
Analysis of the product’s underlying technology against deep learning capabilities and limitations to identify use cases.
Outcome
Product-specific use cases to inform the AI roadmap.
Product→AI capabilities→Use cases
Assessing an acquisition target’s technological differentiation.
Challenge
Assess a defence optronics acquisition target’s technological differentiation.
Delivery
Critical review of product specifications, competitor benchmarking and discussions with industry experts to test claimed sources of differentiation.
Outcome
An assessment of confirmed technology advantages and the target’s limitations to inform the investment decision.
Specifications→Benchmark→Assessment
02 / Approach
From diagnosis to decisions. From decisions to execution.
Model actual requirements, test options against constraints and implement changes with client teams.
01
Establish the diagnosis
Combine activity data, process analysis and on-site observation to explain performance gaps.
02
Quantify the options
Model workload, resources and technical constraints to quantify changes and inform trade-offs.
03
Implement on the ground
Put new organisation and working methods into practice with management and operational teams, then establish management tools.
Analysis grounded in operations.
Operational modelling and S&OP
Connect sales forecasts, workload and capacity to size teams and organise work allocation.
Restructuring implementation
Translate restructuring plans into changes to organisation, working methods and production resources.
Understanding technical constraints
Draw on photonics engineering and technology assessment experience to examine assumptions, capabilities and the limitations of solutions.
Life sciences · Technology and deep tech · Telecommunications
03 / Background
A background in engineering and operations.
AlixPartners
Vice President
With the firm since 2022
Vice President at AlixPartners. A background in photonics engineering and management applied to operational transformation and restructuring engagements.
Early experience
2021
EurofinsCommercial Excellence internship · Part of an internal consulting team.
2020
EssilorCorporate Strategy internship
2019
LP2NResearch internship · Computer vision and deep learning applied to experimental data. Processing time reduced by a factor of ten.
