JOB TITLE
JOB FAMILY
DATE
Program Manager / LeaderSALES01/10/2024
MANAGER TITLE (solid line)
FUNCTIONAL MANAGER TITLE (dotted line)
Country CC ManagerNA
MISSION
- Support program management activities and core teams at all levels and for all functions.
- Manages & delivers the projects objectives (PO & customer), safety, quality, time, profitability & cash.
- Manages the complete development budget (investments, hours and travel expenses) for the entire project.
- Deliver a non-event launch of the project into production.
- Assure program management methodologies (INPRO, INCHANGE. WEPRO ) and tools (INPRO.NET, INDEV, WEPRO ) are used according to global standard process defined .
- Lead efficiency improvement and development costs reduction action at regional level
Responsibilities & Activities
Project Definition:
- Ensures the OPTIMAP ‘Project plan’ and total development budget is in accordance with the agreed PO S.O.W.
- Negotiates the core team member’s department S.O.W.s and their agreed development budgets, in agreement with the Program Director, the project objectives and the Customer SOW.
- Establishes and manages the master project timing plan and consolidates negotiated planning of each core team member ensuring it conforms to the customer planning and OPTIMAP planning.
- Responsible for the profitability of the project and sets targets to the project core team members to achieve as defined in the J1 milestone. (Development hours, PRU, investments, cash flow).
- Follows and applies the direction of the Business unit through the direction of the Program director.
- At the end of the project determines the status against the original project objectives Q, C, T (Quality, Cost, Timing) and feeds back lessons learned.
Action Management / Reporting / Risks
- In line with the ‘OPTIMAP Project Plan’ validates the actions and the progress of the core teams ‘Work packages’ ensuring they are completed in line with the project planning.
- Manages and identifies deviations from the planned ‘Project Plan’ and takes appropriate actions to realign.
- Responsible for organizing project meetings “Project reviews’ with all core team members to review project status and project action plan follow-up.
- Prepares and presents the ‘milestones’ reports to the OPTIMAP committee and in anticipation of the milestone date issues a ‘milestone’ summary report 2 weeks before the milestone.
- Identifies the risks at the launch of the project (J1 milestone), updates and manages the plan of action to remove the risks throughout the project phases.
- Responsible for the financial control / reporting of the project budget, cash flow and profitability using the standard project management tools.
- Manages the (internal / external) perimeter change process and ensures the project budget (hours, investment and PRU) is updated.
- Manages project development expenditure versus the planned project budget and identifies any deviation to the agreed project budget (hours, investment and PRU) and takes appropriate actions to realign.
- Manages the cash flow of the total development budget (inclusive of tooling/other costs) and is the only project team member who can authorize payment to suppliers respecting POs procedures and terms.
- Responsible for ensuring the contribution and actions of all project team members to the manufacturing readiness process to achieve a non-event launch.
- Ensures that the optimum technical and manufacturing solutions / choices are made by the project team to meet the ‘design to target cost’ project objectives.
- Provides periodic reporting to the Director of Programs, Plant director, Department managers and Sales Directors highlighting the key project progress and risks.
- Follows the project reporting of each core team member to manage the escalation process of risks and the progress of their project actions.
- Ensures the health and safety of the project team and the respect of the environment.
- Applies and respects the procedures of the engineering and plant sites and the responsibility for controller destruction of project parts and waste.
Customer
- Is POs accountable representative of the project for the customer and responsible for the coordination / management of all the project team members communications to the customer.
- Responsible of the quality application and follow up the final customer validation files with the APQP engineer.
- Is responsible for ensuring that all the customer deliverables (including customer approval, APQP, build deliveries etc) are managed and delivered by the ‘Project Team’ and reports the progress to the customer in line with the agreed SOW.
- With the Commercial Project Manager, identify, presents, and negotiates the customer perimeter changes.
He/ She has authority to stop projects and Production based on cost & business feasibility.
Integrated Management System (IMS)
Within his/her scope of responsibility, he/she respects the standards and rules in terms of Quality, Safety and Environment contributing to the IMS process management and improvement.
ORGANIZATION
POSITION KEY INTERFACES (internal and/or external)
Internal
- CPO Director / Manager
- Project core teams
- Customer Centers
- Functions Directors and Managers
- Program controlling (CPC)
- Quality Systems Director / Managers
- Local CPO Representatives
- PLM Program Manager
- Key customer for related projects
External
- Equipment & service supplier (Domestic and oversea supplier)
- Customers
POSITION BACK UP
Fill in with back-up position titles only. Back-up should be indicated for positions in charge of customer orders treatment, supplier on-time delivery, quality, production capacity, shared loading (multi-part station), lead time, inventory level, preventive maintenance, and calibration are the ones to be provided with a back-up.
KEY MEASURES & FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Indicate the Key Indicators used to measure the performance of the position and the financial metrics on which the role has got a direct or indirect impact (budget, sales, …)
- Program Management, INPRO & INCHANGE process indicators.
- # programs/projects
- Actual development costs vs budget
- # of training sessions, # of trained people
- Global resources planning
Customer feedback
Profile Requirements
Personal Background
- Engineering Graduate
- Experience of project management in the automotive industry
Skills & Abilities
- Project Management Skills
- Program Management controlling.
- Fluent English
- Change management.
- Influence skills.
- INERGY Program Management methodologies and tools
- MS project, Database applications, INVISION, ENOVIA/Matrix One (INPRO.net)
- Ability to set up a co-design approach with IS&S to specify and develop IT applications.
To define the Soft Skills required for the job, please refer to PO General Competencies available on Topnet .
Manager name & title:
Gaurav Miglani
CC Manager
HR Manager Name & Title
Sunaina Vashist
Country HR Manager
EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(optional, depends on local legal requirements)
Employee Name
Annex : Plastic Omnium General Competencies 1/2
8 GENERAL COMPETENCIES
IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF WORK AND INTERACTIONS AT WORK.EACH COMPETENCY IS ILLUSTRATED WITH
3 BEHAVIORS.
Listening
- Is an attentive and patient listener
- Asks questions to better understand thoughts and feelings of others
- Respects divergent points of view / willing to re-evaluate own point of view/Openly receives feedback
Enthusiasm
- Has a positive outlook of the future, despite difficulties or tough situations
- Understands needs and motivations of others
- Gives meaning and purpose to projects and work in general
Team Spirit
- Puts the interest of the team before own interest
- Doesn't hold back information, provides others with the information they need for their jobs. Give feedback
- Despite divergences, relates and cooperates well with peers and colleagues.
Perseverance
- Pursues everything with energy
- Doesn't give up easily, is resilient facing difficulties and failures
- Strives to do the best
Risk taking
- Generates new ideas
- Challenges the status quo
- Creates and implements needed changes
Networking
- Creates and participates in opportunities to know people that are important for his/her job and for the company
- Entertains professional relationships internally and externally, participates in professional networks and associations
- Knows who to contact to get advice, find solutions, influence decisions
Decision making
- Develops solutions that address problems
- Makes decisions timely, doesn't procrastinate
- Is comfortable deciding under uncertainty
Communication
- Delivers clear and easy to understand information
- Conveys ideas and information with enthusiasm and conviction
- Is comfortable communicating to different types of audiences, upwards and downwards
Annex : Plastic Omnium General Competencies 2/2
3 KEY COMPETENCIES OF PEOPLE MANAGERS.
EACH COMPETENCY IS ILLUSTRATED WITH
3 BEHAVIORS.
Develops his/her collaborators in the above general competencies
- Supports team members in their professional development and helps them to build their career.
- Builds appropriate development plans.
- Anticipates and suggests options for mobility and succession planning in the PO Group.
Motivates his/her collaborators
- Knows well the members of the team (functional or hierarchical), identify their competencies and capabilities in order to give them responsibilities that motivate them and supports the development of their performance.
Attracts the best people
Enthusiastic and realistic about her/his job and professional environment, knows how to trigger the willingness of current employees and potential candidates to join his/her team and/or Plastic Omnium.
- Scope of Application & Responsibilities
SCOPE OF APPLICATION
☐ Fuel Systems☐ SCR Systems☒ All Products☒ Others: All POAI sites and products☒ Division HQ☒ Plant☒ Technical Center / Antenna☒ Analysis center☒ Research center☒ SILSSCOPE OF DISTRIBUTION☒ Internal only☐ Restricted to: …….☐ Supplier☐ OEM
Version
Revision Description
Date
Contributors
Process Owner/Leader Validation
V01E01Creation25/03/2016C. DinizC. MaireV02E01Update to reorganize data and to add the part “back-up position” needed for IATF compliance21/11/2017V. LassalleC. DiversyV02E02Update indications on position “back-up”27/02/2018V. LassalleC. DiversyV03E01Update Responsibilities on Integrated Management SystemUpdate Responsibility and Activity sectionUpdate indications on PO General Competencies28/01/2020M. LonghitanoC. Diversy
