PC&L Program Leader

at  Faurecia

YOUR PROFILE AND COMPETENCIES TO SUCCEED

Our Seating Europe Division is looking for a PC&L Program Leader for its Division Site in S. João da Madeira
The mission of the PC&L Program Leader is to organize the logistics, coordinate the data processing related to the projects and to respect the pre-established budgets to support Plants and PC&L Managers in achieving their budget and objectives in term of costs, inventories and customer service.

The role of a Program Logistics Leader:

• Define the Logistics diagrams
• Develop the Logistics hypotheses (material flow diagram and preliminary data processing)
• Validate the hypothesis of Logistics costing
• Integrate the strategy mid-term with the impacts on logistics, production
• Be the primary contact for the customer regarding the logistics of the project
• Participate in the project review meetings
• Define the storage requirements
• Control the implementation of the logistics means
• Study the logistics costs associated with the processes
• Develop the packaging prototypes with our suppliers
• Define the specifications of the preliminary packaging for mass production
• Prepare the specifications for the Purchasing Department
• When required, organize on-site operational support to plants to manage critical supply situations
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices cross-fertilization by being an active member of the Value-Chain Network.
• Support plant implementation of PC&L methods and tools
• Provide plant with PC&L standards
• Communicate Improvement initiatives
• Interface with all appropriate Faurecia Program Management, Engineering, Launch and Plant personnel to proactively manage relevant items
• Track assigned programs, highlight bottlenecks, timing issues, cost concerns, inefficiencies, customer requirements
• Highlight and advise Management regarding issues affecting Program Success
• Provide program team with all Faurecia and customer required documentation
• Develop logistics, perform freight analysis, interface with carriers, resolve carrier issues
• Develop packaging requirements, quotes, allocate containers as needed, resolve packaging issues

Experience/ Skills and competencies:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree
• Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication, foreign experience a plus
• Fluent in English, written and spoken
• Experience in an industrial plant environment ( 2 to 5 years)
• Knowledge of the logistics systems, ability to analyze data
• Network animation, coaching and influencing/persuasion skills
• Developed communication skills, ability to negotiate mainly internally and often at higher levels
• Continuous improvement mind-set
• Customer and Business understanding: ability to understand and manage the different customer requirements and work within a matrix environment
• Autonomy / Leadership / Team spirit / Autonomy / Openness to new ideas / Priorities management
• Ability to design and deliver trainings
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively (>70%)

• Define the Logistics diagrams
• Develop the Logistics hypotheses (material flow diagram and preliminary data processing)
• Validate the hypothesis of Logistics costing
• Integrate the strategy mid-term with the impacts on logistics, production
• Be the primary contact for the customer regarding the logistics of the project
• Participate in the project review meetings
• Define the storage requirements
• Control the implementation of the logistics means
• Study the logistics costs associated with the processes
• Develop the packaging prototypes with our suppliers
• Define the specifications of the preliminary packaging for mass production
• Prepare the specifications for the Purchasing Department
• When required, organize on-site operational support to plants to manage critical supply situations
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices cross-fertilization by being an active member of the Value-Chain Network.
• Support plant implementation of PC&L methods and tools
• Provide plant with PC&L standards
• Communicate Improvement initiatives
• Interface with all appropriate Faurecia Program Management, Engineering, Launch and Plant personnel to proactively manage relevant items
• Track assigned programs, highlight bottlenecks, timing issues, cost concerns, inefficiencies, customer requirements
• Highlight and advise Management regarding issues affecting Program Success
• Provide program team with all Faurecia and customer required documentation
• Develop logistics, perform freight analysis, interface with carriers, resolve carrier issues
• Develop packaging requirements, quotes, allocate containers as needed, resolve packaging issue