Senior Production Leader - Safety, Quality & Lean Ops

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

Job summary

Johnson Controls in Ciudad de Mexico is seeking a senior production leader to manage a manufacturing area. This role emphasizes daily execution, team leadership, and disciplined performance across safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.

You will work closely with supervisors and cross-functional partners to manage staffing, scheduling, line balance, scrap and rework, and continuous improvement initiatives.

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.
• Ability to interpret KPIs and financial results and turn them into clear actions.
• Experience with continuous improvement methods such as JCMS, 5S, Kaizen, Lean.

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.
• Support safety training and maintain a safe, healthy, and well-organized work environment.
• Partner with quality, maintenance, planning, and other functions to remove barriers to execution.
• Track KPIs and financial indicators, then implement actions that improve operational results.
• 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 management

Scheduling & line balancing

KPIs & cost metrics

Continuous improvement (5S/Kaizen/Lean

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Coaching & development

Job description

Johnson Controls in Ciudad de Mexico is seeking a senior production leader to manage a manufacturing area. This role emphasizes daily execution, team leadership, and disciplined performance across safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.

You will work closely with supervisors and cross-functional partners to manage staffing, scheduling, line balance, scrap and rework, and continuous improvement initiatives.