Michel Faivre-Duboz will take up his position as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Logistics on January 2, 2008. He will report to Michel Gornet, Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Logistics.
- The all-new Supply Chain and Logistics Department will directly manage or coordinate all the strategic and operational aspects involved worldwide in the logistics chain, which begins when parts leave supplier plants and ends when vehicles are delivered to customers, to ensure customer delivery times and the best possible vehicle prices, quality and reliability
- Main strategic tasks involve managing production and transport capacities, organizing and scheduling transport routes, and packaging.
- Operational responsibilities include plant scheduling, supplying plants with parts and components, and distributing vehicles.
Michel Faivre-Duboz, born on April 30, 1951, joined Renault in 1973 as a bodywork approval engineer. He was in charge of the Renault 25 (1979) and Renault 21 (1984) projects and in 1986 became head of manufacturing engineering and new work at the Sandouville plant. In 1990, he was appointed director of the X64 program, a multi-body project known under the name of Mégane, which led to the launch of the first Scénic. He was named Senior Vice President, Vehicle Engineering Development in 1999. He is a member of the Renault Management Committee.
Michel Faivre-Duboz is a graduate engineer of Ecole Catholique d’Arts et Métiers in Lyon (ECAM)
Nadine Leclair will become Senior Vice President, Vehicle Engineering Development on the same date, replacing Michel Faivre-Duboz. She will report to Jean-Louis Ricaud, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Quality.
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Nadine Leclair, born on August 27, 1957, began her career at Sligos as a research engineer before joining Renault in 1984 as a CAD engineer. Her first experience in bodywork engineering was on the Safrane project in 1989, then on the Mégane 1 project. She was appointed Manager of Body-in-white Engineering in 1999, a position she held until 2005, when she became Technical Range Manager for the Mégane.
Nadine Leclair is a graduate engineer of Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
