Jean-Pierre Fromont

In charge of ensuring Conformity within the Renault Group (R&D, Industry, Sales & Aftersales, Services)
Reports to Quality Division
Renault Group representative at IATF worldwide and President of IATF France
Renault Group representative at PFA (Plateforme Automobile France) CSTA (Automotive Technical Standardisation Committee)

Head of
- R&D Test Facilities Projects (vehicle, powertrain, digital, material)
- R&D Test Facilities Maintenance (vehicle, powertrain, digital, material)
for the RENAULT Group worldwide in synergy with RENAULT NISSAN MITSUBISHI Alliance related teams

- Created DONGFENG RENAULT Automotive Co. R&D Center together with the teams of the 2 shareholders. 2016 status is 300 engineers for Style, Vehicle & Powertrain development, Prototypes and Tests
- Developed and Localized (including quality assurance) of 3 Vehicles (Kadjar, Koleos & Fluence EV) and Engine projects for China together with RENAULT's technical centers (France & Korea) and in synergy with DONGFENG NISSAN R&D Center (DFL) in China

- Part of RENAULT's negotiation team with DONGFENG Motors for Vehicle & Powertrain Engineering scope
- Framing of advanced vehicle projects for China Project with RENAULT and NISSAN technical centers

Worldwide Chassis Project manager for :
- Product Chassis Project management for RENAULT Twingo, Clio, Symbol, Captur, Logan, Sandero, Duster, Lodgy, Doker, NISSAN Sylphy & LADA Largus with Product Project leaders located in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, France, India, Iran, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Turkey
- Process & Industrial new Chassis plants for previous vehicles in France, India, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Turkey with Process / Industrial Project Leaders located in these countries

- Planning, Project management, Budget and Purchasing for RENAULT Prototype Pilot plants in France, Korea, Romania
- Cross Functional Team Leader to synchronize Vehicle and Powertrain prototypes, including benchmarks with other Car makers
- ISO Certification Leader for Prototype Pilot Plants

- Advanced marketing for Upper-body Performance, together with Research, Style and Engineering
- Safety & Security RENAULT interface person with French and British insurance companies
- Perceived Quality evaluation

- Negotiated the construction of 25 new supplier plants around the RENAULT greenfield plant in Curitiba, created an integrated supplier park for JIT deliveries and created the purchasing BOP team
- Negotiated synergies with RENAULT Argentina for common parts sourcing and later integrated the existing purchasing team in RENAULT's global purchasing network
- 80% Localization for the 4 projects (Scenic/Clio in Brazil and Megane/Kangoo in Argentina), managed the 100% Brazilian Real devaluation consequences with suppliers and the over-evaluation of the Argentinian Peso

- 300 million euros per year with a team of 5 buyers
- Purchasing, Engineering & Quality Cross Functional Team Leader to conduct a cost reduction and quality improvement breakthroughs

- 150 million euro per year with a team of 5 buyers
- Managed the merging of RENAULT & VOLVO Car purchasing activities for the Lighting part group (superior was Swedish ex-VOLVO and located in Sweden)

- Support for the writing of RENAULT's Purchasing division Long-term Plan
- Supported RENAULT's negotiation team for SKODA and DACIA take-over for the purchasing scope