Manager, Production, Green bay

Moventas Wind Ltd; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in Helsinki is seeking a Manager for Production. Responsibilities include managing manufacturing activities, ensuring safety and quality compliance, and training employees. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in the nonwovens industry and possesses strong communication and management skills. This position may require flexible hours and hands-on work with operators.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in the Nonwoven field preferred.
• Ability to supervise, train, organize, prioritize, and schedule work assignments.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage manufacturing activities to ensure compliance and productivity.
• Develop and implement schedules and procedures.
• Analyze production and recommend solutions for improvement.

Skills

Technical knowledge in Nonwovens

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving abilities

Job description

Are you passionate about working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment? Are you driven by a strong safety and quality culture? Do you have good management and communication skills and enjoy working within a diverse team?

Then you may be our new Manager, Production, Green Bay.

Job purpose is to manage manufacturing activities within an assigned manufacturing unit to ensure safety, regulatory and schedule compliance; cost containment, training and employee development.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Managing the work and activities of production team leaders, operators and external resources who are responsible for various operations activities within a plant.
• Liaisoning with functional or other operational area managers to understand current and future needs and develops plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing operations activities (e.g. Process, Maintenance, Quality Assurance and Quality control, Engineering and Supply Chain).
• Developing and implementing schedules, procedures, product and site processes and allocates labor and capital resources to maximize productivity and ensure availability level.
• Responsible for performance improvement; safety, quality and environment; analyzing production, skill and competence development; maintenance and maintenance investments and inventory records to identify problems and recommend solutions.
• Contributing in prioritization, plans and managing operations processes (e.g. production, planning, delivery, inventory) to minimize disruptions to production schedules.
• Implementing and ensuring adherence to operations core principles.

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:

• High degree of technical knowledge in Nonwovens and related equipment capability.
• 10+ years of experience in the Nonwoven field, preferred.
• Good oral and written communication skills, record keeping, enforcement of rules and procedures, computer savvy, and the ability to resolve customer complaints and concerns.
• Ability to supervise, train, organize, prioritize, and schedule work assignments.
• Knowledge of budgets, costing, management principles, and procedures.
• Work with employee development and performance skills.
• Long hours, long weeks, trials that go into night shifts with flexible hours to accommodate customers and machine schedules.
• Working hands on with operators to demonstrate proper machine procedures.

Suominen manufactures nonwovens as roll goods for wipes and other applications. Our vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. The end products made of Suominen’s nonwovens are present in people’s daily life worldwide. Suominen’s net sales in 2024 were EUR 462.3 million and we have over 700 professionals working in Europe and in the Americas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

About Suominen Corporation

Suominen manufactures nonwovens as roll goods for wipes and other applications. Our vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. The end products made of Suominen’s nonwovens are present in people’s daily life worldwide. Suominen’s net sales in 2024 were EUR 462.3 million and we have over 700 professionals working in Europe and in the Americas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

For more information, please visit www.suominen.fi. You can also contact us at [e-mail] or [phone].