Project Manager P1

Valeo is a global tech company seeking a Project Manager P1 to operationally and functionally manage assigned OEM/OES projects. The role involves achieving project KPIs in profitability, quality, and production preparation, securing resources, driving P2 actors, and resolving project issues. The manager will also define and manage budgets, project scope, and lead project team members, ensuring compliance with Valeo standards and effective communication with customers on project development progress.

Must Have

• Manage OEM/OES Projects
• Responsible for achievement of Project KPI (profitability, quality, production preparation)
• Secure Project resources and control them
• Drive the Associated P2 Actors
• Solve all project issues requiring any type of support of all suitable functions via the Project Escalation
• Check and validate Project Team Members’ activities and proposes timing scenario to achieve milestones
• Define and manage budget including the budget of Projects part of his/her Project/System
• Define scope of projects
• Prepare decision making process for relevant committee and challenge his project team readiness
• Prepare and submit CAA and IAR (Project/System level)
• Manage all project changes (internal and customer) and coordinates through his team
• Apply Design to Cost methodology
• Escalate at the right level and with relevant speed/anticipation the gaps versus targets
• Lead AAI and development of all PTM’s from his team
• Functionally responsible of all PTMs, set project objectives, ensure appraisal of Project Team Members
• Keep client(s) updated on Project progress
• Prepare/validate reports on Project development progress to PSC and PMC and to all Governance stages when required
• Manage customer relationship (local and central) and coordinate communication within his team
• Ensure management of Escalation if any
• Respect Valeo Code of ethics
• Respect health, safety and environment charts and requirements
• Ensure Project development in compliance with Valeo standards

Perks & Benefits

• Join one of the largest global innovative companies
• More than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• Multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• More than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries with career growth opportunities
• Business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities
• Ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
• Grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility
• Opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share

Manage operationally and functionally the Projects he/she is assigned to

• Manage OEM/OES Projects (Component, System with known technology components, …)
• Is responsible for the achievement of the Project KPI in terms of profitability (both product/development vs Development Activity Payback and Extended Margin), Quality and Production Preparation
• Secure Project resources and control them
• Drive the Associated P2 Actors in case of P2 not completed in P1
• Solve all project issues requiring any type of support of all suitable functions via the Project Escalation
• Check and validate Project Team Members’ activities and proposes timing scenario to achieve milestones
• Could conduct concept competitions to obtain customer orders (prefer: on case by case...)
• Define and manage his/her budget including the budget of Projects part of his/her Project/System
• Define scope of projects
• Prepare decision making process for relevant committee and challenge his project team readiness
• Prepare and submit CAA and IAR (Project/System level) and challenge the P1 Project Managers or Launch Managers of the Projects part of his/her Project/System Project
• Manage all project changes (internal and customer) and coordinates through his team
• Is applying Design to Cost methodology
• Escalate at the right level and with relevant speed/anticipation the gaps versus targets
• Lead AAI and development of all PTM’s from his team
• Is functionally responsible of all PTMs, set project objectives, ensure appraisal of Project Team Members

Manage communication with Customers on Project development progress

• Keep client(s) updated on Project progress.
• Prepare/validate reports on Project development progress to PSC and PMC and to all Governance stages when required
• Manage customer relationship (local and central) and coordinate communication within his team but also with P2/P1 projects associated
• Ensure management of Escalation if any

Promote Valeo Values, Culture and Standards (Product, Methodology, Tools) within the System/ Project teams and control their application

• Respect Valeo Code of ethics
• Respect health, safety and environment charts and requirements
• Ensure Project (System or not) development in compliance with Valeo standards