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Valeo

APU Manager

LocationChangshu
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SenioritySenior
Company size10,000+ people
First seenOct 7, 2026 · 4d ago
Verified live3d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Must have37
Ensure that any new employee of his/her perimeter follows an Induction process
Monitor competences for his/her team and develops its autonomy (training plan building, follow-up & training actions implementation)
Ensure working standards are respected on its APU during the operations (safety, work instructions, quality, respect of the product)
Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor (eg. KOSU) and perform escalation according to standards
Lead daily, weekly & monthly meetings, and organize delegation
Conduct annual appraisals, salary review, career interviews, succession planning & give feedback
Communicate a mindset of continuous improvement & responsibility vs. targets achievement inside its APU
Perform OJT of his/her teams every day on standards & methodologies implemented
Congratulate and recognize its team for improvements
Ensure a positive social climate on his/her APU
Ensure enforcement of health, safety and environmental rules
Ensure curative & preventive maintenance of equipment & sustainable ERIM deployment
Define work standards with the help of support functions
Be responsible for customer satisfaction
Be accountable for SQCDM performance and profitability (gross margin) of his/her APU, in terms of targets achievement, and improvement
Ensure optimal use of equipment (TRP)
Assign & check corrective actions on recurring problems with APU and Plant support departments
Escalate at Site level the issues that can’t be solved at APU level
Validate monthly the demonstrated capacity of his/ her APU and communicate to SC for SIOP / MPS
Weekly commit on MPS
Respect daily the MPS contract
In case of daily MPS respect deviation, take necessary measures to have respected weekly MPS at end of the week
Lead daily APU QRQC (Safety, Quality, Direct Labor efficiency, Maintenance)
Lead workstation ergonomics risk analysis and elimination
Lead everyday genba activities with his/her team, as TOP 3 issues countermeasures review as for KOSU
Lead & review action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets)
Be responsible for Customer Line Return analysis and solving for products from his/her APU in front of customers
Manage the VPS deployment plan & P-30 of his/her APU, ensuring that there are permanently VPS workshops ongoing to improve its APU, challenged by him/her
Promote the Valeo 5 axes in the daily activities, set and reach 5 axes targets of his/her APU
Propose APU lay out evolutions to simplify flows
Prepare budget proposal (including training actions, investments)
Manage the budget of his/her APU and allocates the appropriate resources in respect with the budget perimeter
Implement necessary corrective actions for compliance
Be involved in the industrialization of new projects (before end phase2), FPDRs and SOPs and facilitate by his / her actions proper start ups
Validate the Lean Process Design Checklist for new projects
Cooperate with the department to identify environmental factors
Cooperate with the EHS department for other work related to environment management
About the company
Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
Responsibilities
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Manage people
1.
Ensure that any new employee of his/her perimeter follows an Induction process. o Monitor competences for his/her team and develops its autonomy (training plan building, follow-up & training actions implementation). o Ensure working standards are respected on its APU during the operations (safety, work instructions, quality, respect of the product).
2.
Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor (eg. KOSU) and perform escalation according to standards.
3.
Lead daily, weekly & monthly meetings, and organize delegation.
4.
Conduct annual appraisals, salary review, career interviews, succession planning & give feedback. o Communicate a mindset of continuous improvement & responsibility vs. targets achievement inside its APU. o Perform OJT of his/her teams every day on standards & methodologies implemented. o Congratulate and recognize its team for improvements.
5.
Ensure a positive social climate on his/her APU.
•
Manage standards
1.
Ensure enforcement of health, safety and environmental rules. o Ensure curative & preventive maintenance of equipment & sustainable ERIM deployment.
2.
Define work standards with the help of support functions.
•
Manage production
Be responsible for customer satisfaction. o Be accountable for SQCDM performance and profitability (gross margin) of his/her APU, in terms of targets achievement, and improvement.
Ensure optimal use of equipment (TRP). o Assign & check corrective actions on recurring problems with APU and Plant support departments.
Escalate at Site level the issues that can’t be solved at APU level.
Validate monthly the demonstrated capacity of his/ her APU and communicate to SC for SIOP / MPS. o Weekly commit on MPS. o Respect daily the MPS contract. o In case of daily MPS respect deviation, take necessary measures to have respected weekly MPS at end of the week.
•
Manage continuous improvement
Lead daily APU QRQC (Safety, Quality, Direct Labor efficiency, Maintenance). o
Lead workstation ergonomics risk analysis and elimination.
Lead everyday genba activities with his/her team, as TOP 3 issues countermeasures review as for KOSU. Lead & review action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets).
Be responsible for Customer Line Return analysis and solving for products from his/her APU in front of customers.
Manage the VPS deployment plan & P-30 of his/her APU, ensuring that there are permanently VPS workshops ongoing to improve its APU, challenged by him/her.
Promote the Valeo 5 axes in the daily activities, set and reach 5 axes targets of his/her APU.
Propose APU lay out evolutions to simplify flows.
Prepare budget proposal (including training actions, investments).
Manage the budget of his/her APU and allocates the appropriate resources in respect with the budget perimeter. Implement necessary corrective actions for compliance.
•
Contribute to successful new projects
Be involved in the industrialization of new projects (before end phase2), FPDRs and SOPs and facilitate by his / her actions proper start ups.
Validate the Lean Process Design Checklist for new projects.
Other:
Cooperate with the department to identify environmental factors.
Cooperate with the EHS department for other work related to environment management.
Job:
APU Manager
Organization:
Activity PTS
Schedule:
About the role
Full time
Employee Status:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Job Type:
Fixed-Term Contract
Job Posting Date:
2023-04-06
*Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
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one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
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a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
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more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries… which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
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a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com*
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