Background

Industrial director,hands-on consultant.

More than twenty years of experience — automotive, watchmaking, jewellery — in team leadership, complex project management and industrial structuring.

Portrait of Éric Lebigot
Éric LebigotENIBe engineer · Founder of CLÉ
“Turning your challenges into growth opportunities.”
Profile

Four strengths serving your operations.

01

Operational performance

Shorter lead times, optimised processes and higher productivity.

02

Strategic management

Supervision of strategic industrial projects, cross-subsidiary structuring and Lean Manufacturing tools.

03

Technical expertise

Industrialisation, advanced methods and solutions suited to high-precision requirements.

04

Inspiring leadership

Reorganising industrial sites, aligning teams on shared goals, transparent communication.

Experience

A career at the heart of the workshop.

2025 →

Founder & consultant — CLÉ

Watchmaking, fine and fashion jewellery, and precision engineering. Supporting SMEs and mid-sized companies through critical phases: restructuring, performance, industrial transformation.

2024

Industrial director — watch & jewellery manufacture, Switzerland

Strategic projects for cases, movements and jewellery. Set-up of an electroplating workshop.

2019 – 2023

Head of industrial projects — multi-subsidiary group, France + Switzerland

Group industrial vision, a shared “Methods” standard, and interim management of two sites.

2016 – 2018

Head of methods & industrialisation — international watch group

Set-up and management of the methods office for watch cases and bracelets.

2013 – 2016

Production manager — high-end jewellery manufacture

Set-up of the Metal Components Manufacturing unit. SMED and 5S workshops, “right first time” objective.

2010 – 2013

Production manager — watch case manufacture

Coordination of stamping, machining, polishing and assembly workshops. Introduction of OEE indicators.

2005 – 2009

Product / process engineer — watch case manufacture

Industrialisation of new products, from design to the zero series.

1999 – 2005

Process & industrialisation engineer — automotive, heavy machinery, continuous process

Engineering and industrialisation: robotic cells, hydraulic circuits, continuous production lines.

Education & skills

The technical foundations.

Education

General engineering degree in mechanical and production engineering
École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Belfort (ENIBe)

Languages

French
English — B2
German — B2

Skills

Industrial production management
Leadership and team management
Continuous improvement
Complex materials and processes
Intercultural communication

Tools

Lean, daily huddles, MTM-UAS
5W2H, PDCA, 5M, 8D, A3
FMEA, Ishikawa
CAD: CATIA, Creo, SolidWorks
ERP: SAP R3, Navision, ProConcept
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