RSY Project Track Sub-System Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Responsible for the management and successful completion of cross-functional activities leading to the delivery of a project sub-system/s in a Low or No critical project , fulfilling both customer needs and committed Quality Cost Delivery Performance (QCDP) objectives. Manage cross-functionally sub-system level stakeholders, activities and deliverables and make needed arbitration (engineering, product x process, Make or Buy, Costs, Milestones, Interfaces, …) to reach QCDP commitment
• Coordinate sub-system activities with other project stakeholders including integration teams other sub-systems and project level functions.
  
  

O RGANISATIONORGANISATION

Organization structure (job belongs to...)

Region/Site Project Organization

Project Core Team

Reports directly to:

Site Project Director or SSM Group manager

Other reporting to:

“Dotted line reporting” Chief of Development (until Go Pre-Serial) then Chief of Operation for Rolling Stocks & Components / Project Manager for Digital & Integrated Systems (Alps functional link set up when workload on Project > 0,5 Full Time Employee)

Direct reports:

“Dotted line reporting”: Sub-system team (specific per sub-system)

Network & Links

Internal

• Project Core Team
• Integration level team
• Other sub-systems stakeholders
  
  

External

• Suppliers
• Customers (if applicable)
• Other external stakeholders (facility providers, ISA, …)
  
  

Main Responsabilities

1/ Contribute to successful Project execution on allocated sub-system scope of work:

• Apply Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.
• Actively contributes to the overall Project performance, by timely alerting in case of deviations happening at the sub-system/s level, which impact the project objectives and also by actively contributing to the management of risks, savings and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable rules, instructions and standards, process & tools: Code of Ethics & Compliance, Environment Health & Safety, Railway Safety, Quality, PMM and all Métiers involved in sub-system scope.
  
  

2/ Lead and coordinate sub-system activities and stakeholders, from requirement capture/analysis to the end of project contractual obligations limited to the sub-system scope of work:

• Achieve QCDP objectives of its sub-system
• Cascade and allocate sub-system requirements and QCDP objectives to sub-system team members
• Implement and execute the scope of work according to the respective Sub-system Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), as defined at Project level at the beginning of the project
• Plan, monitor, control and manage sub-system end-to-end activities (scope, schedule, resources, cost, risks, saving, opportunities)
• Coordinate and support consistent cross-functional execution of sub-system objectives, activities and deliverables (Engineering, R&D programs, Procurement, Supply Chain, Indus when applicable, Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety (RAMS)…)
• Lead teams in successful achievement of project objectives, synchronize stakeholders at sub-system level and ensure stakeholder alignments
• Perform sub-system level decisions and trade-offs
• Re-baselining and change management at sub-system level, based on alignment and authorization from the lead unit Project Manager
• Manage sub-system situation and Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and report with transparency
• Upon request from PM, is delegated to represent Alstom towards Customer and external stakeholders
  
  

3/ Coordinate and synchronize sub-system activities with other sub-Systems and project teams:

• Actively contribute to the resolution of overarching/transverse optimizations or issues
• Manage interface with project-level team members & project office (e.g., industrial, control of configuration management, procurement, quality…) and ask, if necessary, for PM arbitration
• Manage interface with train-level teams (in charge of architecture and integration) and other sub-system teams and ask, if necessary, for Chief of Development /Chief of Operation arbitration
  
  

Performance measurements:

• Delivery of sub-system in accordance with QCD targets (QCD KPIs) and all contractual requirements
• Sub-system gate review on time
• Compliance with Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.
  
  

Main Required Competences

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

Master degree or bachelor degree

Desirable:

IPMA level D (or equivalent)

Experience

Mandatory:

• 2 years of experience as manager of an operational scope
• Experience of working in and with multi-national companies and in different business cultures
  
  

Desirable:

• Knowledgeable of ALSTOM way of working for efficient process execution
• Global knowledge on the sub-system
  
  

Competencies & Skills

• Coordination skills
• Good communication skills
• Result oriented
• Knowledge of Project management processes
• Capacity to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multi-site/multi-functional teams