About Sarah
Bridging the gap between High-End Design and Industrial Excellence.
As a former Head of Department at Cartier, I specialize in securing the industrialization of complex, high-stakes products. My approach combines the analytical rigor of an Engineer (Mines) with the agility of Design Thinking (Cranfield University) to turn innovative concepts into measurable market successes.
I help organizations navigate the critical phase between prototyping and series production, ensuring that design intent and profitability never clash.
Core Expertise:
Strategic PMO: Leading 5-year roadmaps and coordinating cross-functional teams across Marketing, R&D, and Quality.
Product Industrialization (NPI): Accelerating time-to-market while mitigating technical and production risks.
Operational Excellence: Deploying Lean Product Development and Industry 4.0 strategies to boost productivity.
Regulated Environments: Proven experience in both Luxury (Cartier) and HealthTech (Bioreactor development).
Why collaborate with me?
I don’t just manage timelines; I build the methodological frameworks that guarantee results. I have trained over 350 employees in Lean methodologies and managed complex project portfolios that generated significant gains in quality and efficiency.
Available for on-site missions in Switzerland and France.
French
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Italian
Conversational
Arabic
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Bâle (up to 50km), Nancy (up to 50km), Mulhouse (up to 50km), Saint-Louis (up to 50km), Strasbourg (up to 50km)
Experience
- CartierHead of InnovationLUXURY GOODSSeptember 2022 - June 2024 (1 year and 9 months)Fribourg, SwitzerlandManaged a team of 5 project managers and the projects portfolio to enhance the productivity, quality, and performance of Cartier watchmaking with a focus on employees-journey. Spearheaded the design and execution of Cartier's OpEx global strategy and establishing the CI department.• Collaboratively building a 5-year project roadmap, prioritizing initiatives, framing objectives, tracking KPIs, and monitoring progress.• Redesigned the manufacturing journey improving efficiency and time-to-market.• Led design thinking workshops & hackathons, fostering a culture of problem-solving.• Providing Lean Belt training and coaching problem-solving methodologies.
- CartierCI Project managerMarch 2022 - September 2022 (6 months)Fribourg, SwitzerlandManaging several projects in product development and manufacturing.Leading initiatives to foster the user centric culture.
- Lean AnalyticsInnovation researcherMay 2021 - February 2022 (9 months)Lausanne, SwitzerlandConducted research studies on digital transformation and Industry 4.0. Focused on automating user experiences, optimizing digital workflows for improving customer journeys.• Piloting the Lean Digital category for the initiative Lean Diamond Award.• Designed the Lean Digital Maturity Scale, assessing businesses on their performance.• Co-authored a book on best practices for Lean Digital Transformation, documenting successful UX case studies.• Hackathon: Using IA to improve the flexibility and efficiency of value chain processes
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Education
- MSc Product Development & ManagementCranfield University2021MSc Product Development & Management
- Exchange semesterShanghai Jiao Tong University, Design Engineering2020Product Design
Certifications
- Design thinkingIDEO2024
- Yellow beltLEAN BELT2023