Company Description

ONE ContiTech - The first choice for material driven solutions.

Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?

Please join us and contribute to our goals with your role as Head of Plant Management Tlalnepantla.

Job Description

The mission of the position is to achieve plant goals in terms of quality, cost, assets and delivery based on approved budget, through the coordination of plant activities and optimization of plant efficiency in accordance with company guidelines. Furthermore, the Head of Plant Management is responsible for the management of plant staff as well as upholding the principles of safety, security, environmental protection and corporate social responsibility.

• derive the plant strategy from higher level strategic targets, in order to ensure the expectations of the customer and the profit of the company
• prepare the plant and its employees to meet requirements (internal and external)
• actively drive change processes and guide the plant and its employees through times of change

• align the plant and customer interfaces
• implement efficient organization structures, procedures and processes according to BU, BA or group standards

• ensure high performance production processes with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as routing accuracy, process performance rate, delivery performance internal, manufacturing inventory valuations, overall equipment effectiveness)
• ensure high performance supply chain processes with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as delivery performance internal, manufacturing inventory valuations)
• ensure balancing between short-term customer requirements and unplanned occurrences within the operations unit in order to obtain the optimal load and achieve the maximum customer satisfaction (on-time deliveries)

• ensure manufacturability of products within the defined responsibilities on the basis of authorized budgets within the constraints of quality, quantity, delivering and cost goals
• supervise, support and control ramp-up and ramp-down projects within plant
• ensure capable production processes and equipment with respect to KPIs (e.g. CT standard KPIs such as routing accuracy, process performance rate, overall equipment effectiveness)

• ensure quality of components, processes and products in order to fulfill internal and customer targets
• promote implementation of quality standards and processes according to the Continental Quality Policy
• ensure successful implementation of corrective actions derived from audits
• drive and support the implementation of projects and initiatives to continually optimize and improve administrative and production processes in alignment with central plant CBS function

• ensure environment protection, operational safety and the enforcement of the company's values
• promote actively of continuous improvement of safety, environment and health in alignment with central plant ESH function

• ensure definition and implementation the entire human resource planning of internal and external employee capacity and qualification for the plant and definition of work, working hours and remuneration models
• ensure continuous knowledge and competency management as well as human resources development in alignment with central plant HR function
• cooperate trustfully with the works council (if existing) for the information and counsel obligation according to law and for labor negotiations and decisions of all legal issues concerning decisions related to the works constitution in alignment with central plant HR function

Qualifications

Education:

• university degree, preferably in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration or related discipline

Professional Experience:

• 10 or more years of professional experience
• 5 or more years of experience in rubber or plastic business and understanding of its environment
• 3 or more years of strategic and business planning experience
• cross functional experience in at least 2 different functional areas
• quality experience and knowledge either through work experience in the functional area quality (min. 2 years) or work experience as CBS Coach (min. 2 years) or a combination of defined quality certifications (incl. practical experience)

Project & Process Experience:

• 3 or more years as a project manager in the area of lean production
• leader of an international project involving multiple locations, preferred

Leadership Experience:

• 7 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in operational units such as a factory, with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals

Intercultural / International Experience:

• experience in working with international teams and understanding for different foreign cultures
• stayed abroad or has got professional international assignment for at least 1 year
• proficient in minimum 2 languages, English or German is mandatory

Additional Information

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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