Supervise the execution of the company’s production activities, ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety standards, quality and environmental requirements and standards, efficiency operational, quantities, and deadlines defined by the company, while ensuring the preservation of equipment, the organization and cleanliness of work areas, team training, and a healthy work environment.
MAIN ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Consistently prioritize and ensure the safety of employees during the performance of their activities, requiring compliance with health and safety regulations, especially the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), in order to prevent potential accident risks and protect the physical integrity of all employees;
- Promote, practice, and ensure compliance with the company’s ethical and moral principles within the production environment, ensuring a climate of respect, integrity, and compliance with internal policies and legal requirements;
- Ensure the quality of parts in the production areas, as well as the quality of other technical and administrative activities performed by the team;
- Ensure the necessary resources to meet the production planning requirements through proper management of inputs, materials, and workforce, aiming to provide resource levels compatible with production plans and targets;
- Control and monitor area records and information (OEE, scrap reporting, setup records, and monitoring), ensuring that all information is accurate and up to date;
- Manage material flows from receiving, warehouse, lineside and finish goods shipping.
- Reduce or eliminate scrap incidence through the application of appropriate production processes and employee awareness programs;
- Maintain a healthy production environment and motivated teams, aiming to achieve increasing levels of safety, quality, and productivity, as well as the continuous pursuit of established objectives;
- Manage the performance of production area teams by conducting continuous follow-up, providing feedback, and implementing development actions;
- Identify and perform training for employees based on needs analysis, aiming to keep the team up to date, properly trained, and aligned with company demands;
- Cover absenteeism when necessary. This position will be a working supervisor who has complete training and knowledge of all shop floor and warehouse process/procedures.
- Suggest and implement improvements in production areas through the application of continuous improvement processes and tools, aiming to optimize production processes and reduce costs;
- Hold regular meetings with employees to standardize and align the level of information and instructions within the team;
- Safeguard the company’s assets by requesting the necessary maintenance, aiming to prevent premature deterioration of equipment and property;
- Support the implementation of new products, processes, or technologies in the production area;
- Participate in internal and external audits, ensuring that nonconformities are properly addressed and resolved;
- Ensure compliance with operational procedures and documentation, such as production releases, monitoring activities, standardized work, and layered process audits.
REQUIREMENTS (Technical, Education, Knowledge, Experience, and Skills)
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Certifications in Lean or Six Sigma (desirable)
- Minimum of 1 years of professional experience in people management (mandatory)
- Minimum of 2 years of professional experience working in the Manufacturing area within the automotive (mandatory)
- Professional experience with management systems applied to IATF 16949
- Professional experience with management systems applied to ISO 14001
- Knowledge of Autonomous Maintenance fundamentals-TPM
- Experience with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems
- Knowledge of SAP ERP system, PP module (desirable)
- Knowledge of occupational health and safety concepts
- Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
HEALTH AND SAFETY, QUALITY, CUSTOMER, AND LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS:
According to the TMS Competency Matrix
LANGUAGE: English
AVAILABILITY FOR TRAVEL: Yes
MAIN COMPETENCIES:
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal relations
- Functional and Technical Skills
- Driven to Action (Sence of Urgency)
- Customer Focus
- Communicating Information
DESIRED KNOWLEDGE:
- Quality procedures
- Environmental procedures
- Safety procedures
- SAP
- Standard Work
- Production Scheduling
- Manufacturing Routings
- Layered Process Audit
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH:
- Use the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) established by the company during the performance of your activities, aiming to reduce and avoid potential accident risks
- Obey the established rules and procedures for Occupational Health and Safety
- Actively participate in training and other activities for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases, applying the knowledge acquired
- Proactively identify risk conditions and behaviors to prevent accidents and occupational diseases
- Keep workplaces clean and always organized
- Immediately report accidents and incidents that occur
QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT:
- Dispose of and discard waste generated in your work area in accordance with the instructions established in the Environmental Management System documentation
- Comply with the standards and procedures established by Quality and Environment
- Ensure the quality of products, services and processes are under your responsibility
