Customer Technical Leader (m/f), Peine

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

He/she leads

Product definition and process feasibility for programs in acquisition, development and serial stages:

in line with the program objectives (Quality, Cost, Timing), he/she applies the Group standards following the Faurecia Excellence System (FES), deploying the Faurecia's Program Management System (PMS) to:

lead and secure the Product Development Process (study, specify, develop in detail, verify, release, validate), taking care of the:

• Customer & Faurecia specifications
• Legal requirements
• Faurecia standards & best practices in accordance with the Group standards
• coordinate the Program Design & Engineering activities, he/she may have to manage a cross functional team:
• Product Design, CAE & CAD engineers
• Manufacturing & Tooling engineers
• Including support functions : GTS (Experts), Prototyping, Testing, etc…
• manage the Design Reviews & the DFMEA processes
• have a permanent “Design to Cost” mindset: identify, highlight & track all the potential cost impacts
• Have an Engineering Change Management (ECM) attitude
• ensure that the PMS Key Deliverables are passed successfully & in time
• fulfill the Product Engineering requirements (Product & Design definition, release & validation, Key Characteristics, etc…)
• manage a Program File in Product Data Management (PDM), including roles & rights, maintaining appropriate product and process definition
• manage Bought Out Parts (BOP) definition & ensure the technical integration of the suppliers
• Apply Faurecia industrial policies and guidelines (Production System Efficiency, Supply chain, Ergonomy,…).
• Liaise with industrial engineer so that product and process characteristics are under control when production is launched.

Technical intimacy with customer:

• Build a network at the customer
• Facilitate customer understanding by engineering & manufacturing teams
• Animate internal network dedicated to his/her key customers in order to analyze customer needs and lead reconciliation between customer need and Faurecia offer,
• May have to manage functionally the technical contributors: product design engineer(s)

Regarding the complexity of the programs, the ideal candidate must already had strong past experience in development and will have/be, in addition to strong ability & interest for international scope:

• Good customer relationship experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Experience in Design & Development with industrial environment, manufacturing experience appreciated
• Knowledge and experience in Project Management process
• Team player with strong communication skills
• International mind set
• Minimum bi-lingual: fluent in German and in English