Senior Progress Leader in Industrial Operations F/H

Safran and Progress directorate, part of Industrial, Purchasing and Performance Direction, is searching senior leaders of the Safran Progress initiative (F/M) able to support operationally any kind of Industrial activity within Safran and its tier companies based in Europe.
Safran corporate Progress direction is integrated in the Safran Quality and Progress direction, part of the Industrial, Purchasing and Performance Direction. Its aim is to lead Safran towards the highest level of performance through operational excellence either in terms of achieving best in class industrial performance than in relentlessly satisfying all its external customer expectation.
Highly experienced, the related individual will help and support internal « customers » (Safran tier companies) in their transformation plan, performance improvement initiative and projects in the various industrial operation domains (Total quality management, Manufacturing excellence, Global Supply chain management (internal/external) & industrialization of products using APQP). She/he will help them to deploy, embark and sustain in the operational excellence journey. She/he will interact with all operational domains according to the changing nature of the topics understanding the Safran Group Company's culture, their products and services. The person will then interact at all levels of the company organization from top to bottom. The wide field of possible action mode goes from helping and even practicing temporarily improvement/transformation project management, problem solving and root cause determination deploying change management in company organizations and at supplier thus demonstrating coaching and training capabilities.

The progress leader:

• Is involved in upfront contact with all Safran companies and help framing the field of her/his action with them,
• Sets and leads any necessary diagnostic and preliminary activity in relation with the « customer », including root cause determination and problem solving techniques,
• Suggests and steers the proposed improvement working plan,
• Leads and supports all necessary workshops and team working activities required where and when needed,
• Sustains and supports change management activities with the corresponding customer teams,
• She/he extensively uses the One Safran Group standards and methodologies to help building sustainable solutions for her/his « customers » and is consequently deeply involves in methodologies evolution.
• Acting as a coach and sometimes as the initial project leader with the aim to transfer the content and the knowledge.
• The progress leader may also be organizing and leading training sessions as a trainer, cascading Safran training content from Safran University.

Graduated Engineer the candidate has:

• At least 15-20 years demonstrated experience in the field of managing Total quality in supply chain or industrial operations and/or through consulting activities in the related domains preferably in the Aerospace industry but other industrial domains might be looked at (Automotive, train, high technology and complex engineered products,)
• A good knowledge of the MRP2 processes, supply chain referential and associated tools (ERP systems) is a “must”, an APICS certification or equivalent will be a plus.
• A good knowledge of the APQP referential and the industrialization of engineered products.
• Robust and strong references in managing performance improvement within organizations by mastering lean transformation techniques and management, being knowledgeable of digital evolution of means. (e.g. master black belt profile)
• Mastering of root cause determination and problem resolution techniques (e.g. 8D/9S, DMAIC, ..)
• Robust knowledge of project management practices allowing to structure companies projects from upfront framing until realization,
• Ability to act as an effective project leader over major complex projects.
• Ability to animate and lead all kinds of team activities (workshops, working teams, trainings,…) sometimes remotely.

Following skills and competences are required additionally to previously describe technical skills:

• Listening, analyzing and re-questioning capabilities up to the final structuration and final synthesis capacity,
• Is able to positively challenge at all levels from top executives managers to operators,
• Interpersonal strong capacities and relationship abilities,
• Team working and mindset,
• Ability to adapt to any kind of situation, including in doing things her/himself.
• Convincing strengths,
• Individual working structuration and organization using robust methods (Lean 6 sigma & others…)
• Taste for digital and able to master main IS office systems including remote community sharing tools.