Production Manager

THE COMPANY

Our client is a global European company with a hot dip galvanizing plant in Tecate, Mexico serving structural steel projects and steel fabricators, solar, and automotive customers, among others. Our client seeks a production manager to lead them in their next growth phase. This production manager must be able to grow into a Plant Manger within the next year.

THE POSITION

Essential Job Functions:

• The Production Manager is responsible for leading and motivating shift production supervisors to meet production output targets in a timely manner.
• Sets-up the right organization and priorities in conjunction with the Interim Plant Manager.
• Work closely together with the Interim Plant Manager, to raise volumes and to improve Quality in the plant.
• Communicates with the customers, solves problems, and implements corrective actions.
• Create and control budget and work according to budgets.
• Work close with quality to meet quality standards and to establish a sustainable quality outcome.
• Elaborate ways to improve the plant performance continuously.
• Set-up KPI’s, set targets and measure performance.
• Promote a winning culture and a performance management culture based on KPI’s.

THE CANDIDATE

Candidate Qualifications:

• Previous successful experience as a Production Manager or similar in a manufacturing environment in Mexico. A strong production operations background is required. Familiarity with planning.

• Knowledge of materials management, purchasing, supply chain, quality, maintenance and process engineering is desirable.
• Has the tenacity, leadership and results orientation to be able to grow to a plant manager in 6 to 12 months.
• Experience in Galvanizing would be a bonus. Automotive manufacturing background a plus.
• Experience in Steel treatment is desired.
• Understands standard costs and has experience with budgets (i.e., budget control).
• Leader with fairness who collaborates with and who is willing to work with people.
• Able to develop leaders and people.
• Structured and methodical attitude.
• Hands on mentality.
• Fast learner.
• Acts as a change agent (willing to change things) and keeps things moving forward (motivated and disciplined).
• Chemical or Industrial Engineering degree or similar is preferred.
• English proficiency. Fluent in Spanish.