Site VPS Manager

The Site VPS Manager at Valeo is responsible for deploying and promoting VPS (Valeo Production System) principles and methodologies across the site. This includes organizing and assessing training for various lean tools like 5S, TPM, SMED, and Kanban, challenging VPS design specifications, and leading continuous improvement workshops. The role involves coaching APU VPS engineers, monitoring results, and contributing to best practice sharing to accelerate site progress in lean manufacturing.

Must Have

• Organize training for 5S, Product respect, TPM, SMED, Hoshin, STOP SCRAP, VSA, Kanban, Continuous flow, lean industrialization.
• Assess VPS standards application.
• Promote VPS principles.
• Organize daily meetings with internal VPS network.
• Perform annual professional competences appraisal.
• Validate SDP of APU VPS.
• Attend Site/Plant Project Validation Committee and validate Full Production Days.
• Challenge VPS design specification checklist and systematic lean investment approach.
• Help Site/Plant Manager maintain continuous improvement mindset.
• Support internal physical flows and VSA master plan.
• Ensure VPS deployment (VPS V5000, standards, workshops, Group initiatives).
• Coach APU VPS engineers/technicians and Site/Plant members on VPS tools.
• Detect and react to non-conformances against VPS standards.
• Lead workshops.
• Lead pilot workshops for new VPS methodology.
• Ensure management of VPS tools maintenance through audits.
• Prepare and organize weekly Site/Plant VPS committee.
• Accelerate Plant/Site progress through best practices sharing.
• Prepare Site/Plant budget concerning VPS targets.
• Support APU VPS engineers/technicians and workshop pilots on results.
• Manage building of tools to daily monitor results.
• Ensure lean reporting.

Perks & Benefits

• Join one of the largest global innovative companies with over 20,000 engineers in Research & Development.
• Work in a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration.
• Opportunity for career growth with over 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries.
• Be part of a business highly committed to limiting environmental impact, ranked #1 in the automotive sector for sustainable development.
• Grow and thrive through advanced technologies for greener, safer, and smarter mobility.
• Opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share.

VPS COMPETENCES

• Organize training for 5S, Product respect, TPM, SMED, Hoshin, STOP SCRAP, VSA, Kanban, Continuous flow, lean industrialization in accordance with Plant / Site priorities.
• Assess the VPS standards are applied properly.
• Permanently promote the VPS principles.
• Organize daily meetings with internal VPS network.
• Perform annual professional competences appraisal.
• Validate the SDP of APU VPS, if any.

VPS STRATEGIES

• Attend the Site / Plant Project Validation Committee and validate Full Production Days.
• Challenge the VPS design specification checklist & the systematic lean investment approach in each phase.
• Help the Site / Plant Manager to keep a continuous improvement mindset, behaviour & policy whatever the operational situation.
• Support for the internal physical flows, the Site / Plant Manager for VSA master plan, propose the yearly workshops list.
• Ensure VPS deployment (VPS V5000, standards, workshops, and Group initiatives) in all APUs and Logistic departments.

VPS GENBA ACTIVITIES

• Do OJT to coach APU VPS engineers/technicians & Site / Plant members on application of VPS tools and methodologies.
• Permanently help APU Managers to detect and react to non-conformances against VPS standards.
• Permanently lead workshops.
• Lead pilot workshops for new VPS methodology for the site.
• Ensure the management of the maintenance of VPS tools through appropriate audits.
• Prepare & organize the weekly Site / Plant VPS committee, including agenda proposal, lead by the Site / Plant Manager, and write the minute.

Group VPS and Region SSC CONTRIBUTION

• Accelerate Plant / Site progress through APU & Supply Chain best practices sharing and deployment of best practices from outside the Site / Plant.

VPS RESULTS

• Prepare the Site / Plant budget concerning VPS targets.
• Support APU VPS engineers/technicians and workshop pilots on results achievement and associated action plan.
• Manage the building of the tools to daily monitor the results.
• Ensure a lean reporting.