Your personality

•   5-10 years experience in similar role in a Tier 1 or 2 organisation
• Relevant tertiary Qualification in Operations/Production or Commerce
• Meeting  Production Targets and Quality orientated via subordinates/direct reports

Your opportunity 

•  Provides strategic and operational direction to the plant as well as central functions such as Operational performance, Prototyping, Machinery uptime, BOSle, SHE
• Responsible for the production related to a particular Business Unit technology (=unit)
• Ensures that products are produced on time, are of good quality, and meet or exceed all customer and company standards
• Enforces quality and delivery reliability 
• Enforces a strong safety and environmental culture at the manufacturing site applying the respective regulations
• Ensures that planned KPI targets are met or exceeded
• Identifies and solves problems affecting production throughput, quality, or cost performance to optimize manpower and equipment efficiency and utilizatio
• Drives continuous improvement through implementation of BOSLE principles and best practices
• Initializes the implementation of technical innovations and is responsible for the project launch
• Enforces APQP practices, and other upfront engineering activities, to ensure good launches and disciplined engineering change performance
•  Ensures that rigorous predictive and preventive maintenance practices are employed to increase efficiency and extend the useful life of capital equipment
• Maintains compliance with all corporate policies and relevant governmental regulationsSupports/ advises sales and Business Units concerning technical inquiries
• Prepares and maintain production reports and personnel training/performance records
• Allocates resources in alignment with plant director within the respective plant to ensure optimal capital utilization
• Monitors KPIs such as scrap, value add, as well as defines measures in case of deviations in alignment with plant director
• Promotes a respectful work environment and recruits, develops and retains human resources to maintain a qualified, motivated and productive workforce. Leads by example and lives up to BENTELER’S, values and global leadership principles. Uses standard HR tools e.g. the Performance process to provide regular feedback and agree upon tasks and goals with respective employees.