Plant 4 Manager

**LOCATION**:Acuna / Coahuila (MX-COA), Mexico |**BRAND**: Bendix |**REQUISITION ID**:2089 |** JOB GRADE**: 18**JOB DESCRIPTION**:**Position Summary**:The Plant 4 Manager has overall responsibility for the manufacturing activities within Plant 4. This position will guide the organization in its support of internal and external customer requirements. The Plant 4 Manager ensures all policies and practices are compliant with local and national regulatory requirements while ensuring a working environment free of harassment, and discrimination. This is a critical role within the Bendix Operations, which provides the leadership and strategic direction for the manufacturing location they are assigned.**Essential Functions**:- Provides leadership for the implementation of the mechatronic manufacturing strategy to ensure customer demand is fulfilled.- Provides overall leadership and guidance to the entire production facility. Managerial responsibility includes Value Stream Leaders and indirectly the plant specific departmental leaders of: HSE, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources and Continuous Improvement to achieve or exceed facility goals.- Drives the facility to ensure safety, quality, productivity, delivery, and budget goals are achieved, in collaboration with Sr. Director Operations and Central Plant Functional Leaders.- Drives the shop floor management processes to ensure a high degree of transparency between all functional areas and shifts with escalation for support as needed.- Establishes strong and effective working relationships that are conducive to maintaining a positive work environment, evidenced by teamwork, results and trust,- Drives accountability using tools and other methods to track performance.- Develops and recommends the annual operating and capital budgets for the operation of the Plant and ensure that all financial plans are met.- Evaluates departmental constraints and supports Lean Manufacturing techniques to improve efficiency and capacities and drive productivity improvements.- Works closely with Plant and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to define cost-effective continuous improvement projects.- Partners with Supply Chain team to ensure Day of Need (DON) delivery performance, inventory accuracy and inventory reduction goals are met.- Is accountable for enforcing product safety related controls.- Promotes and drives the organizations vision and utilization of lean manufacturing tools.- Champions change and facilitates team related functions to improve the business performance.- Understands and adhere to current health, safety, and environmental policies (ISO14001). Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action in regard to safety, health, and environmental concerns.- Understands current quality policies and procedures (IATF 16949). Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action in regard to product quality.- Maintain professionalism and demonstrate company values each day.- Support the team and company with honesty, integrity, respect, and compassion for others.- Understands and applies policies consistently to team members.- Must be able to travel monthly to attend leadership meetings in various locations in the United States and in Mexico.- Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned**Management & Supervisory Responsibilities**:- Job **is** **directly** responsible for managing other employees.**Knowledge**:- Ability to project manage and support multiple priorities required; encompassing the ability to make sound business decisions quickly- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to be a self-starter who possesses the knowledge and experience to run a small to medium size standalone business with a manufacturing environment.- Flexibility to work in a diverse environment with various personalities.- Total commitment to team philosophy, a well-developed teamwork competency in every respect.- Manufacturing of highly automated mechatronic product a plus**Experience**:- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in proven leadership skills a must in the areas of customer interaction and market knowledge, product development knowledge, program management, financial analysis and hands on understanding of the operational function of a business.- Strong sense of Entrepreneurship is a plus- Highly automated experience in assembly lines is a plus- Supply Chain - Purchasing and materials management experience a must- Previous hands-on operational experience required.**Skills**:- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization are required.- Strong ability to analyze business issues, develop corrective actions and follow through to completion**Education/Certifications**:- Degree in Business or Engineering, Master’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience- Working knowledge of Autom