Industrial Program Leader (IPL)

September 14, 2024

Segula Technologies

Pretoria

FULL TIME

Company Description
At SEGULA Technologies you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and help shaping the future within an engineering company which is at the heart of innovation. From 3D printing, augmented reality, connected vehicle to the factory of the future – new technologies are part of our 10,000 ingenious collaborators’ day-to-day life. Would you like to join in?
SEGULA Technologies is always looking for new, ingenious, and daring talents worldwide to support all the major industrial actors within the automotive, aeronautics, energy, railway, naval, oil & gas and pharmaceutical sectors.
For more information: https://www.segulatechnologies.com

Job Description
Experience Range 3 to 5 Years
The main responsibilities of the Industrial Program Leader are:

As a Program Core Team member, acting as the interface between the Program and the Plant, representing the Plant by participating to core team meetings and Program Reviews.
Coordinating industrial work packages and ensuring their accomplishment through a strong functional leadership of an extended team (Capacity planner, industrial footprint analysis, Capex, and plant main functions: PC&L, Engineering Change Coordinator (ECC), Production, Process specialists, Maintenance, Purchasing, Controlling, Quality/HSE, IT, HR)

The main missions of the role are:

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Full ownership of all Industrial Development activities of the Program:
- Responsible for the work packages execution for the Industrial Development of the Program at the Plant: industrial footprint, CAPEX definition, Plant equipment selection (new / reuse / share), Plant layout, internal flows, industrial trials …
- Responsible for the launch planning and budget from definition till execution
- Participate in the development of Make or Buy strategy in accordance with Purchasing, Program and Plant(s)
- Be responsible for HSE and ergonomic convergence in the Plant
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
- On behalf of the plant, approval of all upstream Process Development activities (M-BOM, Production Line Definition, Equipment List, Tooling & Equipment Definition & Sourcing from supplier kick off until final acceptance, HSE & Ergonomics)
PRODUCTION LAUNCH
- Management of launch activities (Run at Rate) at the Plant and staffing of the extended support team until the full validation.
- Support the production during the ramp-up after the handover to the Plant
- Support Engineering Change Management as necessary
TARGETS AND REPORTING
- Leadership for all Industrial Development objectives for his/her program(s) at the plant
- Launch status, Launch Cost, respect of CAPEX
- Launch Cost performance, Program Launch Report (PLR), Process and Machine Capabilities, line capacity, Direct Labor, PPM, Scrap-rework rate, change over time and on-time delivery
- Optimize the CAPEX through the footprint, capacity analysis and the equipment selection
- Ensure the Industrial Development milestones are passed successfully and on time
- Report all Industrial Development risk analyses and associated action plans
- Report on Plant launch activities to the Plant

Qualifications

Minimum Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
3 to 5 years of professional experience in Product/Process Engineering, Manufacturing, tooling design preferably in the automotive industry
Project Management, Problem solving & Conflict Management skills, Customer focus
Mastering Equipment/Tooling specifications, GD&T, P-FMEA and Control Plan
Lean Manufacturing (One piece flow, SMED, KANBAN, HOSHIN workshop, etc.)
Understanding Finance Basics (Costing, Investments, plant P&L)
Minimum bi-lingual (English required)