Nicolas Bouchain

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About Nicolas Bouchain

Global R&D and Innovation executive with 12+ years of leadership within a €2B industrial group (IBEX 35).Member of the senior leadership team with full budget accountability and strategic roadmap ownership, reporting directly to C-level leadership. Currently leading multi-cultural engineering teams across Spain and China.Led the end-to-end creation and scaling of two major R&D centers in Spain (60 engineers) and China (100 engineers), including full laboratory infrastructure.Managed cross-functional teams driving an R&D pipeline accounting for ~25% of total group revenue (~€500M). Delivered over 40 industrialized products while leading value improvement initiatives to strengthen margins and competitiveness.Played a key role in transforming a regional engineering model into a centralized global R&D organization and established a dedicated Technology & Innovation team driving off-cycle development.Accelerated time-to-market through platforming and modular design, implementing TRL-based (Technology Readiness Level) off-cycle technology development to decouple research from product programs and enable scalable innovation.Involved in 20+ patent filings while overseeing patent portfolio strategy and active competitive monitoring.Mechanical engineering foundation complemented by global organizational leadership and high-performance team development.