Planning Manager - Casablanca

Company :

ALTEN MOROCCO, a branch of the world leader in engineering and technology consulting founded in 2008 and present in Fez, Rabat, Tetouan, and Casablanca, now has over 2200 employees and aims for a center of excellence with 3300 ALTEN employees by the end of 2027. It is now a strategic player in supporting the professional development of engineers.

Our mission: to meet the technological ambitions of our clients - major international contractors - in the automotive, rail, R&D and IT, telecommunications, and media sectors.

Joining ALTEN Morocco means integrating an ecosystem of excellence and benefiting from:

• A personalized and evolving career path

• An ambitious skills development policy

• A stimulating, collaborative, and meaningful work environment

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Company culture :

Alten Maroc is defined by a deeply collaborative culture, focused on people, trust, and strong team support, with hands-on managers who guide and develop talent.
This environment is enhanced by a strong drive for innovation, encouraging creativity, initiative, and experimentation across projects.
A structured and disciplined organization ensures efficiency, rigor, and quality in engineering delivery.
Performance and ambition are part of the culture as well, supporting collective success while maintaining a positive and caring atmosphere.

Job :

• Builds the project/program master (general) schedule in accordance with the Product Development Process (PDP)
• Defines, coordinates, and monitors the activities/deliverables of stakeholders involved in the project and ensures consistency with the master schedule
• Defines and implements the project Launch Plan, i.e., launch dates, mix, and volumes for all destinations
• Builds with the relevant stakeholders the detailed convergence of the project/program validation plan according to the allocated Means budget
• Monitors pre-series means from their inventory to their delivery to the customers (complete and partial means, additional parts list)
• Manages the project validation pool of vehicles
• Leads with project/program stakeholders the project contract convergence for headcount and means
• Allocates the pluriannual headcount budget according to the project schedule. For a program, breaks it down for each project.
• Monitors project progress and sets up action plans with the project team in case of deviation on deliverables, timing, or headcount
• Defines and sets up the IT environment tool for project timing management (IT structure, milestones, etc.)
• Operationally manages the planning specialists assigned to the project/program
• Coordinates, for each project phase, the following monitoring processes: roadmap, standard week, preparation phase workshops, and milestone planning
• Monitors the right level of vehicle coding per build phase with Engineering departments
• Elaborates and manages preventive or curative action plans necessary for achieving time-resource objectives, relying on a formalized risk analysis procedure in relation with the Project Quality Manager.
• Applies project management processes and procedures, coordinates lessons learned per phase for continuous improvement in planning skills

Required profile :

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering
• Experience within Stellantis
• Knowledge of PLM
• Proficiency in Excel
• Familiarity with Gantt / MS Project

Hard Skills

• Lead the achievement of project timing, labor, and validation objectives for the vehicle
• Implement and coordinate general and detailed project scheduling (by phase) to ensure consistency in execution
• Ensure that labor, validation, and prototype financial targets are met
• Manage vehicle build plans and delivery to support validation requirements
• Manage the commercial launch plan (volumes and dates) with Brand(s), Plant(s), and Purchasing Department

Head office address :

Desired personality traits :

Need for objectivity Tenacity Organization Rationalism Respect of the rules