Head of Plant Management

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.

Strategy Development Implementation and Change Management:

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

Entrepreneurial Responsibility Finance/Controlling

plan optimize and control all activities in order to perform the following tasks
fulfill the market/customer requirements
improve plant cost structure (fix and variable)
agree on adjusted targets with the BU in case of major deviation to the budget (sales drop product mix changes etc.)
evaluate and define activities to achieve or improve the financial and operational business goals
review and authorize eCR ePR and purchase orders (if applicable also for an operations unit)
evaluate and define actions to meet financial variations related to scrap manufacturing and price
coordinate strategies to improve inventory changes and minimize inventory
ensure compliance with legal regulations (e.g. working hours environment protection) and internal rules and procedures

Production and Supply Chain Management

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 shortterm customer requirements and unplanned occurrences within the operations unit in order to obtain the optimal load and achieve the maximum customer satisfaction (ontime deliveries)

Product and Process Industrialization and Manufacturing Engineering

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 rampup and rampdown 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)

Quality Management and Continental Business System; Environment Safety and Health; and Human Resource

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree  in mechanical engineering industrial engineering business administration or a related discipline
• 10   years of professional experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5 years of experience in the rubber or plastic business and an understanding of its environment
• 3 or more years of strategic and business planning experience
• Crossfunctional 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) 
• 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
• International experience: experience in working with international teams and understanding different foreign cultures stayed abroad or has a professional international assignment for at least 1 year

Preferred Qualifications

Project and/or process experience: 3 or more years acting as project manager in the area of lean production or leadership of an international project involving multiple locations

Additional Information :

We will prioritize internal employees applications.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEOStatement:

EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to unlawful consideration to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity age religion national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition as a federal contractor Continental complies with government regulations including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans where they apply. To be considered you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process please reply to  or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes such as following up on an application or nondisability related technical issues will not receive a call back.

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