Head of PME Designate at Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

•  Organize the co-engineering and industrial development to ensure product and process design are optimized for manufacturability.
•  Ensure the transferability of the industrial activities by using standard processes
•  Drive industrialization resources in the tenders, development phase, pre-serial phase and serial production phase.
•  Organize the management of Special Processes and critical operations regarding product safety and reliability.

Network and links

• On Site: Engineering Dir, Manufacturing Dir, Supply chain Dir.
• Project Industrial Managers (PrIM)
• At Alstom level: PME Network, Central PME Director.
• External of AT: Local suppliers, Customers representatives on site, Certification agencies

Responsibilities
 At tender phase:

•  Ensure that the industrial assumptions (PIO, MoB, Macro-process) are defined in line with industrial Reflib and SMP/SML of the product range.
•  Validate the quotation relative to the industrial costs.

 At project execution phase:

•  Ensure the implementation of the standard processes and the standard product solutions: SMP/SML, standard equipment, standard solutions
•  Ensure the manufacturability (and the transferability if relevant) using validated technologies
•  Ensure co-engineering methodology and rules are followed-up to optimize lead time and quality of development.
•  Validate, for the industrial scope, the gate reviews of the DFQ, and that the conditions to pronounce the Serial Go are fulfilled.
•  Ensure documentation and ERP data are complete, on time and with the good level of quality.
•  Organize and ensure the implementation of manufacturing equipment on time, in line with EHS rules, with good ergonomic conditions, and compliant with the QCD targets of the project.
•   Drive continuous improvement actions and support production.

 Management of Resources

•  Manage the staff capacity and competencies
•  Control the actual and forecasted workload.

 Manage the EHS requirements in the field of industrialization, and as management committee member.

•  Participate to the PME Networks.
•  Contributes to build or improve standards.
•  Ensure good participation of his collaborators to the relevant networks.

Educational Requirements

•  Technical education.
•  Management skills
•  English read, written, spoken

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE

• Industrial background with 10 years’ experience preferably in the railway industry, ideally in an international
• organization
• Ability to manage a team of engineers and technicians in technical fields.
• Technical experience of Process Engineering, writing and improving manufacturing work instructions, line balancing,
• Lean Manufacturing.
• Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, Routings, Configuration follow-up
• Working knowledge of Quality and Health & Safety standards and systems

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Conscientious. Commits and delivers.
• Team Player.  Spirit of “Team Trust Action”
• Decisive.  Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate
• Ability to Coach Others.
•  Self-Motivation.  Is inspired by the job in hand and inspires others to achieve agreed goals
•  Logical and organized
•  Good communication.