Head of Product and Process Industrialization

• Lead product-specific ramp-up and change projects for new products materials equipment and relocated processes.
• Maintain and update production specifications parameters and documentation in line with standards.
• Create and revise production flow charts control plans and work instructions in collaboration with Quality and based on central R&D/Application Engineering guidelines.
• Conduct product-specific testing ensure and manage start-up and handover to series production.
• Update process FMEAs according to local conditions and standards.
• Support customer release processes (PPAP) including initial sample reporting.
• Identify and implement product and material optimization opportunities in alignment with central product development.
• Address and resolve quality issues including customer complaints and internal rejects in partnership with Quality.
• Drive process optimization to improve quality efficiency and capability (e.g. extrusion speed vulcanization cutting).
• Develop and maintain production cost calculations using lean principles.
• Define job instruction sheets and standard times through time studies.
• Ensure local implementation of central industrialization standards.

Provide feedback for continuous improvement of industrialization standards documentation and IT tools (e.g. FMEA software).

Qualifications :

• Experience in leading industrialization for rubber processing and production equipment
• New Product Launch experience - Greenfield as a plus

• Product and process industrialization related technologies systems infrastructures standards and processes

• Quality management (including quality policies systems and processes)

• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques

• String Lean Manufacturing principles methods and tools (e.g. production management system)

• Proved experience in Leadership & management skills leading process experts (incl. performance management and people development techniques)

• Spanish and English Fluent

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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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time