Industrial Program Leader (IPL)

Company Description

At SEGULA Technologies, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and help shape the future within an engineering company that is at the heart of innovation. From 3D printing, augmented reality, connected vehicles to the factory of the future – new technologies are part of our 10,000 ingenious collaborators’ day-to-day life. Would you like to join in?

SEGULA Technologies is always looking for new, ingenious, and daring talents worldwide to support all the major industrial actors within the automotive, aeronautics, energy, railway, naval, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical sectors.

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Job Description

The main responsibilities of the Industrial Program Leader are:

• As a Program Core Team member, acting as the interface between the Program and the Plant, representing the Plant by participating in core team meetings and Program Reviews.
• Coordinating industrial work packages and ensuring their accomplishment through a strong functional leadership of an extended team (Capacity planner, industrial footprint analysis, Capex, and plant main functions: PC&L, Engineering Change Coordinator (ECC), Production, Process specialists, Maintenance, Purchasing, Controlling, Quality/HSE, IT, HR).

The main missions of the role are:

• INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Full ownership of all Industrial Development activities of the Program.
  • Responsible for the work packages execution for the Industrial Development of the Program at the Plant: industrial footprint, CAPEX definition, Plant equipment selection (new/reuse/share), Plant layout, internal flows, industrial trials.
  • Responsible for the launch planning and budget from definition till execution.
  • Participate in the development of Make or Buy strategy in accordance with Purchasing, Program, and Plant(s).
  • Be responsible for HSE and ergonomic convergence in the Plant.
• PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
  • On behalf of the plant, approval of all upstream Process Development activities (M-BOM, Production Line Definition, Equipment List, Tooling & Equipment Definition & Sourcing from supplier kick-off until final acceptance, HSE & Ergonomics).
• PRODUCTION LAUNCH
  • Management of launch activities (Run at Rate) at the Plant and staffing of the extended support team until the full validation.
  • Support the production during the ramp-up after the handover to the Plant.
  • Support Engineering Change Management as necessary.
• TARGETS AND REPORTING
  • Leadership for all Industrial Development objectives for his/her program(s) at the plant.
  • Launch status, Launch Cost, respect of CAPEX.
  • Launch Cost performance, Program Launch Report (PLR), Process and Machine Capabilities, line capacity, Direct Labor, PPM, Scrap-rework rate, change over time, and on-time delivery.
  • Optimize the CAPEX through the footprint, capacity analysis, and the equipment selection.
  • Ensure the Industrial Development milestones are passed successfully and on time.
  • Report all Industrial Development risk analyses and associated action plans.
  • Report on Plant launch activities to the Plant.

Qualifications

• Minimum Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in Product/Process Engineering, Manufacturing, tooling design preferably in the automotive industry.
• Project Management, Problem solving & Conflict Management skills, Customer focus.
• Mastering Equipment/Tooling specifications, GD&T, P-FMEA and Control Plan.
• Lean Manufacturing (One piece flow, SMED, KANBAN, HOSHIN workshop, etc.).
• Understanding Finance Basics (Costing, Investments, plant P&L).
• Minimum bi-lingual (English required).