Area Manager - Continental Structural Plastics

Teijin Automotive Technologies is an innovative and full-service Tier One supplier with a global presence and emphasis in development for lightweight technologies. Teijin Automotive offers employees the opportunity to join a leading edge company within the composite material industry and enjoy the benefits offered by a growing company in North America and internationally.

We are lookimg for an area lead for our Salisbury, NC faciliy!

Position Summary:

Manages the operations for the entire Production Department ensuring that volume, cost, and quality standards are achieved at all times. Ensures that all physical and workforce resources are adequate to meet the organization's production schedule. Manage the activities of production personnel including workflow, assembly methods, and work force utilization, schedule attainment and achieving direct labor efficiency targets, while maintaining a safe and clean work environment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Project planning and scheduling.
• Leadership, mentoring and coaching.
• Manage multiple program/projects, and tasks simultaneously and efficiently.
• Analytical overview and problem solving.
• Work in a fast-paced comprehensive team environment.
• Oversee the production processes.
• Ensure planned efficiency and performance are met or exceeded.
• Achieve and/or surpass scrap targets.
• Develop and track improvement in reduction of planned hours.
• Coordinate, set up and implement standard operating procedure for all production operations.
• Make sure that products are produced on time and are of good quality.
• Manage and adhere to prescribed procedures to ensure first pass quality meets or exceeds planned goals.
• Ensure complete compliance to prescribed QMS and 5S processes.
• Estimate costs and setting the quality standards.
• Track competencies of subordinates and provide leadership and development as required to achieve the objectives.
• Monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed.
• Monitor product standards and implement quality-control programs.
• Implement and drive continuous improvement activities through implementation of change management process and best practices.
• Optimize resource utilization by implementation of an effective production organization.
• Work with production team leads to implement the company's policies and goals.
• Ensure that health and safety guidelines are followed.
• Ensure coaching and development of resources to meet business's objectives.
• Supervise and motivate a team of workers.
• Review the performance of subordinates.
• Maintain 5S Program.

Qualifications - External Qualifications:

• At least ten years of hands-on experience in Manufacturing Process Engineering.
• Five or more years applying Lean Manufacturing principles in a manufacturing environment.
• At least four years managing/supervising direct reports.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Operations preferred.
• Certification/Certificate in lean Manufacturing.