Project Planning Manager_COMPO Job at Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Work in close collaboration with a Project Manager / Chief of Development, Chief of Operations, Senior Project Planning Manager (PrPM), or Sub-System Manager (SSM),
• Acts as the right hand of the Project Manager (PM) / Chief of Development (Cod) / Chief of Operations (CoO),
• Acts as the Project Manager’s trusted deputy, ensuring alignment across the core team and stepping in to lead when needed.
• Serves as the central connector of project interfaces, steering execution through robust scheduling and proactive coordination.
• Is a visible and respected leader within the project team, fostering collaboration, maintaining momentum, and driving delivery excellence.
• Communicates efficiently at any level, adapting the communication to the audience both verbally and written.
• Owns the time management topic for their area, providing accurate and timely scheduling information to support decision-making and ensure the expected On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance of the project (tender, contract, or program execution),
• Responsible to develop and maintain the project schedule (internal) for his area,
• Manage efficiently planning deliverable issuance,
• Facilitate the synchronization of internal stakeholders.

For all:

• Act as the right hand of the Project Manager/Chief of Development, Chief of Operations on all issues related to the project schedule/development schedule/operations schedule
• Apply the Project Scheduling Process,
• Promote time management practices awareness in the project team,
• Contribute to the return of experience (REX) and improvements, share best practices, schedule templates.
• Have an awareness level for industrial planning.

In tender:

• Analyse the schedule management requirements of the Senior PrPM for their area: schedule structure, reporting constraints…
• Define tender preparation schedule and monitor until the submission of the tender,
• Detail the tender schedule based on Reference Library, planning templates, gap analysis, Metier’s commitments and tender strategy,
• Highlight the critical path and risks linked to the project schedule for their area and propose the optimisation & mitigation actions,
• Contribute to the project strategy in compliance with the requirements defined by the Senior PrPM,
• Deliver on time all schedule deliverables down to the requested level,
• Estimate the cost of Scheduling management efforts.
• Involve the Region planning, PL planning, Scheduling Experts and Group Planning to enable the bid schedule verification (4-eye planning review) when applicable.

For Project Development Planning Manager assignment:

• Detail the tender schedule based on planning templates, Metier’s commitments, and PXO (Project Metiers Organisation) tender strategy and all assumptions driving the lead times.

For Project Operations Planning Manager assignment:

• Detail the tender schedule based on planning templates, gap analysis and PXO (PIO / Project Industrial Organisation) tender strategy.
• Understand ramp-up and change of takt’s in industrial planning context.
• Challenge lead time and ramp-up assumptions of PIO stakeholders for end-to-end supply chain activities.

In contract or program execution:

• Contribute to the Project Time Management Plan defined by the Senior PrPM.
• Build the project schedule for his area based on internal standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), contractual targets and data provided by all stakeholders,
• Understand industrial planning routines when defining the schedule management plan and setup for earned value,
• Contribute with the Finance Project Manager to Earned Value Management
• Participate to the validation of the project baseline
• Ensure the consistency of all the internal and external Stakeholders commitments for their area, and manages the schedules interfaces,
• Perform schedule analysis & trade-offs to close identified gaps or schedule issues of their area,
• Organise and lead periodic project schedule sessions for his area,
• Provide a timely updated schedule situation highlighting the gap between the actual and the baseline,
• Focus on early identification of potential delays (critical paths) including the status on risks and margin related to schedule
• Prepare schedule and progress reports,
• Provide support to sub-system manager on all issues related to sub-system project schedule (if applicable),
• Understand the risks linked to configuration changes, along with needed retrofits,

For Project Development Planning Manager assignment:

• Build the project schedule using the latest applicable templates in OdyC,
• Provide support to development manager on all issues related to development schedule,
• Ensure that configuration baselines are planned properly in the development schedule,
• Understand the risks of development logic deviations, provide warning to CoD if any

For Project Operations Planning Manager assignment:

• Understand industrial planning routines when defining the schedule management plan and setup for earned value,
• Understand the risks linked to configuration changes, provide early warnings to PrOPM and industrial planning. Contribute to provide input for the SIOP demand review of the PIO Production Sites.
• Align a common understanding of developments readiness needs to secure production start.
• Monitor consistency of MPS (Master Production Schedules) of PIO stakeholders to ensure alignment with project OTD while optimizing inventory.

Performance measurements in tenders:

• On-time delivery of all requested tender deliverables,
• On time delivery of schedule analysis for decisions by the Tender Team: critical paths for main milestones, planning risks, standard metrics measuring schedule robustness
• List of potential gaps between sub-system project schedule defined in tender and Platform Reference Library schedule

Performance measurements in contract or program execution:

• Regular and consistent scheduling updates, with potential delays analysis
• On time delivery of KPIs (Gate Reviews GO on time, sales, cash, OTIF, Unique KPI…) and planning documents,
• Standard metrics measuring schedule robustness (PSI)

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

MANDATORY:

DESIRABLE:

• Engineering or Business Degree
• Planning Certification, if applicable

EXPERIENCE:

MANDATORY:

• Project management and industrial background
• minimum 4 years of experience in WCM domain

DESIRABLE

• Knowledge of different scheduling tools

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Basic overall knowledge of railway products, and good knowledge of the Sub-System,
• Agility to juggle with schedules simulations, various scenarios, and changing project goals,
• Rigorous, structured and sense of anticipation,
• Good Communications and interpersonal skills, excellent team worker,
• Conflict management and multi-tasking,
• Collaborative management,
• Be able to challenge sub-system team and highly initiative taking in proposing solutions,
• Comfortable in an international and a multi-cultural environment,
• For Project Development Planning Manager assignment: Good knowledge of the development logic,
• For Project Operations Planning Manager assignment: Industrial Planning awareness.