APS Manager

APS Manager

The Autoliv Production System (APS) Manager leads and drives the overall Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence strategy to deliver sustainable cost savings increase productivity and structurally improve operating margins. This role has direct impact on Operating Income competitiveness and long-term operational sustainability by embedding Lean principles financial discipline and performance governance across the organization.

What youll do:

Identify structural cost reduction opportunities across conversion costs direct and indirect labor scrap and rework / Drive a Zero-Defect Culture inventory and working capital.

Drive governance and portfolio management by prioritizing high-impact initiatives leading continuous improvement efforts ensuring projects meet timeline/cost/ROI targets and reporting performance and savings to executives.

Foster a high-performance culture by promoting APS principles building Lean capabilities across all levels delivering training and certifications and driving continuous improvement with measurable results.

Optimize structural costs by improving layout and line balance reducing variability enabling automation with strong ROI and driving gains in cost per unit OEE inventory and working capital.

What is required:

Bachelors degree in industrial Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering or related field

8 years of experience implementing Lean across multiple sites within automotive or manufacturing environment

Strong shop floor exposure.

Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing: line balancing takt time time sequences bottle neck LMPU JIT principles quality tools TPM basics VSM. Visual Fabric

Advance English proficiency required

Lean Certification (Green Belt or Black Belt preferred)

Whats in it for you:

Attractive compensation package

Recognition awards company events family events university discount options and many more perks.

Gender Pay Equality

Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race color religion national origin ancestry gender sexual orientation gender identify and/or expression age disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.