Job Description

This position is responsible for providing a safe work environment, meeting customer requirements, managing production, quality, and production/material control.  Additional responsibilities include creation of  an environment of continuous improvement through lean principles, development of employee skills and alignment of the workforce to goals of the vertical.  The successful candidate will report to the General Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Business Unit safety leadership and culture development
• Application of 80-20 principles to simplify, focus, and improve the business
• Drive a culture of improvement using CI/Lean leadership principles. Application of various lean tools including Kaizen, 5S, TPM, Kata, and others as appropriate.
• Ownership of SQDIP KPIs for value streams.
• Adherence to labor strategy; use of temporaries etc.
• Manpower planning; efficiency control; standard hour reductions; overtime control.
• Oversight of standard training processes and standard work.
• Material planning and control for Business Unit. Production planning – level loading for Business Unit.
• Customer satisfaction management
• Quality oversight for the Business Unit
• Capacity and resource planning
• Forecasting (current year) and business planning (5 year)
• Development of key personnel

Required qualifications

• 7-10 years’ experience in a manufacturing management environment.
• 5 years in a direct management position with multiple direct reports.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of financial management.
• History of Lean & continuous improvement responsibility with measurable results.
• Desire and ability to be a self-directed manager working within the corporate reporting and organizational structure.
• Excellent English
• Bachelor degree in Business Management or Engineering