Production Manager

Description

• Support industrial/manufacturing engineers and lead continuous improvement initiatives across the production floor.
• Confirm and validate SAP job hours, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting.
• Monitor critical metrics and implement corrective and preventive actions to ensure operational excellence.
• Champion and foster a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards through close collaboration with EHS department.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve design issues and support manufacturability.
• Generate and handle non-conformance reports for missing or defective materials.
• Drive the assembly operations to meet internal and external deadlines, ensuring efficient internal scheduling and resource utilization for all the processes.
• Drive Operations and Business Unit (BU) led initiatives to drive performance and growth.
• Work on processes to make them faster, efficient and work with departments to drive productivity, standardization and digitalization.
• Lead and coordinate production activities across multiple shifts and product lines within the switchgear factory and lead a team of supervisors.
• Ensure alignment with quality standards, Lean-manufacturing principles, and top operational practices.
• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams, promoting collaboration and accountability.

Requirements

• Drive cost productivity programs (knowledge of internal OPW tool is a plus).
• Strong understanding of lean manufacturing, production systems, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of Siemens processes, policies, tools, IT infrastructure, culture and products is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience working in Siemens Factory/BU performance and growth programs is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of proven experience in an Engineer-to-Order (ETO) switchgear and switchboard manufacturing environment in multiple departments within a switchgear factory (e.g., production, planning, material management, order management, assembly, testing etc.).
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office is required; presentation skills are a plus.
• Proficiency in SAP and familiarity with cost efficiency tools; experience with Siemens OPW system is a strong advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• Proven leadership experience, including team management and cross-departmental collaboration.
• Ability to analyze data and make informed decisions to improve production efficiency.
• Familiarity with Six Sigma, Lean or other process improvement frameworks.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance