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About OPEO

A European operational consulting firm, built on one conviction: real industrial transformation is won on the ground, alongside the teams.

Our mission

Transforming industry from within

"Supporting industrial companies through their operational transformations, combining lasting performance and innovation."

Since 2012, OPEO has been at the heart of industrial excellence, combining a genuine presence on the ground with constant exploration of the trends and major shifts shaping our society.

We believe success comes from a transformation grounded in the reality of factories and organizations, while integrating the new levers of performance: digital, circular economy, operational excellence.

Our approach: to be a demanding, supportive partner, guided by values of excellence, social responsibility and commitment to creating value.

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Presence
France & Switzerland
France · Switzerland
Our conviction

What sets us apart

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Industrial performance is built on the ground, not from behind a desk. We work where decisions have a real impact.

Our consultants immerse themselves in your factories, your teams and your processes to deliver transformations grounded in your reality, measurable, lasting, and carried forward by your own people.

Our story

Nearly 15 years of industrial
transformation

2012
Founding
2012
OPEO is founded

OPEO is founded by David Machenaud, Frédéric Sandei and Michael Valentin, driven by the desire to start something and build a firm dedicated to industry.

2013
First clients
2013
First clients and first hires

After the first months of launch, OPEO wins its first clients in steel, luxury and aerospace, and the team begins to grow.

2018
Digital
2018
The digital shift

OPEO starts to integrate digital and data further into its industrial engagements, against a backdrop shaped by the rise of the industry of the future.

2020
Crisis
2020
The Covid crisis

The health crisis causes a sudden halt in activity, but OPEO stays close to its clients and gradually prepares for the recovery.

2021
Growth
2021
Recovery and renewed growth

After Covid, activity picks up strongly. OPEO hires, builds out its structure further and develops new topics such as circular industry and decarbonization.

2024
Transformation
2024
A more turbulent industrial landscape

Facing economic, geopolitical and energy instability, OPEO supports its clients through a period of more uncertain transformation.

Now
Innovation
Today
Agility and artificial intelligence

OPEO is exploring AI as a lever to help industrial companies gain agility, adapt faster to their markets and improve performance.

Our culture

Careers shaped by
a passion for industry

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What makes OPEO unique and rewarding is its model: people passionate about industry, complex engineering challenges, the tools of the best firms, all within an agile structure where you get more scope for action and integrated team development.

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Antoine Méraud
Project Manager
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At OPEO, we work at every level with our clients, with an obligation of results. It's fascinating: on the first day you're discussing strategy with a CEO, and the next you're making sure it's actually being applied on the ground.

Gaspard de Turckheim
Gaspard de Turckheim
Project Manager
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At OPEO, you move from aerospace to luxury, from supply chain to R&D and through production, always in contact with decision-makers driving real challenges. That diversity is why you never get bored.

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Alexis Barbot
Consultant
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I would have loved to work with consultants like the ones at OPEO when I was on the factory floor: committed, close to the ground, and genuinely listening to the teams.

Solène Soulié
Solène Soulié
Project Manager
Our team

The people of OPEO

David Machenaud
David Machenaud
Founding Partner
Partner
Frédéric Sandei
Frédéric Sandei
Founding Partner
Partner
Michael Valentin
Michaël Valentin
Founding Partner
Partner
Odile Ricour
Odile Ricour
Partner
Partner
Clément Niessen
Clément Niessen
Partner
Partner
Teimour Daly
Teimour Daly
Partner
Partner
Ghalem Allai
Ghalem Allai
Project Director
Project Director
Norman Pardanaud
Norman Pardanaud
Project Director
Project Director
Gautier Chevreton
Gautier Chevreton
Project Director
Project Director
Sebastien Desbois
Sebastien Desbois
Project Director
Project Director
Athyna Olympio
Athyna Olympio
HR Director
HR
Wiem Wederni
Wiem Wederni
Head of Administration & Finance
Administration & Finance
Wendy Lemba
Wendy Lemba
Head of Marketing, Communications & Sales Support
Marketing & Sales
CD
Clarisse Degros
Marketing & Sales Support Manager
Marketing & Sales
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