Flow Methods & Process Engineer

• Full-time
• Compensation: EUR 27,000 - EUR 35,000 - yearly

About the Position

As a global leader in home and building automation, SOMFY is dedicated to shaping smarter living environments and inspiring new ways of living for everyone.

A French, family-owned and independent group, we have been continuously growing since our founding. For more than 50 years, we have been the global leader in home automation and a pioneer in smart living solutions. Innovation drives our daily operations and ensures the excellence of our products and services.

We are present in 59 countries, supported by a global industrial and logistics network, and operate 17 R&D centers worldwide.

Deeply committed to the well-being of our approximately 6,000 employees, we invest in their long-term employability through internal mobility and skills development. We actively promote diversity and inclusion, supported by a strong corporate culture.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes, operating methods, process parameters and associated standards throughout the serial production lifecycle.
• Manage and optimise the implementation of logistics and production areas, including layouts, storage zones, line-side locations, equipment interfaces and material-handling routes.
• Analyse and improve physical and information flows to reduce lead times, unnecessary movement, waiting, congestion, variability and operational risk.
• Manage process changes arising from product, quality, equipment or operational requirements, assess their impact, and ensure controlled implementation and documentation.
• Participate in product and process qualification, ensuring that process capability, flow, quality, safety, ergonomics and traceability requirements are met.
• Maintain and optimise process parameters, routings, work instructions, cycle times, labour standards and related master data.
• Configure or validate systems that support product and process flows, ensuring consistency between master data, routings, locations, packaging rules, process parameters and physical execution.
• Manage process productivity plans, including cycle-time and labour-time improvement initiatives, and monitor the delivery of expected benefits.
• Contribute to factory capacity planning by assessing process capability, cycle times, equipment utilisation, labour requirements, bottlenecks and flow constraints.
• Define appropriate levels of work-in-progress and internal product inventory in line with just-in-time principles, process stability and operational constraints.
• Design and improve packaging solutions in line with product, process, quality, ergonomic, transport and sustainability requirements.
• Conduct process and flow studies, observations, time-and-motion analyses, capacity assessments, line balancing and simulations to support operational decisions.
• Identify bottlenecks, process variation and root causes affecting safety, quality, cycle time, internal lead time, inventory, service, productivity or cost.
• Lead or participate in structured problem-solving activities, including 8D and process FMEA, and ensure that corrective actions and lessons learned are captured.
• Develop and manage process and flow improvement action plans with clear ownership, deadlines, indicators, risk controls and sustainable implementation.
• Contribute to industrialisation, product transfer, layout changes, new equipment, production capacity and ramp-up projects by providing process and flow expertise.
• Participate in product and process design reviews to ensure manufacturability and the early consideration of flow, handling, cycle time, packaging, storage, quality and data requirements.
• Support the installation, commissioning, qualification and ramp-up of new or modified equipment and processes.
• Develop visual management tools, standards and dashboards to support process control, performance monitoring and operational decision-making.
• Ensure that implemented solutions comply with safety, quality, ergonomic, environmental, product and operational standards.
• Support change management, training and adoption when new processes, flows, layouts, systems, standards or methods are introduced.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, including process descriptions, parameters, layouts, flow maps, routings, control requirements, work instructions and change records.
• Work with Production and Logistics teams to test, validate and stabilise process and flow solutions under real operating conditions.
• Coordinate with Industrialisation, Technical Data, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, IT and other stakeholders to resolve cross-functional process and flow issues.
• Benchmark methods, technologies and solutions, maintain professional expertise and share best practices across the Industrial Engineering community.

Requirements

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience in manufacturing process engineering, industrial methods, production flows, internal logistics or continuous improvement within an industrial environment.
• Ability to define, document, control and improve manufacturing processes, parameters, cycle times, routings and work instructions.
• Experience in process qualification, process change management, and the ramp-up and stabilisation of new or modified processes.
• Knowledge of process FMEA, structured problem-solving and corrective action methods such as 8D.
• Ability to analyse and optimise production and logistics layouts, material flows, information flows, packaging and work-in-progress.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and process improvement principles, including waste reduction, standard work, pull flow, just-in-time, visual management and line balancing.
• Competence in process mapping, data analysis, root-cause analysis, capacity assessment and structured improvement planning.
• Understanding of manufacturing performance indicators relating to safety, quality, cost, delivery, cycle time, labour time, capacity, lead time and inventory.
• Ability to work with ERP, MES or WMS data and ensure alignment between process documentation, system parameters and physical operations.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to convert technical observations and data into sound decisions and recommendations.
• Ability to manage priorities, assess risks and implement change with Production, Quality, Logistics and technical teams.
• Intermediate proficiency in English; Portuguese is required for effective communication at the site.

Valued Skills and Experience

• Experience in value-stream mapping, spaghetti diagrams, line balancing, capacity studies, Kanban, pull systems or supermarket design.
• Practical knowledge of process capability, control plans, statistical process control, measurement systems or design of experiments.
• Experience in product and process qualification, equipment commissioning, industrialisation or production ramp-up.
• Knowledge of MTM or comparable time measurement and labour productivity methods.
• Knowledge of SAP, MES, WMS or other industrial information systems that support manufacturing and product flows.
• Experience with AutoCAD or comparable layout design tools, as well as data analysis or visualisation applications.
• Knowledge of packaging engineering, ergonomics, material handling, and warehouse or line-side design.
• Training in Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, project management or change management.
• Ability to facilitate technical reviews, workshops and training, and to maintain process standards and knowledge.
• Rigour, autonomy, curiosity, pragmatism, initiative and a strong field orientation.

We Offer

• The chance to be part of a high-impact global transformation journey.
• International exposure through collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders worldwide.
• A supportive environment that fosters professional growth, knowledge sharing, and innovation.
• Long-term career opportunities within a global leader committed to excellence and sustainable growth.

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