Production Manager (Automotive)

Flex; Ciudad Juárez; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pantry vouchers

Saving Fund

Christmas bonus

Holiday bonus

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Production Manager (Automotive) in Juárez, Automotive Site to lead production activities, manage costs, and partner with cross-functional teams.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and intermediate English; you will guide staffing, budgeting, and process improvements to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Intermediate English.
• Demonstrates advanced people and/or process management skills and customer relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Guides department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, and improve production techniques.
• Explores technology trends and market demand to plan projects.
• Forecasts operating costs and directs budget requests.
• Coordinates production with planning and distribution.

Skills

Production management

Leadership

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Office software

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market‑leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Manager (Automotive) located in Juarez, Automotive Site.

Reporting to the Director, Operations the Production Manager’s role involves:

What a typical day looks like:

• Guides department activities to hold up design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and help on test procedures.
• Explores technology trends and market demand to plan projects.
• Contributes with management, production, and marketing staff to resolve manufacturing feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Partners with team and management in the development of the strategic plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the function.
• Reviews and establishes material, equipment, and manpower resource requirements.
• Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinates production activities with other functional groups such as planning and distribution.
• Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
• Accountable for controlling manufacturing operation and ensuring that production quality and cost targets are met.
• Working in extremely complex problems where the research of situations or data from an evaluation of intangible factors.
• Reviews budgets and schedules required by management.
• Regulate relations with the executives and/or major customers to maintain relationships with them.
• Resolve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading management levels for the achievements of the plant.
• Experience in Harnesses (desirable)

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Intermediate English.
• Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical areas or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.
• Demonstrates advanced people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependence of such processes at the site.
• To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, word processing, spreadsheet (PC), presentation and database software.
• Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
• Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Pantry vouchers
• Saving Fund
• Christmas bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance

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