Requirements: English
Company: Novares Group
Region: Vire , Normandy
Novares is a global supplier of plastic solutions that designs and manufactures complex components and systems that serve the future of the automotive industry. The company creates and produces advanced automotive solutions with technical plastic injection for greener, lighter and connected cars with intelligent and intuitive interfaces for all passengers. Novares co-develops and provides engineering and manufacturing expertise to virtually every OEM in the world and many Tier 1 companies in the automotive market.
Novares, which is behind the construction of one in three vehicles in the world, achieved a turnover of 1.1 billion euros in 2024, thanks to its presence in 22 countries, its 38 manufacturing plants, its 7 centers of expertise, its 7 technical centers and 17 customer service centers around the world to partner with customers.
This position is based in our site in Vire.
Purpose
- Ensure client satisfaction through the Group Quality System deployment in his/her Production Unit
- Undertake and coordinate risk management actions in the field of personal safety and the environmental protection of property (buildings and production resources)
Main Missions
1 - Facilitate the implementation of Smart and associated aims - Implement the Smart site section (instructions and appendices) in line with the Group''s Smart project.
- Facilitate the implementation of Smart, for which he/she is responsible in his/her unit
- Suggest Smart developments connected to the activity of his/her unit
- Assist the Unit Manager in measuring the efficiency and performance of processes to meet objectives
2 - Represent the customer within his/her production unit
- Ensure the respect of customer requirements and quality targets
- Manage the performance of suppliers for his/her unit and commit to improvement plans in line with purchasing
- Decide exceptions in relation to customer quality demands
- Coordinate system, product and production process audits in his/her unit
- Coordinate the processing of in-production incidents and the monitoring of associated action plans
- Coordinate the analysis and processing of warranty returns
- Participate in measuring customer satisfaction
- Block deliveries and/or stop production in the case of an identified risk for the customer.
3 - Manage job family activities within his/her production unit
- Organise the taking into account of experience capitalisation files
- Ensure proper use of Quality tools and methods
- Coordinate quality-related audits in his/her unit and ensure the implementation and efficiency of associated action
- plans
- Coordinate quality-related communication in his/her unit
- Report to the Quality Director and the Unit Manager hierarchically
- Participate in the development of new projects while ensuring the completion of plant quality actions
- Make all operational decisions in his/her field and according to his/her scope of responsibilities
- Permanently manage employees and coordinate their missions
4 - Manage his/her team according to the applicable organisation
- Based on the objectives of his/her activity, prepare action plans and coordinate the missions of his/her team in a
- coherent manner
- Respect the allocated annual operating budget
- Monitor performance indicators for his/her activity, implement corrective actions if necessary and inform his/her teams of them.
- Conduct annual appraisal interviews and set the objectives for his/her team
- Develop employees'' skills within his/her activity and recommend the individual and/or collective training actions required to maintain the performance levels of activities
- Be sure to maintain team motivation and a positive working environment
- Check and approve team members'' expense claims (travel, etc.) and authorisations for absence/holidays
- Ensure that job descriptions are updated according to group procedures
- Provide reports of his/her activity
5 - Ensure compliance in relation to regulatory and customer requirements in risk management and the drawing up of associated assessments and reports
Abilities
- Enjoy interacting with people and working on group projects
- Focus on the details and able to have the bigger picture
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written skills are required
- Experience in automotive / Plastic
- Good level in English