Manager vehicle configuration - school & transit

Job Description

The Manager vehicle configuration - scholl & transit articulates the strategy and technical definition of the product in line with the development plan and strategy for the platforms for which he will be responsible.

Responsabilities

• Ensure integrity of all systems as well as the results of their combination;
• Be responsible for the various systems’ harmony in order to maximise their efficiency;
• Provide technical definitions and specifications of projects;
• Ensure consistency throughout product portfolio, commercial offer’s technical response as well as planned and current projects’ development sequencing;
• Guide research and development as well as engineering teams;
• Actively support technical sectors while ensuring product durability;
• Work in collaboration with Sales and Quotes departments;
• Provide clear and adapted solutions to clients throughout the bidding and contract process. Support clients by offering best configuration of products;
• Approve global configuration of offered products and ensure they comply with requested key characteristics and requirements;
• Endorse requirement specifications of internal and external clients;
• Prescribe passage of gates when required;
• Provide feasibility assessment for improvement projects while ensuring key characteristics of requirements are understood when dispatching requests;
• Ensure standardized technological choices and component selection across platforms in order to optimize manufacturing costs;
• Monitor applicable laws and regulations’ evolution and align specifications accordingly.

Requirements

• Technical knowledge of heavy vehicles;
• Ability to work efficiently in English or French; 
• Ability to work in a team;
• Ability to work under pressure in an innovative context; 
• Thorough and meticulous;
• Ability to communicate effectively in different situations;
• High organization skills;
• Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously;
• Autonomous and proactive;
• Document efficiently.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor degree in engineering (mechanical or electrical) or the equivalent; 
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the manufacturing industry;
• Experience in product architecture in the trucking or transportation industry.