Physical Flows Manager

Manage people:

• Be responsible for induction of all newcomers in his/her perimeter (temporaries included). Ensure the organization and scheduling of training actions.
• Analyze flexibility and multi skills needs of his/her logistic area, and define training plans in order to develop team autonomy and improvement spirit.
• Anticipate specific training/ habilitation and team sizing with MPS/SIOP figures.
• Monitor certification process for each operator and update in real time flexibility grid.
• Manage daily: absenteeism, holidays, safety rules enforcement, environment risk analysis, communication & performance boards update.
• Ensure respect of standard stops (breaks, meetings) by checking systematically on the Gemba, and validate operators working time.
• Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor and perform escalation according to standards.
• Follow up main objectives in monthly meetings with all people under his/her responsibility.
• Is responsible for personnel involvement and ensures a positive social climate.
• Conduct operators’ annual appraisals, as well as salary review and career interviews.

Maintain standards:

• Perform weekly Safety Briefing and Flash Audit. Monitor the Logistics Safety action plan implementation with the CIM Sup/ Mgr.
• Make applied safety rules and perform OJT on Gemba.
• Ensure respect of traffic rules with a focus on pedestrians where forklifts are operating.
• Ensure existence of updated working instructions for every station.
• Ensure respect of all working standards (safety, work instructions, quality, 5S, respect of the product, OK start ...) during the operations and propose/ implement improvements.
• Define work standards with the help of support functions and logistics operators.
• Ensure TPM standards are properly deployed and used for handling equipment (malfunctions detection formalized on red tags), systematic inspection & regular cleaning of equipment by team, 1st levels of preventive maintenance, maintenance line QRQCs. Ensure logistics equipments are in good shape.
• Ensure that all displays of his/her perimeter (QCDM & communication areas) are updated at end of shift, and make sure that workers have necessary material to do so.

Manage Logistics Operations

• Propose every week logistics headcounts & organization to the SC Manager, according to MPS data.
• Work with APU support departments to sort out identified problems in the logistics or production areas (line feeding) including external warehouses.
• Escalate the site Supply Chain manager of any problem likely to have a significant impact on the logistics activities.
• Ensure material flow from receiving to production (line feeding) and to shipping, truck time table respect schedule.
• Ensure logistics operations, respecting SQCDM.
• In case a detected problem cannot be solved by his team, assign and check containment and corrective actions with support functions and / or management.
• Review daily all QRAP of his/her perimeter.
• Monitor shift QCDM and ensure QCDM boards are updated.
• Make reports defined by site.

Manage Continuous Improvement

• Lead action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets), in coherence with APU & Plant, including productivity plans (P-30).
• Identify productivity actions and propose layout optimisations to the CIM team.
• Participate in safety and environment risks reduction & lead line Safety QRQC for category 7 safety issues.
• Contribute to new equipment and processes start up (automation, AGV…).
• Lead Zoning evolution and improvements by his/her team.
• Participate in APU QRQC.
• Pilot PDCA / FTA 5 WHYs on topics assigned by SC Manager (Safety, Quality, DL efficiency, Maintenance).
• Prepare LLC & Kaizen Cards.
• Participate in VPS workshops (flow analysis – MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, TPM ...) and liaise with Site VPS Manager for training to methodologies.
• Liaise with support functions to facilitate improvement actions within the team.
• Participate in budget preparation (headcounts, overheads, investments, P-30) and contribute to achieve the Logistics P&L target for his/her perimeter.

Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities, develop improvement plan on PS, EE, TQ and reach assigned V5000 targets.