Head of Manufacturing Engineering

Your Task:

• Leadership and coordination of manufacturing engineering group on site
• Define long term strategy for industrial capacity, plant load, floor space, DL needs by developing 5 years plan and supporting manufacturing site to successfully achieve it.
• Standardization of manufacturing processes and methods according with AME guidelines
• Capital investments (CapEx) planning/tracking.
• Support Capital investment requests (CEA) and make vs buy analysis
• Optimize utilization of assets and productivity of manufacturing processes.
• Guarantee smooth launches.
• Develop design for manufacturing. Work closely together with Enginering defining design rules to simplify manufacturing processes. Promote design of product to process for assembly and sewing.
• Incorporate lessons learnt as well as new technologies, equipment and materials into the new lines. Maintain manufacturing processes at latest state of the art.
• Ensure feasibility and competitive cost of manufacturing solutions for new quotes (CQA).
• Align the available resources to meet the customer requirements relative to production capacity, productivity and quality inspections and controls.
• Ensure manufacturing processes are built according with ZF-TRW HSE standards in terms of ergonomics and safety conditions.
• Guarantee those manufacturing processes fulfill also local/regional safety regulations.
• Comply with internal regulations, collective labor contract, and health and safety instructions.
• Maintain cleanliness and order at the workplace according to 5S principles.
• Perform any other tasks may occur but only related to the field of activity and in accordance with professional training.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding all information about the employer/employees/collaborators.
• Comply with and maintain IATF16949:2016, ISO9001:2015, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 systems related to the workplace.

Required Skills and Work Experience / Main Competencies:

• Academic degree in technical field or equivalent

Your Profile:

• 10+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing environment
• Good understanding of relevant products & manufacturing processes
• Advanced skill set to analyze and solve problems, to present topics, run projects and build teams
• Very good oral and written communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Project Management / planning.
• Technical expertise in automotive assembly systems, machining processes, injection molding processes and tooling
• Finance awareness.
• APQP methodologies & documentation, process optimization. Experience developing Quality inspections and control tools.
• Experience in Design for Manufacturing (DfM).
• Experience using Methods and Times Measurement (MTM) system.
• Experience using continuous improvement tools (KAIZEN):
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Single Minute Exchange Dial (SMED)
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• 6 Sigma (6S)
• 5S
• Statistical Process control (SPC)
• Working knowledge of drawing tolerances and interpretation.