GTS Cockpit & Design for Assembly (DFA) Manager (m/f), Méru

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

The role

To manage hierarchically / functionally the Development Engineering resources assigned on cockpit programs and to ensure target achievement for D&D Engineering related activities. This mainly consists in managing :

• Cockpit Architect engineers
• Cockpit Design For Assembly engineers
• Cockpit Product Design Engineers
• Digital Mockup (DMU) engineers
• To manage the link with cockpit suppliers / partner

To manage hierarchically / functionally the GTS core resources assigned to cockpit and Design For Assembly (DFA) activities. They are the technical reference in the business group on these technology domain, split in 4 missions :

• Responsibilities within GTS Mission A: “Build the Technology roadmap through internal and external benchmark, innovation drive and Strategic Plan fuelling”
• Responsibilities within GTS Mission B: “Create and Maintain standards including lessons learned and capitalization”
• Responsibilities within Mission C: “Promote and deploy the Technology portfolio of standards from acquisition to serial life”
• Responsibilities within Mission D : Develop the Technology competencies within FIS, animating networks and technical trainings
• To manage the acquisitions with our customers as well as the relations with cockpit industrial suppliers / partners and be able to manage them in term of Cost, Planning, and Technical solutions.
• To lead the DFA method and deployment inside Faurecia Interior System engineering organization.
• To lead innovation related to cockpit activity
• To manage Staffing & Budget constraints linked to cockpit development activities.

Profile

• Engineering Degree and 10 to 15 years experience in automotive Industry
• Several years of working experience in the field of automotive automobile development as well as industrial implementation (>5 years).
• A strong experience in cockpit (or equivalent module) development and industrialization and ideally in Instrument Panel (>5 years).
• Experience to multi-cultural program team environment.
• A “product-process” approach: a strong commitment on product to process performance.
• A strong knowledge in the technologies used on cockpit assembly and Just In Sequence production (JIS), from inbound logistics, internal logistics flow, assembly, testing and delivery.
• Creativity and ability to think interdisciplinary and a sense for technical feasibility. Ease of decision-making, self-confidence and own initiative, presentation methods.
• Strong leadership, communication, and management skills.
• Multicultural mindset.
• Flexibility for frequent business travel.
• Capacity of synthesis, presenting to large audience (including in the English language), or other experts
• Capacity to have and propose a vision and a direction to our cockpit domain.
• Capacity to establish a Good company network internally, but also with our cockpit suppliers & partners.
• Knowledge of Automotive OEM specifications, regulations and legislations
• Knowledge of benchmarking, management information
• Minimum bi-lingual (English + German required, French or other languages are a significant plus)