Materials Discipline Manager M/F

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.

Build advanced lighting and wiper technologies, join Valeo!

Valeo is a world leader in lighting. From innovative interior and exterior lighting solutions to cutting-edge wiping technologies, Valeo’s Light Division develops innovative visibility systems with distinctive styling improving road safety, performance and driving comfort.

Valeo’s Site located in Bobigny (93), is Valeo’s Light Division Headquarters. It employs over  520 people working on the development of lighting systems (headlamps, rear lighting, interior lighting, etc.).

As part of a replacement, we are recruiting a Materials Discipline Manager M/F, who will be responsible for defining the discipline's roadmap in line with requirements and supporting a multicultural team of 8 engineers in achieving the objectives set out below. 

Your responsibilities:

• Ensure the development of new advanced materials with data capitalisation

• Ensure the creation of methodologies and tools to support developments

• Provide materials characterisation laboratory services (skills, devices, methods, procedures)

• Ensure the ongoing validation of materials (thermoplastics, thermosets, coatings, adhesives) in collaboration with the purchasing team, suppliers and laboratories in order to meet the needs of future projects

• Ensure the creation of material specifications and the capitalisation of data

• Ensuring the availability and distribution of data

• Provide warranty and production support to resolve failure issues

• Ensuring compliance with Environmental, Safety and Security procedures and best practices

• Develop expertise within the network

• Encourage the filing of patents to protect Valeo Matériaux's knowledge 

• Provide expert community support to tender teams

What about you:

With at least 5 years‘ higher education (Engineer, Master's degree) in Materials Engineering, you will have at least 10 years’ professional experience, including 5 years in hierarchical team management. 

Experienced in multicultural environments, you are recognised for your adaptability, your teaching skills and your leadership. 

You know how to define and defend a strategy that is consistent with the interests of the company and its business sector. 

Your English is fluent. 
 

Employee Benefits: 

• Employee shareholding plan, Action Logement Services (financial support for housing)

• Social and Economic Committee (CSE) : holidays, social and cultural activities

• Ability to work from home (up to 2 days per week)

• Company restaurant

Why Valeo?

• To join a top tech company shaping tomorrow’s automotive industry

• To explore national and international career mobility opportunities 

• To support the development of greener, safer and smarter mobility

Valeo sees the diversity of its employees as a key asset across all of its businesses, in all its forms – including gender diversity, disability diversity, cultural diversity and intergenerational diversity.

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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