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Youssef Benzakour

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Operations' Digital Transformation VP at Faurecia
📍 Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France

Youssef Benzakour is the Vice President of Operations Digital Transformation at Forvia, a global automotive supplier. He focuses on driving transformation by prioritizing people and results over technology. An alumnus of École Polytechnique, he leads programs in cloud/edge IIOT platforms, low-code applications, and data-driven value generation across more than 130 sites.

Outside of his corporate role, Youssef has a keen interest in athletics, particularly football, which he played during his time at university. He is also passionate about running and encourages others to take up the sport.

Unique fact: Youssefs team was able to build and deploy eight valuable data solutions in just two days using non-developer talent.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Operations' Digital Transformation VP
Job Level
Senior
Location
Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France
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People-Centric Transformation
Believes the most important part of Digital Transformation is the "Transformation" of people, not just the implementation of digital tools.
IT/OT Convergence
Recently participated as a panelist at the "AI for Industry Summit" in Paris to discuss the convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology data.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Operations' Digital Transformation VP
Faurecia
9-2021 - 7-2023
Industrial Digital Transformation Director
Faurecia
10-2018 - 9-2021
Operations’ Digital Transformation Coordination
Faurecia
9-2014 - 9-2018
Strategy Senior Manager
OCP SA
8-2010 - 8-2014
Consultant
Accenture
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Education
2009 - 2010
Finance d'Entreprise
ENSAE Paris
2006 - 2009
Ingénieur
École Polytechnique
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