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Lean consultant in GenevaNicolas Marie

An organisational transformation consultant in Geneva, Nicolas has been designing production systems for 25 years. He supports organisations from the shop floor to senior management, worldwide: Europe, Asia and, most recently, the United States and Costa Rica.

His conviction, shared every week in his newsletter: overload is everywhere, and it can almost always be reduced, with method and a little humour.

Career

From the shop floor to software.

One common thread: find overload wherever it hides, then pass on the method.

  1. Founder · nomuri

    Geneva · assignments worldwide

    Lean software, training from White Belt to Master Black Belt, and transformation support. Recent assignments in the United States and Costa Rica.

  2. CEO · Apilean Switzerland

    Geneva

    Lean Management consulting, training and instructional design. More than 60 transformation projects and over 1,000 people trained. Founded the Club Lean Suisse: more than 35 organisations (Swiss Post, Medtronic, CHUV, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Straumann…) learning together through site visits, in French, German and English, with an annual Lean Summit in Geneva.

  3. COO · Kugler Bimétal SA

    Geneva

    Ran operations at an 80-person metalworking company. Customer complaints cut by two thirds, workplace accidents down from 8 to 3 a year, preventive maintenance and Lean routines introduced.

  4. Lean Implementation Manager · Bobst

    Mex (Vaud)

    Co-created the BOBST Lean Academy with Carlos Cardoso: three years of training and certification, no PowerPoint, more than 250 people trained. Launched Kaizen Boards and Express Kaizen, and acted as Industry 4.0 lead for production at the Mex site. Accident severity cut sixfold. Runner-up in the 2018 European Lean Management Award.

  5. Supply Chain & Group Lean Manager · Constellium

    Sierre / Zurich

    Rolled out Lean across 10 European sites. OTIF up from 65% to 88%, inventory down 20%, S&OP introduced.

  6. Lean & Supply Chain · Asia & Europe

    Singapore · Thailand · France

    Started in Lean at Faurecia in 2005, then Renault, Hispano-Suiza and Wagon Automotive, where he worked for more than ten years with Freddy Ballé and Yves Mérel. Lean roll-out in Thailand for Guy Degrenne. Global Lean Specialist at FCI in Singapore (17 plants across Asia-Pacific, safety incidents down 80%), then founder of the EcologicaLean consultancy.

I have spent my career clearing away what wears teams out. nomuri is that method made accessible, one sector at a time.

Nicolas Marie

The human side

Born into Lean.

“I usually say I fell into the Lean pot at birth, because I was born in OrLEANs.” Humour is part of the method.

For Nicolas, Lean is above all a way of learning, not a toolbox you impose. His motto comes from downhill skateboarding: Try, Crash and Learn. Start now, without waiting for it to be perfect.

Outside work: cooking, music, drawing and maker projects.

Organisations he has worked with
  • Forvia (Faurecia)
  • Renault
  • Dior
  • LVMH
  • Safran (Snecma)
  • Constellium
  • Bobst
  • Linxens
  • Guy Degrenne
  • Patek Philippe

The nomuri vision

One set of skills, many trades.

After 25 years in metalworking, watchmaking, plastics, food and social care, one idea stands out: the Lean principles that balance a production line can also lighten the load on carers, structure watchmaking training or support a continuous improvement programme.

nomuri brings these software adaptations together. Each is rooted in a specific sector and follows the same principle: zero overload, respect for people.

Explore the solutions

Newsletter

Ma Vie Lean (ou presque…)

Every week, Nicolas talks about Lean through everyday situations: a poorly balanced rotisserie stall, a dishwasher at the right height, the children’s bedtime routine. Nearly 100 episodes since 2022, lively and kind in tone, always around the same question: where is overload hiding, and how can we reduce it?

  • Hands-on teaching
  • Humour and common sense
  • Respect for people
Excerpt · episode E01, task balancing at a market rotisserie“One could have imagined a slightly better-balanced line.”The newsletter is written in French.

Areas of expertise

What Nicolas brings.

Production & Lean

Line balancing, pull flow, TPM, SMED, VSM, Kanban and Kamishibai. Problem-solving (PDCA, 5 Whys, Ishikawa) and production system design.

Governance & operations

Leading teams of up to 70 people, P&L and S&OP management, advising executive teams on sustainable performance and social value.

Health, social care & training

Lean applied to social care (care homes, foundations, public services), immersive training and AI-assisted decision-support tools.

Education
  • Six Sigma Black Belt (ASQ)
  • PMP (PMI)
  • MBA Leadership & Self-Management, University of Geneva
  • Leading Change, MIT Sloan
  • DESS (postgraduate master’s) in Materials for Mechanics, Thermal Engineering and Electromagnetism, Université Paris X
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