Industrialization Support Manager

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Company: Safran
Location: United States

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Job description

  • Lead and support Safran’s industrialization businesses (NPI) in blades production at various suppliers’ by streamlining and facilitating communication exchanges and understanding between Safran design Office Engineers and the suppliers during the phases of new products definition in order to converge on feasible/”manufacturable” definitions,
  • Prepare with Supplier final validation dossier including FAI (First Article Inspection),
  • Check supplier’s capacity dedicated to Safran’s industrialization and production projects,
  • Encourage concurrent engineering approach if deemed beneficial for the entire project,
  • Support Safran’s Purchasing and Quality teams on the technical aspects for preparing all files related to NPI production,
  • Ensure appropriate manpower are available to meet with Safran’s deadline,
  • Check actions plan accuracy vs. Safran Project completion date (milestones, deliverables, …),
  • Ensure that Supplier will use correct specifications and quality documents,
  • Follow and control all subcontracted operations (if any),
  • Identify all development drifts and propose solutions
  • While working on production certification through Validation (DVI) and FAI procedures, work with suppliers on production ramp-up capacities,
  • Identify any production or development bottlenecks that could jam the project and communicate with Safran supply chain,
  • Identify then validate all corrective actions with Supplier and Safran teams,
  • Report all logistics and/or quality issues faced in Development
  • Implement any Metrics/Indicators that will be deemed necessary to follow Industrialization projects,
  • Support and help Supplier for finding solutions to boost recovery plans,
  • Assess the ability of new suppliers in various areas such as know-how, industrialization and production of NPI

Job requirements

  • Experience in blades casting and manufacturing production and business
  • Experience with aeronautical casting alloys such as Nickel and Cobalt base
  • Past experience in Aeronautical businesses will be considered a plus
  • Skills / knowledge and experience in project Management,
  • Good level of production tools analysis,
  • Capable to anticipate actions and questions,
  • Flexible and able to adapt to locations and needs
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suites (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Complementary description

The position does not have any direct management of a team

Specificity of the job

  • Travel: Up to 30% domestic and some international

Company information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 92,000 employees and sales of 21 billion euros in 2018. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes Research & Development programs to meet fast-changing market requirements, with total R&D expenditures of around 1.5 billion euros in 2018.

Safran is ranked among the Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters and is featured on the “Happy at work” rankings. The Group places fourth on the Universum ranking for the favorite companies of newly-qualified engineers in France.