Production Supervisor - Lean & Kaizen Leader

Daimler Truck North America; Saltillo; On-site; MXN 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler Truck AG is seeking a skilled manufacturing process leader to supervise and optimize shop floor operations. You will manage daily production activities, implement lean practices, and lead continuous improvement projects to reduce costs and boost productivity.

Responsibilities include balancing workloads, ensuring process adherence, and driving changes across OUs to align with plant KPIs. Strong collaboration with logistics and engineering is expected to sustain safety and quality targets.

Qualifications

• Academic background in Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related degree.
• Lean manufacturing and process improvement tools experience preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing environments and knowledge of production systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate the establishment and continuous improvement of production processes and standard work.
• Execute process management and control activities, including line balancing and takt time monitoring.
• Foster collaboration across manufacturing teams for changeovers, pre-series activities, and product launches.
• Support OU Managers with workload balancing and KPI improvement initiatives.
• Define material placement and implement control systems to optimize shop floor handling.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Line balancing

VSM

PDCA

AMEF

Effective communication

Decision making

Analysis and problem solving

Influence and negotiation

Project management

Education

Industrial engineering

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Chemical engineering

Business Management

Tools

CAD

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

Daimler Truck AG is seeking a skilled manufacturing process leader to supervise and optimize shop floor operations. You will manage daily production activities, implement lean practices, and lead continuous improvement projects to reduce costs and boost productivity.

Responsibilities include balancing workloads, ensuring process adherence, and driving changes across OUs to align with plant KPIs. Strong collaboration with logistics and engineering is expected to sustain safety and quality targets.