Renault-Tangier: The Recruitment Challenge
11 October 2010
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Following Renault, about fifteen suppliers are currently building factories at the Tangier site. More than 30,000 people will work there in a year and a half. But how will they be found? Despite efforts, some positions will remain difficult to fill.
How do you create an automotive industry in a region traditionally focused on textiles? This is the challenge currently being met by the Moroccan government, near the port of Tangier. It is there, facing the Spanish mountains of Algeciras, that Renault is building its "low-cost" factory: nearly 200,000 vehicles will be produced there from 2012, and double that in 2014. A colossal recruitment challenge. "In a first step, we will hire 4,000 operators, technicians and engineers," explains Jacques Chauvet, leader of the Euromed region at Renault. "And later, 2,000 more." To bring them up to "Renault standards," particularly in terms of quality, the diamond-shaped company plans to invest "tens of millions of euros" in training, specifies Jacques Chauvet. Maintenance technicians and instructors are sent for three months to Flins, to Renault's training center, the Global Training Center.
About twenty "technical dexterity" schools have also been opened in Morocco: they teach the right techniques to the 4,000 operators who will be on the assembly lines. For some very specialized jobs, the courses are longer. "It takes 18 months to train a stamping toolmaker," he says.
Following Renault, about fifteen suppliers are currently building factories at the Tangier site. More than 30,000 people will work there in a year and a half. But how will they be found? "There are 2 engineering schools and a business school on the Tanger-Tetouan university campus," replies Tajjedine Bennis, director of the Tanger Automotive City project, a structure dedicated to promoting the Tanger Med zone. "Every year, these schools train 1200 specialized technicians and up to 5000 operators."
Nevertheless, some positions will remain difficult to fill, as explained by Laurent Weil, general delegate of BPI Méditerranée, (human resources consulting group). "You can't train a line supervisor or team leader in ten days. The needs are such that manufacturers will have to find mixed solutions: training local personnel, recruitment and transfer of qualified skills from other industrial sites, in Morocco and abroad. The employment market tensions are such that production management will have to be completely rethought."
Published September 30, 2010
Posted online October 12, 2010
lexpansion.com
How do you create an automotive industry in a region traditionally focused on textiles? This is the challenge currently being met by the Moroccan government, near the port of Tangier. It is there, facing the Spanish mountains of Algeciras, that Renault is building its "low-cost" factory: nearly 200,000 vehicles will be produced there from 2012, and double that in 2014. A colossal recruitment challenge. "In a first step, we will hire 4,000 operators, technicians and engineers," explains Jacques Chauvet, leader of the Euromed region at Renault. "And later, 2,000 more." To bring them up to "Renault standards," particularly in terms of quality, the diamond-shaped company plans to invest "tens of millions of euros" in training, specifies Jacques Chauvet. Maintenance technicians and instructors are sent for three months to Flins, to Renault's training center, the Global Training Center.
About twenty "technical dexterity" schools have also been opened in Morocco: they teach the right techniques to the 4,000 operators who will be on the assembly lines. For some very specialized jobs, the courses are longer. "It takes 18 months to train a stamping toolmaker," he says.
Following Renault, about fifteen suppliers are currently building factories at the Tangier site. More than 30,000 people will work there in a year and a half. But how will they be found? "There are 2 engineering schools and a business school on the Tanger-Tetouan university campus," replies Tajjedine Bennis, director of the Tanger Automotive City project, a structure dedicated to promoting the Tanger Med zone. "Every year, these schools train 1200 specialized technicians and up to 5000 operators."
Nevertheless, some positions will remain difficult to fill, as explained by Laurent Weil, general delegate of BPI Méditerranée, (human resources consulting group). "You can't train a line supervisor or team leader in ten days. The needs are such that manufacturers will have to find mixed solutions: training local personnel, recruitment and transfer of qualified skills from other industrial sites, in Morocco and abroad. The employment market tensions are such that production management will have to be completely rethought."
Published September 30, 2010
Posted online October 12, 2010
lexpansion.com
