Project Planning Manager_COMPO

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

• Work in close collaboration with a Project Manager / Chief of Development, Chief of Operations, Senior Project Planning Manager (PrPM), or Sub-System Manager (SSM),
• Acts as the right hand of the Project Manager (PM) / Chief of Development (Cod) / Chief of Operations (CoO),
• Acts as the Project Manager’s trusted deputy, ensuring alignment across the core team and stepping in to lead when needed.
• Serves as the central connector of project interfaces, steering execution through robust scheduling and proactive coordination.
• Is a visible and respected leader within the project team, fostering collaboration, maintaining momentum, and driving delivery excellence.
• Communicates efficiently at any level, adapting the communication to the audience both verbally and written.
• Owns the time management topic for their area, providing accurate and timely scheduling information to support decision-making and ensure the expected On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance of the project (tender, contract, or program execution),
• Responsible to develop and maintain the project schedule (internal) for his area,
• Manage efficiently planning deliverable issuance,
• Facilitate the synchronization of internal stakeholders.

• Act as the right hand of the Project Manager/Chief of Development, Chief of Operations on all issues related to the project schedule/development schedule /operations schedule
• Apply the Project Scheduling Process,
• Promote time management practices awareness in the project team,
• Contribute to the return of experience (REX) and improvements, share best practices, schedule templates.
• Have an awareness level for industrial planning.

• Analyse the schedule management requirements of the Senior PrPM for their area: schedule structure, reporting constraints…
• Define tender preparation schedule and monitor until the submission of the tender,
• Detail the tender schedule based on Reference Library, planning templates, gap analysis, Metier’s commitments and tender strategy,
• Highlight the critical path and risks linked to the project schedule for their area and propose the optimisation & mitigation actions,
• Contribute to the project strategy in compliance with the requirements defined by the Senior PrPM,
• Deliver on time all schedule deliverables down to the requested level,
• Estimate the cost of Scheduling management efforts.
• Involve the Region planning, PL planning, Scheduling Experts and Group Planning to enable the bid schedule verification (4-eye planning review) when applicable.
• For Project Development Planning Manager assignment:
  • Detail the tender schedule based on planning templates, Metier’s commitments, and PXO (Project Metiers Organisation) tender strategy and all assumptions driving the lead times.
• For Project Operations Planning Manager assignment:
  • Detail the tender schedule based on planning templates, gap analysis and PXO (PIO / Project Industrial Organisation) tender strategy.
  • Understand ramp-up and change of takt’s in industrial planning context.
  • Challenge lead time and ramp-up assumptions of PIO stakeholders for end-to-end supply chain activities.

• Contribute to the Project Time Management Plan defined by the Senior PrPM.
• Build the project schedule for his area based on internal standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), contractual targets and data…