Sr Manufacturing Staff Manager 3

Job Description Summary Perform the daily operations of plants to ensure reliability and consistency on the production line. Impacts approaches projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• The position is responsible and accountable for planning and execution of manufacturing and supply chain initiatives to achieve set objectives for sales safety quality cost delivery and inventory targets.
• Achieve budget figures for sales operating profit inventory. Achieve operational KPIs as per GSC dashboard focusing on EHS quality cost delivery and cash targets.
• Lead and drive the manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement culture in the Plant through implementation of Lean principles and tools.
• Be a change agent led by example coach teams for Lean competency and showing the value and benefits of Lean
• Identify big opportunities in the manufacturing area for process efficiency/cost improvement and initiate/monitor project/actions
• Maintain a healthy working environment by keeping workforce motivated and engaged.
• Hire train motivate and evaluate the potential of people in the Team and build required competencies.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of manufacturing. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years industry experience in Electrical Electrnoics / Automobile industry
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a Supply Chain Manufacturing operations position.

Desired Characteristics

• Project management skills
• Knowledge of manufacturing leadership disciplines including production planning inventory control variable cost productivity fulfilment metrics qualityand cost systems.
• Proven mentoring and coaching skills demonstrated ability to motivate & inspire others. Ability to successfully maintain high morale employee engagement safety and teamwork inmixed hourly and salaried environments.
• Trained in Lean principles with demonstrated ability to apply tools and processes in manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a complex global and challenging environment
• Proven ability to prioritize plan and execute important business and supply chain initiatives. Demonstrated ability to influence and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization including senior leadership
• Clear strategic and critical thinker
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.

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