Site Global Planning Director (f/m/d)

Req ID:454087 

 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

 

Could you be the full-time Site Global Planning Director (f/m/d) in Bautzen we’re looking for?

 

Your Future Role

 

In Bautzen, 1,200 colleagues manufacture S-Bahn, tram, and light rail vehicles, as well as high-speed trains, with a focus on final assembly, commissioning, and delivery Our product line Rolling Stock & Components offers products from the broadest portfolio in the rail industry. Our innovation focus is on green and smart solutions, including emission-free propulsion systems such as batteries and hydrogen. In this position you’ll report to the Site Managing Director and work alongside a dedicated and enthusiastic team.

 

We’ll look for you to :

 

• Manage all facets of planning within a huge train manufacturing site (>10 different products/projects in parallel), in close coordination with other sites, departments, product lines, Group Planning, Project Management and regions

• Coordinate all planning activities in the different departments (Project Management, Production, Testing, Development and Production Engineering, Infrastructure, Logistics)

• Ensure the “On Time Delivery” of the Customer contractual milestones for all Projects

• Ensure time coherency between the different functions, axis (project management, development, programs, operations), layers (strategic, tactical, operational) for all recurrent and non-recurrent planning activities

• Define/update the planning capacity models (especially headcount and skills)

• Define/coordinate the trainings curriculum, the Planning Academies, the mentoring program and the Project Planning certification

• Make sure that Project schedules and Operations schedules are properly integrated and coordinated

• Ensure the End-to-End vision across Operational / Tactical and Strategic levels of planning

• Define/update the Capacity and Resources Management processes

• Define the planning tools and data apps landscape, incl. the application and integration rules for sub-schedules

• Manage the workload consolidation and provide relevant tools and templates 

• Responsible of achievable and winning planning for bids with main milestones and risks

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:

 

• Successful graduation in engineering or business (mandatory: bachelor / desirable: master or diploma)

• Min. 10 years experience in different positions in Planning, Project Management or Production (Project- / Bid-Management, Development, Production), especially in scheduling processes and tools

• Good knowledge of MS office and planning tools such as Planisware, Primavera and Microsoft Project

• Good experience of the Railway Industry or Construction, desirable: knowledge of Alstom specific produc