2. Project Management activity
Position: Site Projects Manager for Door-Handles / Access Mechanism
• Role: coordinate Project Managers teams to perform Project Management activities and
deliver Customer satisfaction
• Team: 2 Project Managers + 16 Engineers
• Product: Car Handles and Brackets, including production and assembly of components to
final product
Phase 0
Competition
Phase 1
Product /
Process design
Phase 2
Design
Validation
Phase 3
Product / Process
Validation
Phase 4a
Launch
Phase 4b
Volume
production
Virtual Interaction between
French – Italian - German – Slovak Teams
On Site interaction and direct coordination
• RFQ and Acquisition Phase
• Initiate start of the Project
• Customer specification details
• Logistic concept
• Purchasing strategies
• Mock-ups
• Investment Approval
• Supplier selection
• Orders follow-up: customer/tools
• D/P FMEA
• Control plan
• Customer Audits on Site
• Open Orders
• D/P FMEA
• Process implementation
• Trials
• IS components validation
• Tooling payment
• PPAP
• Logistics
• SOP
• LLC / Continuous improvement
• Support for Serial Production
• Project Closure 2
3. Project Manager : Example of OEM Project Launch
• Renault - Dacia- Nissan
• Car Handles and Brackets for new launch : Megane,
Talisman, Espace
• Annual Budget : 10 Mil. products per year
• Audi -Porsche
• Car Handles and Brackets for new launch : Audi A4 –all
platforms, Porsche 911 /982
• Annual Budget : 3.1 Mil. products per year
• Peugeot - Opel
• Car Handles and Brackets for new launch : 508, 3008 ,
Meriva, Zafira
• Annual Budget : 3 Mil products per year
• Fiat
• Car Handles and Brackets for new launch : 500
• Annual Budget : 0.2 Mil. products per year
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4. Plan -30 Manager
Position: Plan -30 / Cost Reduction Manager
• Role: coordinate Cost reduction activities at site level (140 mil. Eur annual spend )
• Team: n/a. Involve all departments
• Products: Latches , Handles and Locksets
• OEMs : Renault, Nissan , Peugeot, VW
1. Raw Materials / components
• Technical changes
• Supplier resourcing
• Packaging optimization
• Make or Buy
• Linear Price Performance
2. Direct Labor
• Manual process vs Automatic
• Fire-wall management
• Process cycle time improvements
Plan -30 definition: Management Tool for Cost Reduction / Optimization Activities
• define and validate a 2 years plan for cost reduction
• team: n/a. Involve all departments
• four area of actions activity:
3. Logistic: Transport & Ware-house
• Milk-run optimization / Loop design
• New packaging solution
• Warehouse cost optimization
• Boundary Warehouse re-location
4. Overheads / General Expenses
• PPE optimization
• Waste management
• Energy: cost control
• Communications Management & Cost Control
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5. Plan -30: Example of Cost Reduction
• Raw Materials / components
• Technical changes :
-- Change Metal components to Plastic
-- Down-size components
-- Change Raw Materials / resins
-- eliminate Surface Treatment
-- move Production from HCC to LCC
-- implement new technologies
-- Make or Buy
• Resourcing or Insourcing suppliers
-- Make or Buy
• Direct Labor
• Manual process vs semi-Automatic or Automatic
• Manual records to Automatic records
• Speed up of Tester or Assembly Stations
• Poka-Yoke implement to replace the Operator control
• out-source assembly activities to external companies
• Logistic: Transport & Warehouse
• Milk-run optimization / Loop design
• New Packaging: Plastic Returnable or Foldable Pack.
• Warehouse cost optimization: pallet construction
• Boundary Warehouse re-location from Bratislava to
Kosice, manage complete RfQ : Process and Decision
• Overheads / General Expenses
• PPE optimization: gloves / shoes / clothes
• Waste Management: recycle solutions / compacting
solutions.
• Energy: cost control
• Communications Management & Cost Control: mobile
communications and printers, including management of
printed pages.
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6. 6
Skills and info
• Languages
o Romanian : native
o English : advanced, work proficiency
o French : advanced, work proficiency
o Slovak : beginner
• Trainings
o ISO-TS
o KMS- Key Management Skills
o DMS- Dynamic Management Skills
o VW requirements for Project and Quality Phases
o validated Trainer for Supplier Integration @ Valeo
o Nego-1 @ Valeo
• Skills
o Negotiation
o Investments Requests for new Projects
o Budget oriented
o Very good understanding of Project Management ,
Production systems , Team spirit and Customer needs
o Logistic oriented , good understanding of logistics
activities / topics
o Team Management : active coaching and results focused
• Additional Information
o 10+ years working in Automotive Industry
o available for Travel ( 70%)
o experienced with Assembly Line Transfers (from France
to Slovakia and from Slovakia to Hungary)
o experienced with Customer Audits and Supplier Audits
(preparation / assessment / performance )
o open for relocation
