Director Production

Job Description:

• To ensure that all personnel under your supervision and management are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the Company health, safety and environmental rules, regulations and policies.
• To manage and organize a multi-skilled workforce involved in fabrication, polishing, assembly and testing of specialized process plant for the brewery, chemical, dairy, food and pharma industries.
• Preparation of offers and quotations to internal GEA clients, participation in tenders and following up on enquires to convert them into work orders.
• To plan and co-ordinate labor and material flows in order to achieve delivery requirements, ensuring best utilization of available resources.
• Conduct regular production review meetings, prepare MIS reports, attend business and financial reviews, monitor and action global reporting requirements from various functions as required.
• Set, review and facilitate KRAs based on reporting requirements, focussed on achieving production targets, meeting the cost, quality and delivery requirements, and developing the facility's productivity capabilities.
• Propose and implement improvement schemes for enhancing production processes, controlling waste, minimizing defects and improving product quality, and / or identify economically viable external alternatives.
• To monitor performance and assess the current and future training and development needs for all team personnel, maintaining discipline and ensuring maximum availability of human resources.
• To help develop and maintain a high level of customer focus and commercial awareness within the production team.
• To liaise with other group companies to understand their existing techniques, practices and working methodologies for technology transfer purposes, in order to minimize duplication of effort and ensure the most successful outcomes.
• To identify the requirements for staffing, manufacturing equipment, facilities, systems and procedures to meet the ongoing and future needs of the business.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Limited direct influence on the results of the responsible site, reporting units and legal entity with low-risk potential for the group.
• Development and execution of initiatives and projects along set strategic frameworks and op. as well as financial goals with a rather short-term focus.
• Develop, sustain and improve new as well as existing systems, processes, procedures, standards, product, etc.

COMMUNICATION PARTNERS & DECISION-MAKING POWER:

• Internal: Within Global Production and with Global SCM & Procurement, Project Management and Engineering, GCC, SSC, Sales and Service, etc.
• External: Supplier, customers, external partners, etc.
• Prepares and influences decision-making as key stakeholder on a plant / site level
• Decision-making within area of responsibility, e.g. ensuring that raw materials, manpower and equipment are efficiently used for production and production tasks are completed on time

Educational Background:

• Colleges’ / Bachelors´ Degree in Engineering, preferably in the field of mechanical engineering, manufacturing, production, logistics or similar relevant field.

Professional Knowledge and Experiences:

• Minimum 5 years relevant work experience within a managerial role
• Solid knowledge, skills and understanding of production site & process management
• Practical know-how of state-of-the-art process organization methods and improvement tools (e.g. LEAN, Kaizen, JIT, etc.)
• Industrial background within a leading edge and complex process-oriented organisation
• Management of organisation unit including leading, coordinating dedicated teams, supervisors and staff.

Other Skills & Competencies:

• English (proficient), preferably local language (fluent)
• Leadership, team building, and management skills with the ability to mentor, lead and supervise teams
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all management levels
• Good analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and ability to think conceptionally
• Acts credibly, committed and fair
• Takes ownership & accountability