Head of Plant Management

hace 1 semana


aguascalientes, México Continental A tiempo completo

Company Description

It is an important position to work in our new greenfield facility in Mexico to learn and support to develop our new plant in Mexico.

In the Contitech, a Continental sector, you will coordinate and follow up on all product and process industrialization in order to meet the business case, project budget, and its production targets (e.g. reduce scrap and waste, cycle times). Furthermore, the PPI Coordinador initiates and implements action plans for continuous improvement of all product and process industrialization relevant processes.

You will be responsible for transferring the available know-how in other plants worldwide to the new plant, in a very challenging environment with a very motivated team.

If you have a passion to win, love lean manufacturing initiatives, really like to define the methods and ensure its execution, join us in this Greenfield Endeavour

Job Description

Strategy Development, Implementation and Change Management
  • derive the plant strategy from higher level strategic targets, in order to ensure the expectations of the customer and the profit of the company
  • prepare the plant and its employees to meet requirements (internal and external)
  • actively drive change processes and guide the plant and its employees through times of change
Entrepreneurial Responsibility, Finance/Controlling
  • plan, optimize and control all activities in order to perform the following tasks
  • fulfill the market/customer requirements
  • improve plant cost structure (fix and variable)
  • agree on adjusted targets with the BU in case of major deviation to the budget (sales drop, product mix changes, etc.)
  • evaluate and define activities to achieve or improve the financial and operational business goals
  • review and authorize e-CR, e-PR and purchase orders (if applicable also for an operations unit)
  • evaluate and define actions to meet financial variations related to scrap, manufacturing and price
  • coordinate strategies to improve inventory changes and minimize inventory
  • ensure compliance with legal regulations (e.g. working hours, environment protection) and internal rules and procedures
Organizational Standards and Development
  • align the plant and customer interfaces
  • implement efficient organization structures, procedures and processes according to BU, BA or group standards
Production and Supply Chain Management
  • ensure high performance production processes with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as routing accuracy, process performance rate, delivery performance internal, manufacturing inventory valuations, overall equipment effectiveness)
  • ensure high performance supply chain processes with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as delivery performance internal, manufacturing inventory valuations)
  • ensure balancing between short-term customer requirements and unplanned occurrences within the operations unit in order to obtain the optimal load and achieve the maximum customer satisfaction (on-time deliveries)
Product and Process Industrialization and Manufacturing Engineering
  • ensure manufacturability of products within the defined responsibilities on the basis of authorized budgets within the constraints of quality, quantity, delivering and cost goals
  • supervise, support and control ramp-up and ramp-down projects within plant
  • ensure capable production processes and equipment with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as routing accuracy, process performance rate, overall equipment effectiveness)
Quality Management and Continental Business System
  • ensure quality of components, processes and products in order to fulfill internal and customer targets
  • promote implementation of quality standards and processes according to the Continental Quality Policy
  • ensure successful implementation of corrective actions derived from audits
  • drive and support the implementation of projects and initiatives to continually optimize and improve administrative and production processes in alignment with central plant CBS function
Environment, Safety and Health
  • ensure environment protection, operational safety and the enforcement of the company´s values
  • promote actively of continuous improvement of safety, environment and health in alignment with central plant ESH function
Human Resource Management
  • ensure definition and implementation the entire human resource planning of internal and external employee capacity and qualification for the plant and definition of work, working hours and remuneration models
  • ensure continuous knowledge and competency management as well as human resources development in alignment with central plant HR function
  • cooperate trustfully with the works council (if existing) for the information and counsel obligation according to law and for labor negotiations and decisions of all legal issues concerning decisions related to the works constitution in alignment with central plant HR function

Qualifications

Education / Certification

University degree, preferably in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration or related discipline

Professional Experience
  • 10 or more years of professional experience
  • 5 or more years of experience in rubber and understanding of its environment
  • 3 or more years of strategic and business planning experience
  • cross-functional experience in at least 2 different functional areas
  • Quality experience and knowledge either through work experience in the functional area quality (min. 18 months) or work experience as a CBS Coach (min. 18 months) or a combination of defined quality/CBS certifications (incl. practical experience)
Project And/or Process Experience
  • 3 or more years as a project manager in the area of lean production
  • leader of an international project involving multiple locations, preferred
Leadership Experience
  • 7 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in operational units such as a factory, with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals
Intercultural / International Experience
  • experience in working with international teams and understanding different foreign cultures
  • stayed abroad or has had professional international assignments for at least 1 year
  • proficient in a minimum 2 languages, English and Spanish are mandatory
  • Only internal candidates would be considered.

Additional Information

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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