Development Project Manager M/F

Chef de projet développement

Descriptif de la mission

SAFRAN SEATS is looking for a Development Project Leader (DPL) for its Composites Center of Excellence (CCE).

The Composites Center of Excellence (CCE) is responsible for developing and producing the Composite shells for Business and First Class seats delivered by SAFRAN Seats as well as Composite sub-assemblies intended for the aeronautics industry.

The position is located at the Saint Crépin Ibouvillers site (30 minutes from Cergy Pontoise and 20 minutes from Beauvais, immediate proximity to the A16 highway).

In our matrix organization, the Development Project Leader reports hierarchically to the development management and is positioned, within the project team to which they are operationally attached, under the management of the program manager. They are responsible for meeting the Quality, Schedule, and Cost objectives of all program development activities.

Main missions:

• Participates in the preparation of the tender response file (NRE, RC, NRC costing)
• Ensures that input data is transmitted on time and at the expected level of quality
• Declines objectives to the various specialties of their team
• Builds the macroscopic Development schedule and the associated workload plan
• Leads the development team (Eng, Indus, Tooling, and Methods) through team meetings, ensuring team C/C adequacy
• Reports activity progress to management
• Manages development risks
• Is responsible for the product/process balance to guarantee production performance: implementation of industrialization ensuring product compliance, production stability, and profitability.
• Works in close collaboration with the PM on the management of changes and their impacts
• Delivers a robust development dossier to operations teams guaranteeing efficient and high-performing production start-up.

Travel is to be expected to CCE sites (Tunisia, Mexico) as well as to Safran Seats France sites (Issoudun, 36) and GB (Cwmbran, Wales).

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Recognized experience in technical project management (ability to build a schedule, maintain management indicators, lead the team, make decisions)

Technical background (design and industrialization) in the composite and aeronautics sector

Leadership and team-building capability

Good interpersonal skills

Good oral and written communication in English is imperative

Rigor

Stress resistance

Minimum 8 years of experience