Advanced Family Manager - HVAC & Engine Systems

The PHES Advanced Family Manager leads the advanced development phase of new programs and product actions for Propulsion HVAC & Engine Systems (PHES), which includes defining main components/systems to meet the vehicle functional objectives, developing and consolidating the costs, creating timing plans and working with vehicle platform and propulsion teams.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

Advanced Program Management:

• Responsible for PHES overall development timing.
• Responsible to agree the sourcing strategy with Purchasing team
• Responsible to consolidate and align the ER&D/ED&D budget
• Ensure technical commonality across vehicle platforms.
• Ensure the best trade-off between the technical deliverables (Quality, Performances, Weight, Complexity) and the TPC targets.
• Responsible of the investigation activities for Advanced bulletins.
• Define and negotiate the pre-spending before Contract Milestone.
• Assess the milestones KPIs of the advanced phase and discuss deviations in Governance Committees.
• Drive sourcing timing to meet program milestones and to match the platform KPIs.

Innovation:

• Share with Innovation team the roadmap to introduce new content and optimize in the application
• Define and coordinate by Platform the introduction plan for the innovative technologies.
• Responsible for concept development at project and platform level.

Quality:

• Ensure Lessons Learned / Read Across application for future programs.
• Confirm new initiative Quality targets alignment to the global function roadmap.

Interface:

• PHES interface to Advanced Platform and PRS Advanced.
• Participate in Propulsion System Chief table for advanced projects.
• Guarantee a handover between Advanced and Execution teams after Contract Milestone

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree field
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in a related field
• Familiarity with automotive engine design, components, and testing
• Strong interpersonal communication, team/leadership skills/experience
• Critical character traits to ensure success: Organized, Action Oriented, Dealing with Ambiguity, Customer Focus, Problem Solving

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree with emphasis in Business, Finance, Management, or Engineering
• PMP Certification
• 5 years or more in design, development and / or validation of HVAC and Engine Systems (Fuel, Exhaust, Intake and Cooling)