Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (Module Lead) - Vehicle Engineering, Interiors
Lead a team of 8 Technical Program Managers and Systems Engineering Team Leads, covering all interior commodities across every vehicle platform.
Own module-level delivery end to end: timing, cost, quality, and technical readiness from concept through launch and into series life.
Drive cross-functional alignment between Design, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Program Management, and report module status and risk to executive leadership.
Build and coach the TPM organization: staffing, standards, program governance and escalation paths.
Initiated and continue to lead AI initiatives within Interiors, building purpose-built apps and dashboards with VS Code and GitHub Copilot, with cross-system connectivity, to improve TPM and Engineering efficiency.
Digital Transformation Manager - R&D / Artificial Intelligence
Led digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence initiatives across the R&D organization.
Identified high-value engineering workflows for automation, and deployed AI and data tooling to shorten development and reporting cycles.
Ran adoption and change management with engineering teams: use-case selection, pilots, training and rollout.
Program Development Leader - Automotive Interior & Decoration parts development
Effectively led the design and technical development of new products, ensuring alignment with planning (Gantt Chart, Critical Path), process, quality, and cost targets.
From RFQ to SOP +6 months, leading to success cross-functional teams between product and process functions and validating designs with customers.
Successfully led the Technical Team through product/process modifications, with budget adherence, and respect of aggressive timings, while reporting on technical performance to OEM/Top Management.
Global position Lucid Air Deco and Door Panels parts
Diverse Acquisitions and VA/VE activities for NENTS (New Entrants, EV) Customers.
Program Development Leader - Automotive Decoration parts development
A PDL is a technical program manager responsible of the development of new or existing Automotive Interiors Decoration products, in line with planning, quality and costs targets
Lucid Air Deco: Wood deco parts development activities from Design phase
PSA D4x Deco: Wood from Acquisition to Launch Activities (MPT) - Development of new Wood Products (Innovation) - Customer Drive
Volvo XC60 VK426: Wood & Alu deco parts development, new tools + serial & Facelift development activities
Alfa Romeo Guilia & Stelvio MY20: Wood, Alu, Carbon decoration parts pre-study to Tools kick-off
Diverse Acquisitions and VA/VE activities for Aluminium, Wood and Carbon surfaces.
Development Engineer - Automotive Interior parts development
Ford Transit V362 Instrument PanelP MCA - VP Phase to SOP+3 - Successful Launch in Turkey
Lead Engineer scope: 4 different Cockpits / Instrument Panels + Center Consoles (more than 250 parts scope) developed between Germany, France, UK, Spain and launched in Turkey.
Plastic parts development: tooling, suppliers management, change management and validation.
Program Management Engineer - Business Optimization - Cross Functional Experience to support and improve Program Management, Support core teams, Financial Consolidation for executive dashboard for the complete North America Region (US & MEX) for Automotive interiors
Implementation of VBA automatic reporting systems and shareplaces reporting tools for change management.
Freelance R&D Project - Conception, Development, Manufacturing follow-up and implementation of an applicance to empty
blood tubes rack in a Medical Test Laboratory environment.
Design based on Laboratory needs and project management including supplier follow-up, assembly, testing and customer review and final delivery.
Post-Processing Tool Engineer-Jr - This internship leading to the Master Final Thesis is based on Process Tool Engineers reporting activities and R&D projects such as Characterization of Plastic Materials for Ultrasonic Welding.
R&D Internship - Development of a new model of Bioruptor with Automation and HMI Integration. Solidworks Design proposals and Siemens Simatic / Step7 prototype of HMI touchscreen system.
HELMo Gramme, University Level Engineering Institute, Liège, Belgium
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