Senior Production Leader — Lean Manufacturing & Safety

Johnson Controls; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls seeks a senior production leader in Ciudad de Mexico to manage a manufacturing area with a strong focus on safety, quality, and disciplined execution. You will lead the area, supervise supervisors, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to optimize staffing, line balance, and productivity.

The role emphasizes delivering daily outputs, driving continuous improvement, and coaching teams to uphold KPI performance while reducing waste and downtime across the operation.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience leading production or manufacturing teams.
• Ability to supervise Production Supervisors and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong background in safety, quality, scheduling, line balancing, and overtime control.
• Experience interpreting KPIs and turning results into actions.
• Knowledge of Lean methods such as 5S, Kaizen, and JCMS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production area to meet safety, efficiency, profitability, and quality goals.
• Direct Production Supervisors and support personnel to deliver daily and weekly output targets.
• Manage scheduling, line balancing, build control, overtime, staffing, and production documentation.
• Review production and quality requirements, identify gaps, and drive timely corrective action.
• Monitor scrap, rework, and downtime, and support actions that improve throughput and cost performance.
• Coach and develop supervisors to strengthen accountability, problem solving, and day-to-day leadership.
• Promote standard work, housekeeping, and disciplined follow-up across the area.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Quality

Scheduling

Line balancing

KPIs

Cross-functional

Coaching

Decision making

Tools

JCMS

Job description

Johnson Controls seeks a senior production leader in Ciudad de Mexico to manage a manufacturing area with a strong focus on safety, quality, and disciplined execution. You will lead the area, supervise supervisors, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to optimize staffing, line balance, and productivity.

The role emphasizes delivering daily outputs, driving continuous improvement, and coaching teams to uphold KPI performance while reducing waste and downtime across the operation.