Production Unit Leader 1 2nd Shift
BENTELERAbout the role
Division: BENTELER Automotive
Functional Area: Production
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 45.00
Required Languages: English
Requisition ID: 39676
At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!
Position Responsibilities
- Responsible for a particular manufacturing technology (e.g. welding, stamping, hot forming) within a unit
- Ensures that products in his production unit are produced on time, are of good quality and meet or exceed all customer and company standards
- Creates flow efficiency by usage of value stream mapping
- Drives continuous improvement through implementation and application of BOSLE principles and best practices
- Steers and ensures daily routines (e. g. Morning Meetings) to install a mindset of continuous improvement and problem solving
- Executes new project launches by making capacities available for tryouts (equipment, manpower, …), R@R as a core team member for production
- Ensures and follows safety procedures within the production organization being attentive to unsafe behaviors or conditions and taking necessary corrective actions
- Ensures that planned KPIs are met or exceeded
- Identifies and solves problems affecting production throughput, quality, or cost performance and for optimizing manpower and equipment efficiency and utilization by usage of BOSLE tools and problem solving
- Ensures adherence to rigorous predictive and preventive maintenance schedules that increase efficiency and extend the useful life of capital equipment
- Develops and validates team leaders, training, and assessment for standardized work
- Prepares and maintains personnel training/performance records and attendance tracking for continuous development of employees
- Promotes a respectful work environment and recruits, develops, and retains human resources to maintain a qualified, motivated and productive workforce. Leads by example and lives up to BENTELER’s mission, values and global leadership principles. Uses standard HR tools e.g., the appraisal process to provide regular feedback and agree upon tasks and goals with respective employees
- Provides support to all activities assigned by the direct supervisor.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a combination of education and experience
- Minimum 5 years Automotive Experience managing 100+ people
- Knowledge and application of Lean Manufacturing, ISO, and TS guidelines as well as IATF 16949
- This is an off shift opportunity, must be able to work 2nd or 3rd shift
Your contact
Ron Maynard
BENTELER Human Resources
Phone:
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The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with around 25,000 colleagues in nearly 27 countries.
The same is true in our BENTELER Automotive division. This is where intelligent solutions for the automotive world are born—and where we, as a partner, provide answers on central topics like safety, the environment, and efficiency to nearly every major automotive manufacturer. Whether it's the body, the chassis, or the engine, we’re constantly setting new standards with the products, materials, and technologies we develop and produce. Inventiveness that makes sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!
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