Sr Manager of Production

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems products services and digital applications Voith sets standards in the markets of energy paper raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867 the company today has around 20700 employees sales of 48 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Sr. Manager of Production
Appleton WI

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Reasons youll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Tuition reimbursement

Summary:

The Manager of Production is responsible for the strategic and operational performance of multiple production areas of a large complex operation. This position provides advanced leadership in safety quality delivery cost and people development while driving operational execution and long-term continuous improvement initiatives.

This position will partner closely with Operations Design Quality Sales and Commercial leaders to align manufacturing execution with business strategy customer commitments and growth objectives. This role provides direct leadership guidance and alignment to Area Managers and Production Supervisors to ensure consistent execution accountability and performance across production areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads production areas to achieve site objectives for safety quality delivery cost productivity and production output.
• Aligns Area Managers Production Supervisors and employees around business priorities performance expectations and individual accountability.
• Provides leadership direction and support to ensure consistent execution of production plans standard work and operational priorities across production areas.
• Monitors performance results identifies gaps and drives documented corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manages production schedule performance staffing needs capacity constraints and workflow in a complex multi-step manufacturing operation.
• Communicates regularly with plant employees and the leadership team regarding performance objectives results successes challenges and changing priorities.
• Promotes a culture where safety quality standardized systems creativity and continuous improvement work together to deliver consistent results.
• Recognizes strong performance and addresses performance gaps through coaching accountability and appropriate corrective action.
• Coaches and develops the production leadership team to strengthen leadership capability career growth and succession readiness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Management Business or a related field required; equivalent manufacturing leadership experience may be considered where applicable.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience in a complex production or industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading supervisors area leaders or multi-shift production teams with accountability for safety quality delivery cost productivity and output.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational execution structured problem solving lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.

Standout Qualifications:

• Strong leadership presence with the ability to align teams communicate priorities and drive accountability across multiple production areas.
• Experience managing production schedules staffing needs capacity constraints and workflow in a multi-step manufacturing operation.
• Proven ability to lead change manage projects and sustain process improvements across cross-functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal coaching and people management skills with experience developing supervisors or production leaders.
• Experience working in a union manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems such as SAP; experience using operational performance metrics dashboards or reporting systems preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Work is performed in a heavy industrial environment with exposure to noise heat and moving machinery.
• Must be able to stand walk and move throughout the production area for extended periods.
• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) must be worn as required.

* This job description is not all encompassing; however it is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color LGBTQI community women individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen) Veterans people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.