Production Manager

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Manager (Metals) located in Guadalajara, North Campus.

This role involves guidance and coordination activities of employees engaged in the following areas of a manufacturing department; multi-level assembly, mechanical and enclosures quality assurance to attain production goals consistent with cost, quality, and delivery requirements. 

What a typical day looks like:

• Guide department activities to hold up design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and helps on test procedures.
• Execute and provide input to functional plans and objectives for the site.
• Create functional processes or technologies
• Contribute with management, production, and marketing staff to resolve manufacturing feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Partners with team and management in the development of the strategic plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the function.
• Reviews and establishes material, equipment, and manpower resource requirements.
• Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinates production activities with other functional groups such as planning and distribution.
• Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
• Accountable for controlling manufacturing operation and ensuring that production quality and cost targets are met.
• Working in extremely complex problems where the research of situations or data from an evaluation of intangible factors.
• Reviews budgets and schedules required by management.
• Regulate relations with the executives and/or major customers to maintain relationships with them.
• Resolve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading management levels for the achievements of the plant.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS degree.

• NPI experience

• Basic english

• Experience in similar position in metals manufacturing environment.

• Experience in product lifecycle systems (Agile)

• Experience in the use of Floor shop systems.

• Experience in ECO's implementation.

• • Knowledge in assembly processes (End to End).

• Experience in BAAN system (SAP).

• Decision maker.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret MPI.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Systems integrity.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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Job Category

Operations

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