Continuous Improvement Manager

Req ID:480519 

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide 

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside passionate, motivated and dedicated teammates.

You'll be responsible for industrializing the maintenance at the Depot, in order to secure the production deliverables of the project. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business set up industrial process improvement related to industrial efficiency, quality, safety, ergonomics, EHS, continuous improvement and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of ensure Railway Safety and EHS, AZDP standards are respected but also ensure Industrial efficiency monitoring industrial times and performance.

We’ll look to you for:

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Deliver significant improvements and value add to Services platforms and identification of the core opportunities and deployment of Asltom Fleet management system
• Identify internal CAPEX needs.
• Participate in MoB (Make or Buy) analysis to improve the project costs.
• Identify internal training needs. Help developing & implementing training.
• Ensure proper execution of industrial strategy in the operation

Industrialization

• Ensure the consistency of all Industrialization functions for 1 project (Tooling, Industrial data, Industrialization & Methods)
• Manage commitment for industrial documents (i.e. work instructions, task sequences…) for maintenance, Renovation & Modernization.
• Identify the needs in terms of Safety, EHS, special processes, Q alerts, etc. in production operations.
• Manage team in charge of equipment, jigs & tools.
• Give technical support to operations.
• Manage industrial data team for MMIS (SAP industrial data set up, parts, tools, BOM, routings…)

Industrial Standards

• Deploy & ensure compliance with central standards: Lean tools, EHS (i.e. ergonomics), special processes, IT tools.

• Implement Asltom Fleet management system for Industrial function (process and organization)

• Give REX to industrial network (central & depots) to improve standards.

Industrial performance

• -KPI: Industrial dashboard consolidation & improvement/     
  • Productivity, workload optimization, NAV time reduction.     
  • Method time reduction.     
  • Avoid over maintenance.
• Alstom Performances System (APSYS) follow up and improvement scoring rodamap.
• Share & implement best practices with industrial network.
• Give REX to platform in order to improve LCC cost.
• Manage action plan to achieve continuous improvement in SQCD     

Management

• Animate the industrial teams (Tools management, data management & Procject Industrialization) from the projects & operations within their scope
• Develop industrial population skills to fulfill project industrial requirements
• Deliver the industrial QCD budget.
• Provide excellent leadership, direction and effective management of the team’s/ project team’s resources, ensuring professional standards and best practice act as key drivers within a culture of continuous service improvement.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

Educational Requirements

- Graduate engineering background with 5 years’ experience in the railway industry

- or technical background with 8-to-10-year experience in the railway industry

- Ideally experience within an international organization.

Desired Knowledge / Experience

- 10-15 years’ experience in relevant roles within the lean manufacturing industry

- Good knowledge of industrialization tools and methods and techniques

- High comfort level and proficiency with Total Quality Management, Safety and Environmental systems, ISO, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma tools and processes

- IT literate ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

- Process systems and digital tools as MMIS (ERP), Executions systems, innovations and digital solutions, Integration systems.

- Languages : Country language  + English

Behavioural Competencies

• Good leadership.
• Team Player.  Spirit of “Team Trust Action”
• Take decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate
• Logical and organized

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our hybrid working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?  

Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.