Senior Project Launch Manager

Valeo is seeking a Senior Project Launch Manager to ensure the successful launch of P1 projects from quality and cost perspectives. This role involves achieving manufacturing objectives, ensuring production quality, managing run at rate and FDPR, handling local component acceptance, and validating customer process. The manager will also be responsible for PPAP file delivery, capacity validation, and managing project resources and team activities. They will coordinate communication with customers locally and promote Valeo's values and standards.

Must Have

• Ensure the achievement of Project objectives in terms of manufacturing: VPS principles, process standards, quality & cost.
• Ensure manufacturing/production quality objectives respect (process standards development, timing, capacity & logistic control…), take Project QRQC responsibility on site starting OTOP preparation.
• Run at rate and FDPR planning and realization within quality objectives for assembly and upstream components.
• Manage the acceptance of local component parts.
• Manage the process validation by customer.
• Manage PPAP file delivery, acceptance and parts deliveries on time to customer. Follow all modifications requested.
• Validate capacity availability and investments in production site, is accountable for ramp-up phases deliveries.
• Follow-up non quality costs and quality improvement plans.
• Secure Project resources and control them.
• Check and validate Project Team Members activities and proposes scenario to achieve milestones.
• Manage his/her budget (all Site resources).
• Ensure appraisal and development of associated project team members.
• Report process development progress to PSC & PMC with control of associated Project Manager (Use RU Ready).
• Participate to all reviews: Design, Process & logistic, PFMEA, PSC, PMC starting REQF milestone.
• Is functionally responsible of all PTMs, set project objectives, ensure appraisal of Project Team Members.
• Play the interface role between the Project development team located in Development Center and the customer.
• Respect Valeo Code of ethics.
• Respect health, safety and environment charts and requirements.
• Ensure Project manufacturing development through activities defined in CLEAN and other applicable Valeo Standard.

Perks & Benefits

• Join one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development.
• A multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration.
• More than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries, offering many opportunities for career growth.
• A business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities and 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.
• All our employees are gathered around our common culture and have everyday the opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share.

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Secure P1 Project launches performance from quality and cost perspective

• Ensure the achievement of Project objectives in terms of manufacturing: VPS principles, process standards, quality & cost
• Ensure manufacturing/production quality objectives respect (process standards development, timing, capacity & logistic control…), take Project QRQC responsibility on site starting OTOP preparation
• Run at rate and FDPR planning and realization within quality objectives for assembly and upstream components.
• Manage the acceptance of local component parts
• Manage the process validation by customer
• Manage PPAP file delivery, acceptance and parts deliveries on time to customer. Follow all modifications requested
• Validate capacity availability and investments in production site, is accountable for ramp-up phases deliveries
• Follow-up non quality costs and quality improvement plans
• Secure Project resources and control them
• Check and validate Project Team Members activities and proposes scenario to achieve milestones

Manage operationally Project launches

• Manage his/her budget (all Site resources)
• Ensure appraisal and development of associated project team members
• Report process development progress to PSC & PMC with control of associated Project Manager (Use RU Ready)
• Participate to all reviews: Design, Process & logistic, PFMEA, PSC, PMC starting REQF milestone
• Is functionally responsible of all PTMs, set project objectives, ensure appraisal of Project Team Members

Coordinate communication towards customer locally

• Play the interface role between the Project development team located in Development Center and the customer

Promote and control application of Valeo Values, Culture and Standards (Product, Methodology, Tools) during project launches

• Respect Valeo Code of ethics
• Respect health, safety and environment charts and requirements
• Ensure Project manufacturing development through activities defined in CLEAN and other applicable Valeo Standard