Customer R&D Technical Manager

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.

Must have a good technical background, strong vision, ability to work with the customer at a high level as well as grass-roots, and someone who can communicate clearly internally and externally. This position will unify and manage all technical disciplines within BRAIN Division PGs for Specific Customer Group

Business Development

- Work with the Indian Customer business development team and ensure customer/market trends and needs are identified and aligned with BRAIN Product Groups

- Identifies and supports advanced development projects and NPA

- Ensure customer business is accurately captured in MTP/TDE effort

- Ensure that the customers’ requirements are all identified, negotiated and well understood by the project teams

- Input to business case strategies according to knowledge of the market and competitor’s position

- Lead and conduct all possible actions in order to be able to submit, within the time limits, a competitive quotation technically and economically.

- Single point of contact and key technical management interface with customer R&D management to align on strategic collaboration

- Drive and facilitate VA/VE initiatives to achieve rigorous regional cost objectives while maintaining full adherence to safety standards.

R&D

- Define with R&D teams the technical customer strategies

- Oversee product development of specific customer group related business

- Manage and communicate with cross functional teams

- Define & arbitrate on project priority and resource allocation

- Ensure a reuse strategy for product development is deployed to minimize cost & effort