Job Description

• Lead and manage SKD assembly operations and aftersales in order to achieve a excellence performance and business focused targets 
• Manage teams in order to ensure a smooth production operation
• Identify, address and resolve any barriers that may hinder performance, i.e. policies, procedures, GADP practices etc.
• Ensure that employees reporting to you understand their role in terms of targets, quality, throughput, maintenance and costs.
• Ensure that workers receive accurate, useful and timeous information on their actual performance vs. targets.
• Coordinate with retailers, sales and finance to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure that the workers are equipped with the correct/effective tools to do the job. 
• Drive continuous improvements in all processes. 
• Manage the full shift to achieve the required KPI’s, (Quality, Volume, Safety etc.).
• Conduct daily Shop Floor Management (SFM) meetings to discuss the item on the board and how these will be resolved (limited to own SFM area and team)
• Conduct shift handover at the start and the end of a shift to ensure that all Quality related issues are understood and supplier related concerns are addressed. 
• Control scrap, rework, and take responsibility for the reduction thereof by means of monitoring, corrective and preventative action. 
• Manage complaints and the development of people effectively. 
• Set objectives; perform appraisals and control performance behaviour of group leaders.
• Assist hiring and disciplining of employees as well as the transferring of employees according to the relevant HR policies.
• Take responsibility for shift related Safety and Housekeeping (limited to own section). 
•  Monitor recurring defects and work back to source. 
• Assist in repair areas with Technical knowledge, expertise and coaching on how to repair faulty units, to reduce the number of off-line units. 
• Report reasons for losses and recommend corrective action.
• Participate in daily/Weekly Production Meetings and Audits.

Ensure sound application of VDA 6.1 and ISO 14001 principals.

Required Skills or Experience

• Leadership qualities to handle a broad spectrum of people and to interface successfully with different levels (including management) and departments.
• Ability to co-ordinate people
• Ability to make decisions 
• Knowledge of automotive production processes in order to determine future optimization and/or past failures.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication ability, both orally and written

Ability to ensure the company’s commitment to integrity and strategic objectives