Job Location : Lavonia,GA, USA
Responsibilities:
* Create a continuous improvement culture to ensure safety, quality and productivity
* Cascading targets and strategy goals and objectives to direct reports
* Control of goal achievement
* Identify cost reductions potentials and check monthly achievement
* Management of local customer relationships and requirements
* Engage in introduction of standardized work.
* Use efficiently LEAN/SIX SIGMA and participate in AOP process.
* Participate actively in organizing launches of new productions, approving and receiving of new projects into mass production.
* Center management via key figures and benchmarks
* Management of personnel employment according to economical aspects. Development of subordinates through use of PMP.
* Organization and control of the implementation and use of all regulations laid out by the legislator of the employer
* Create positive working environment and culture to retain employees
* Ensure that all issues regarding EHS and quality are implemented and observed according to IATF 16949. The same applies for EHS and other relevant regulations , in particular ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001
* Ensure that existing and new programs fit to quality and cost requirements
* Coordinate and execute center related audits, internal and external
* Monitor and analyze basic production indicators
* Make efficient use of visual tools in the plant and ensure feedback
* Manage the daily production plan in order to meet the customer's demands with optimum costs and maximum quality.
* Participate in logistic processes, e.g. optimization of material flows.
* Be responsible for identification of needs to invest into devices, for their integration into budget and for monitoring of the defined budget.
* Manage solution of qualitative problems from the customer and towards the suppliers under support of the relevant functions.
Qualifications needed:
* University degree in Engineering or comparable
* Min. 3 years management experience
* 2-3 years experience in leading a center
* 1 years of commercial experience including quoting engineering changes banks builds and labor.
* HR tools and ability of their application (PMP, IDP etc.), knowledge of managerial and motivation tools, conflict management etc.)
* Knowledge of Production planning methods
* IT skills: Outlook, Office, SAP and other software
Competencies Required:
* Business Insight
* Drive for Results
* Manage Ambiguity
* Interpersonal Savy
* Values Differences
* Develops Talents
* Drives Vision and Purpose