Senior Program Manager

New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, Faurecia anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you’re willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow’s cleaner and smarter mobility, Faurecia is the place to be.

Our Seating NAO Division is Looking for a **Senior Program Manager**.

**Work Location: Monterrey**

Purpose of the job:
From program award until handover to production site, the program manager has the overall responsibility of the program in all aspects:

- Lead program team as functional manager, with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Meet financial targets (Operating Income, Cash, Internal Rate of Return, Upfront )
- Ensure customer satisfaction (timing, quality, costs, product performance )
- Plan and execute all activities which contribute to program success
- Anticipate and drive proper Risk Management
- Ensure compliance code of ethics and code of management and escalate non-compliance items according to guidelines
- Protect Faurecia interests and image

**Responsibilities**:
(S)he has to:

- Secure staffing of the Program Team on time
- Build and monitor Master Schedule
- Achieve program targets through development & deployment of program roadmaps and cascade program objectives and assignments to team members
- Use Business Plan to monitor permanently convergence to financial expectations
- Manage the core team and ensure cooperation with the functions and the plant(s),
- Identify risks and opportunities. Ensure risk management and alert process.
- Arbitrate top issues internally or externally within the program,
- Act as official Faurecia Program representative towards the customer to support its expectations while preserving company from risk exposure (like Engineering Change, planning )
- Support or take the lead of commercial negotiations for contract evolutions
- Communicate and report relevant program status to secure proper management support on program issues
- Ensure that program experience is capitalized in knowledge management to improve future programs’ performance

Qualifications:
**Education**:

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or in business administration.
- MBA desirable
- Project Management Certificate desirable

Experience:

- Experience in Engineering or Quality or Purchasing or Manufacturing in Automotive sector (car manufacturer/Tier)
- Demonstrate product and process engineer experience
- Team management experience
- Experience in budget control and profit enhancement
- Seniority (inside or outside Faurecia)

Program manager: 5 years-experience in the functions above.

Advanced program manager: 3 years-experience as a program manager

Senior Program Manager: 3 years-experience as Advanced program manager

Global Program Managers: international working experience and 3 years-experience as advanced program manager

Nice to have:

- International experience

Technical skills:

- Knowledge of quality tools (FMEA, design of experiment, “QRCI”/problem solving skills)
- Finance skills (master business plan calculation)
- Master Faurecia Program Management System (internal)
- Program management knowledge in particularly in matrix organization (external)
- Ability to develop strong customer relationships at senior level
- English fluent

Behavioural skills:

- Negotiation skills & customer orientation
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to coach, support and challenge his/her team
- Ability to manage a team in a matrix organization using management by objectives
- Network animation and influencing skills
- Ability to anticipate risks
- Accountability and transparency
- Ability to make quick and tough decision
- International mind set
- Entrepreneurship mindset

The Employee is aware and ensures the respect of the Internal Rules, Code of Ethics and Management Code applicable in the establishment to which she/he is assigned.

Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.