What are the responsibilities and job description for the Serial Life Manager position at Faurecia?
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Position Summary: As manager of the Program in serial life, he/she is responsible for the achievement of the Program improvement actions in terms of Quality and Profitability from handover to production site to end of life.
Therefore he/she needs to get an overview of the program Quality and Profitability results.
Program Manager in Serial Life can manage several programs.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure the necessary resources are provided in due time from the different functions (Sales, Controlling, Costing, Plant Purchasing, Quality, Product & Process Engineering…)
- Manage serial life program performance through indicators (Customer PPM, Scrap, Operating Margin…)
- Initiate in strong relationship with the Operations and Manage convergence plan to achieve the targets
- Cascade Program objectives on to the functions
- Act as official Faurecia Program representative towards the customer
- Apply Engineering Change Management process,
- Ensure a permanent reservoir of productivity ideas,
- Ensure program documentation organization for data continuity between customers, suppliers, R&D centers and Plants,
- Organize communication throughout the program life including confidentiality management,
- Ensure that the functions use the Faurecia standard tools
- Ensure the compliance of Programs with Customer Quality systems, HSE, Safety and Regulation standards
- Propose continuous improvement ideas in business efficiency and cost reduction
- Capitalizes on knowledge and shares best practices / lessons learned across organization and within the site
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards and adherence to:
- Faurecia Group Code of Ethics
- Faurecia Group Code of Management
- Faurecia Group Environmental Policy
- Faurecia Group Quality Policy
- All other duties as assigned by the company
Position Specifications
Knowledge / Skills:
- Knowledge of quality tools (FMEA, design of experiment, functional analysis)
- Master Faurecia Program Management System (internal) or
- Program management knowledge in particularly in matrix organization (external)
- English fluent
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Network animation and influencing skills
- Planning and organizing skills
- Ability to work in a matrix organization in a cooperative and positive way
- International mindset
Education / Experience:
- Master's degree in engineering or in business administration
- Experience in Design & Development or in Industrial Operations in Automotive sector
- Seniority: 6 experience years minimum
Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
