What we are looking for:

 Engineering degree in Mechanical, Engineering & Plastic.

 Total 10 years+’ experience out of which at least 5 years’ spent on product design & concept development of automotive plastic product (functional / appearance) specifically European OEMs – AUDI, BMW, VW, Porsche, Mercedes, PSA, Renault, JLR etc.

 Minimum 3 years’ experience in CAD coordination and team management

 International experience, Strong experience on vehicle Front and Rear End architectures, Knowledge of Automotive regulation related to Intelligent Exterior System product lines, Strong basics on Geometry for plastic parts

 Experience on hierarchical and functional management, Leadership and influence skills, Cross-functional mind-set

 Experience in Tier 1, OEM is preferred

Main Responsibilities:

People Management:

 Manage CAD team performance and development

 Support induction and development of new CAD team members

 Assess skill level of team and propose plans to bridge gaps

 Guarantee team competence alignment to project requirements

 Identify training and mentoring needs

 Ensure that Division HSE requirement are taken into consideration during the entire design

KNOW HOW:

 Develop design for manufacturing mind-set

 Responsible to apply and respect Plastic Omnium design methodology and department tools such as check list / communication STDs / Design task list / Lessons learnt / Quality Checks / Isostatism / stack up / Design review / Product 2D & 3D.

 Propose optimised development tools and standards to Know How Product Performance Design department manager to improve performance and quality of deliverables at division level.

 Participate to critical Design Reviews

 Add-on responsibility as metier leader: Support and prepare Global CAD report at Division level

 Active participation on workshops for reduction of Development hours

Commercial acumen:

 Hours estimation in response to RFQ

 Guarantee the Project budget convergence

 Manage change of scope of work, perimeter changes in programs

 Responsible for Cost to Non-Quality (CNQ) related to CAD (quality/utilisation)

 Manages project loading for team and support other local peers for efficient work load balance

Networking:

 Develop strong co-operation with Customer Engineering managers to adapt / adjust / update processes to improve efficiency towards customer processes and expectations

 Anticipate, manage the subcontractors needs and provide plan to CAD department manager

 Close co-operation to methodology department to implement Key golden rules into CAD