The Opportunity
Single Factory Manager is responsible for managing all operational aspects of a single production unit being accountable for the following areas: Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Production Operations, Quality Control, Manufacturing Repair & Maintenance Operations, Manufacturing Production Planning & Control, Environmental and Employee Health & Safety
How You Will Make An Impact
- Operational performance: Develops projects, programs, goals, and metrics to lead the organization to the highest level of operational performance while optimizing working capital.
- Collaborates with Operations Strategy Development function to implement world-class processes as well as CAPEX plans in the unit. Works in collaboration to drives synergies among other I&C units.
- Owns costs & performance in the factory to deliver revenue gross margin in line with Order gross margins and improve output of the unit.
- Operations improvement: Drive execution excellence in the factory by overseeing production processes, managing resources efficiently and implementing best practices to meet safety, quality, delivery, inventory and cost (SQDIC) targets.
- Budget: Participates in setting annual operation budget, oversees progress, and determines actions to cost issues as necessary in order to manage operations within the budget and resources.
- Customer Relations: Provide support to the unit to solve the issues with the customer
- Deliver strong S&OP processes, and professional project management across the value chain
- People leadership and Development: Ensures (with HR function support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed.
- Guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies.
- Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your Background
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration or related field. (master’s degree is a plus)
- Minimum 12 to 15 years of experience in Management, preferably in operations.
- Demonstrated ability to operate and deliver results in a multi-cultural environment
- Proven track record of success in driving operational excellence
- Strong customer management skills
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.