Manufacturing Engineer / Industrial Program Leader (m/f), Augsburg

"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."

Missions

The main responsibilities of the Industrial Program Leader are:

• As a Program Core Team member, acting as the interface between the Program and the Plant, representing the Plant by participating to core team meetings and Program Reviews.
• Coordinating industrial work packages and ensuring their accomplishment through a strong functional leadership of an extended team (Capacity planner, industrial footprint analysis, Capex, and plant main functions: PC&L, Engineering Change Coordinator (ECC), Production, Process specialists, Maintenance, Purchasing, Controlling, Quality/HSE, IT, HR).

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:

Full ownership of all Industrial Development activities of the Program:

• Responsible for the work packages execution for the Industrial Development of the Program at the Plant: industrial footprint, CAPEX definition, Plant equipment selection (new / reuse / share), Plant layout, internal flows, industrial trials …
• Responsible for the launch planning and budget from definition till execution
• Participate in the development of Make or Buy strategy in accordance with Purchasing, Program and Plant(s)
• Be responsible for HSE and ergonomic convergence in the Plant

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT:

• On behalf of the plant, approval of all upstream Process Development activities (M-BOM, Production Line Definition, Equipment List, Tooling & Equipment Definition & Sourcing from supplier kick off until final acceptance, HSE & Ergonomics)

PRODUCTION LAUNCH:

• Management of launch activities (Run at Rate) at the Plant and staffing of the extended support team until the full validation.
• Support the production during the ramp-up after the handover to the Plant
• Support Engineering Change Management as necessar

TARGETS AND REPORTING:

• Leadership for all Industrial Development objectives for his/her program(s) at the plant
• Launch status, Launch Cost, respect of CAPEX
• Launch Cost performance, Program Launch Report (PLR), Process and Machine Capabilities, line capacity, Direct Labor, PPM, Scrap-rework rate, change over time and on-time delivery
• Optimize the CAPEX through the footprint, capacity analysis and the equipment selection
• Ensure the Industrial Development milestones are passed successfully and on time
• Report all Industrial Development risk analyses and associated action plans
• Report on Plant launch activities to the Plant

Profile

• Minimum Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in Product/Process Engineering, Manufacturing, tooling design preferably in the automotive industry
• Project Management, Problem solving & Conflict Management skills, Customer focus
• Mastering Equipment/Tooling specifications, GD&T, P-FMEA and Control Plan
• Lean Manufacturing (One piece flow, SMED, KANBAN, HOSHIN workshop, etc.)
• Understanding Finance Basics (Costing, Investments, plant P&L)
• Minimum bi-lingual (German and English required)