Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for meeting all established cost, quality, and delivery commitments.
•  Ensure operating mechanism to guarantee behaviors consistent with compliance, quality system and EHS requirements
• Control manufacturing processes through plans that consider personnel requirements, materials, turnout, sub-contracting, facilities, tooling and equipment.
• Ensure assigned employees are aware/comply with all GE government, customer and applicable policies, procedures, rules and regulations.  
• Deep know-how in Lean principles and proven experience in Lean implementation/application
• Perform necessary administrative activities associated with effective management of shop operations, including necessary interface activities with other functions and organizations required to accomplish all objectives.
• Implement the Manufacturing plans as established by the Value Process Engineering Operation, utilizing processes that will assure highest possible quality products at the lowest possible cost, delivered in accordance to schedule commitments.
• Support proactive proposal and inquiry activity at all organizational levels.
• Develop necessary business plans to enhance the Manufacturing Plan which encompasses all program requirements, including throughput, labor hours, cycle, cost reducibility, and image.
• Provide ongoing supervision and counseling for employees, guiding them in current positions and assisting with career development and training.
• Assure commitment in own and others actions to the pursuit of highest possible quality of services, internal and delivered products to customers.
• Directs functional area of a major business segment. Translates concepts, develops strategy, and implements change. Creates programs responsive to external environment. Participates in cross-functional business and cultural development.
  
  
  
   

Qualifications/Requirements

• Proven and extensive experience in a plant managers position of a large and complex manufacturing site (machining production processes, +500 employees) undergoing transformation.
• At least 5 additional years of experience in a manufacturing leadership position
• Knowledge of problem solving techniques and tools related to Quality Control
• Knowledge of the disciplines of manufacturing management such as production and inventory control, standard cost systems, bargaining agreement procedures and lean manufacturing.
• English language knowledge, both written and oral, fluent
• Strong oral and written communication skills 
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• EU work permit

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