Program VIE

Our Faurecia Seating Business Group is looking for a VIE - Deputy Program Manager (m/f) for its site in Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal.

Your role and responsibilities ?

As a core team member, the Deputy Program Manager is assisting the Program Manager in his activities, from Program award until handover to productions site.

Your activities :

• Centralize the customer and the internal Engineering Changes Request (ECR)
• Support ECR feasibility, analyze the product/ process impact, estimate the timing plan, obtain the costings and validate them
• Organize/ attend meetings with the core team
• Report ECR status on KPI dashboard

• Establish the Program scheduling and it follow up
• Collect the Program documentation (Business Plan, Risks & Opportunities analysis, Program Dashboard …) and conducts review meeting on these topics when necessary
• Manage specific internal topics upon request from the Program Manager (such as Prototype development and delivery)
• Ensure processes defined in the Faurecia Program Management System (PMS) are applied at all steps
• Ensure the compliance of Programs with Customer Quality systems, HSE, Safety and Regulation standards
• Conduct with program manager the program review meetings (daily or weekly)

Your profile ?

• Master’s degree in engineering or in business administration
• Minimum 2 years of experience in an industrial environment or product development
• Knowledge of quality tools (FMEA, design of experiment, “QRCI”/problem solving skills)
• Finance skills (master business plan calculation)
• English fluent
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation
• Strong planning and organizing skills
• Accountability and transparency
• International mindset