Center Production Manager - Lean & Quality Leader

Kautex Textron; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Kautex Textron in Detroit seeks a Plant Center Manager to lead safety, quality and productivity. You will cascade goals, control performance, drive continuous improvement and manage local customer requirements.

The role requires a university degree in engineering, 3+ years of management, 2–3 years leading a center, 1 year of commercial experience, and proficiency with HR tools (PMP/IDP), production planning methods and SAP/Office tools.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or comparable.
• Min. 3 years management experience.
• 2-3 years experience in leading a center.
• 1 year of commercial experience.
• HR tools and ability of their application (PMP, IDP etc.), knowledge of managerial and motivation tools, conflict management etc.)
• Knowledge of production planning methods
• IT skills: AI Literacy, Outlook, Office, SAP and other software

Responsibilities

• Create a continuous improvement culture to ensure safety, quality and productivity
• Cascade targets and strategy goals and objectives to direct reports
• Control of goal achievement
• Identify cost reductions potentials and check monthly achievement
• Management of local customer relationships and requirements
• Engage in introduction of standardized work.
• Use efficiently LEAN/SIX SIGMA and participate in AOP process.
• Participate actively in organizing launches of new productions, approving and receiving of new projects into mass production.
• Center management via key figures and benchmarks
• Management of personnel employment according to economical aspects. Development of subordinates through use of PMP.
• Organization and control of the implementation and use of all regulations laid out by the legislator of the employer
• Create positive working environment and culture to retain employees
• Ensure that all issues regarding EHS and quality are implemented and observed according to IATF 16949. The same applies for EHS and other relevant regulations , in particular ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001
• Ensure that existing and new programs fit to quality and cost requirements
• Coordinate and execute center related audits, internal and external
• Monitor and analyze basic production indicators
• Make efficient use of visual tools in the plant and ensure feedback
• Manage the daily production plan in order to meet the customer's demands with optimum costs and maximum quality.
• Participate in logistic processes, e.g. optimization of material flows.
• Be responsible for identification of needs to invest into devices, for their integration into budget and for monitoring of the defined budget.
• Manage solution of qualitative problems from the customer and towards the suppliers under support of the relevant functions

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

People management

Production planning

Leadership

Education

University degree in Engineering or comparable

Tools

SAP

Outlook

Office

PMP

IDP

AI Literacy

Job description

Kautex Textron in Detroit seeks a Plant Center Manager to lead safety, quality and productivity. You will cascade goals, control performance, drive continuous improvement and manage local customer requirements.

The role requires a university degree in engineering, 3+ years of management, 2–3 years leading a center, 1 year of commercial experience, and proficiency with HR tools (PMP/IDP), production planning methods and SAP/Office tools.