Production Manager
Step into the future with a growing leader in the automotive sector.
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Mission:
● Be responsible for the production activities (in terms of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Motivation) of one Autonomous Production Unit, in terms of target achievement and results improvement.
● Be responsible for V5000 deployment on his/her APU.
● Lead continuous improvement of his/her perimeter.
Responsibilities:
Manage people
● Ensure that any new employee of his/her perimeter follows an Induction process.
● Monitor competences for his/her team and develops its autonomy (training plan building, follow-up & training actions implementation).
● Ensure working standards are respected on its APU during the operations (safety, work
instructions, quality, respect of the product).
● Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor (eg. KOSU) and perform escalation according to standards.
● Lead daily, weekly & monthly meetings, and organize delegation.
● Conduct annual appraisals, salary review, career interviews, succession planning & give feedback.
● Communicate a mindset of continuous improvement & responsibility vs. targets achievement inside its APU.
● Perform OJT of his/her teams every day on standards & methodologies implemented.
● Congratulate and recognize its team for improvements.
● Ensure a positive social climate on his/her APU.
Manage standards
● Ensure enforcement of health, safety and environmental rules.
● Ensure curative & preventive maintenance of equipment & sustainable ERIM deployment.
● Define work standards with the help of support functions.
● Manage production
● Be responsible for customer satisfaction.
● Be accountable for SQCDM performance and profitability (gross margin) of his/her APU, in terms of targets achievement, and improvement.
● Ensure optimal use of equipment (TRP).
● Assign & check corrective actions on recurring problems with APU and Plant support
departments.
● Escalate at Site level the issues that can’t be solved at APU level.
● Validate monthly the demonstrated capacity of his/ her APU and communicate to SC for SIOP /MPS.
● Weekly commit on MPS.
● Respect daily the MPS contract.
● In case of daily MPS respect deviation, take necessary measures to have respected weekly MPS at end of the week.
Manage continuous improvement
● Lead daily APU QRQC (Safety, Quality, Direct Labor efficiency, Maintenance).
● Lead workstation ergonomics risk analysis and elimination.
● Lead everyday genba activities with his/her team, as TOP 3 issues countermeasures review as for KOSU.
● Lead & review action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets).
● Be responsible for Customer Line Return analysis and solving for products from his/her APU in front of customers.
● Manage the VPS deployment plan & P-30 of his/her APU, ensuring that there are permanently VPS workshops ongoing to improve its APU, challenged by him/her.
● Propose APU lay out evolutions to simplify flows.
● Prepare a budget proposal (including training actions, investments).
● Manage the budget of his/her APU and allocates the appropriate resources in respect with the budget perimeter. Implement necessary corrective actions for compliance.
Contribute to successful new projects
● Be involved in the industrialization of new projects (before end phase 2), FPDRs and SOPs and facilitate by his / her actions proper start ups.
Skills required:
-Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position.
-Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask effectively.
-English – at least conversational level.
-Proven experience in the automotive industry.
-Engineering degree
-1st experience in production and / or Supply Chain
- Department
- Production
- Role
- Production Manager
- Locations
- Timisoara
About Sales Consulting
Since 1998, we've been active in the Human Resources consulting market, providing regional coverage across four key areas of expertise: recruitment and selection, personnel leasing, assessment centers and consultancy. As leaders in Transylvania, we've expanded our reach to embrace a culture of continuous improvement, thereby strengthening our position in the Romanian and also regional market. This commitment underscores our dedication to evolve alongside the dynamic needs of our clients and the ever-changing landscape of the business environment.
Our success stems from the professionalism of our services, the multidisciplinary expertise of our consulting team and our ongoing collaboration with those who rely on our consultancy services.
Building long-term partnerships with clients across diverse industries such as IT&C, automotive, outsourcing, pharma, banking, FMCG and more, is our primary objective.
Our commitment to client orientation, teamwork, flexibility, excellence, dedication and responsibility reflects our aim to bring added value to our services.