INDUSTRIALIZATION AND PRODUCTION PROCESS MANAGER

Location.
Gorgonzola, Italy Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission.
Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air.
From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.
Gorgonzola hosts Navigations Air Systems (NAS) domain.
The activity of NAS domain.
avionics, navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic and technologies supporting the activities of civilian and military pilots, ATC controllers and technicians of several airlines, air traffic control agencies and Air Force around the world.
Italy is the Group’s Competence center for the design, production and delivery of Navigation Aids products and Competence Centre for the delivery of non-Radar Surveillance Products.
JOB OBJECTIVE The Industrialization and PP Manager at Thales is member of Industry team and the role covers international footprint of Thales business, engaging international organization with functional and transversal management of resources localized in key regions the like of Europe and India.
Key stakeholder for industrialization is Suppliers’ ecosystem with worldwide coverage and significant footprint in India.
Contributors to industrialization performance are Thales industrial organizations based in Europe for which the role provides leadership, functional guidance and management of the discipline setting vision, scope and targets.
In the role, she/he oversees the following topics.
product and process industrialization; definition, implementation, qualification and optimization of production processes; new products introduction.
Furthermore, it considers the production preparation activities managing projects related to the production improvement and automation as well as the coordination of activities related to the manufacturing processes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The Industrialization and PP Manager supports design phase sharing production requirements and constraints, elaborates industrialization plans and leads industrialization tasks for better manufacturability of products.
Leadership in New Product Introduction projects including production qualification, contribution in the cost calculation of new products according to the defined industrial strategy and planning the production preparation activities including main industrialization milestones and reviews (PRR, PFMEA, FAI).
The role of Production Process management covers also CAPEX management.
procurement of tools and means for the production; projects related to the production improvement (automatic test systems, Industry 4.
/ digitalization projects, re-layout) as well as coordination of activities related to the manufacturing processes.
technical support and maintenance of the production lines (internal and external), technical data implementation in the ERP system (items, BOM, routings), production KPI monitoring, improvement projects based on LEAN principles, preparation of test procedures, work instructions, guidelines, active participation to the CCB (change control board) with support for internal and external changes implementation.
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS APC and ESD experiences are requested.
Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification, engineering field is an advantage.
Several years’ experience in the field of industrial production of complex electronic systems.
Solid experience in assembling and testing processes of electronic boards.
Good experience related to the management of international projects, production start-ups, production qualifications.
Good knowledge in handling ERP (Oracle Core Model – OCM possibly), MES and MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point and Project).
Experience in team management and interdisciplinary interaction.
Fluent in English written and spoken.
As far as soft skills it is concerned, willingness to take over responsibilities, Proven competence in team working, cooperation and communication, An agile and proactive approach, with a demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects and a A collaborative, solution-focused approach, and strong written and spoken communication skills.
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