VPS Manager - Lean / Manufacturing Excelance

VPS Manager - Lean / Manufacturing Excelance

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.

​VPS COMPETENCES

• Organize training for 5S, Product respect, TPM, SMED, Hoshin, STOP SCRAP, VSA, Kanban, Continuous flow, lean industrialization in accordance with Plant / Site priorities.

• Assess the VPS standards are applied properly.

• Permanently promote the VPS principles.

• Organize daily meetings with internal VPS network.

• Perform annual professional competences appraisal.

• Validate the SDP of APU VPS, if any.

VPS STRATEGIES

• Attend the Site / Plant Project Validation Committee and validate Full Production Days.

• Challenge the VPS design specification checklist & the systematic lean investment approach in each phase.

• Help the Site / Plant Manager to keep a continuous improvement mindset, behaviour & policy whatever the operational situation.

• Support for the internal physical flows, the Site / Plant Manager for VSA master plan, propose the yearly workshops list.

• Ensure VPS deployment (VPS V5000, standards, workshops, and Group initiatives) in all APUs and Logistic departments.

VPS GENBA ACTIVITIES

• Do OJT to coach APU VPS engineers/technicians & Site / Plant members on application of  VPS tools and methodologies.

• Permanently help APU Managers to detect and react to non-conformances against VPS standards.

• Permanently lead workshops.

• Lead pilot workshops for new VPS methodology for the site.

• Ensure the management of the maintenance of VPS tools through appropriate audits.

• Prepare & organize the weekly Site / Plant VPS committee, including agenda proposal, lead by the Site / Plant Manager, and write the minute.

Group VPS and Region SSC CONTRIBUTION

• Accelerate Plant / Site progress through APU & Supply Chain best practices sharing and deployment of best practices from outside the Site / Plant.

VPS RESULTS

• Prepare the Site / Plant budget concerning VPS targets.

• Support APU VPS engineers/technicians and workshop pilots on results achievement and associated action plan.

• Manage the building of the tools to daily monitor the results.

• Ensure a lean reporting.

Job:

Site VPS Manager

Organization:

Site General

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-07-31

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- 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

Experience Level

Executive Level