Manager - ESS

This is what you’ll do:

• Promote a safe atmosphere by ensuring all safety standards and guidelines are met and lead by example
• Implement all relevant procedures described in the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensure compliance
• Develop in-house systems and procedures to meet the needs of external customers
• Respond to quality issues by putting in containment actions, full analysis, poka-yokes (error proofing), and implementing short-term and long-term countermeasures
• Update quality documentation and communicate to carry forward lessons learned from quality concerns in new customer contracts
• Ensure that plant schedule for vehicle builds is fulfilled by operation deliverables
• Introduce new systems and procedures where appropriate
• Undertake internal and process audits of the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Direct reports are: Group Leaders Team Leaders and production workers
• Establish and refine quality sign-off instructions, standards and documentation
• Report against agreed quality metrics People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Environment.
• In conjunction with the Supplier Quality Assurance function, reduce the effect of non-conforming supplier materials on the production area quality
• Produce written reports and make presentations
• Undertake continuous training and development
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required
• Develop, implement and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility
• Help set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
• Ensure KPIs are met
• Financial and Budget Control
• Input and hold responsibility for team budgets
• Responsible for achieving budget and forecast
• Responsible for the tracking and management of provided overtime budgets and efficiency percentages for the department.
• Self-Management
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
• Support encourage and develop team
• Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere
• Anticipates and overcomes obstacles
• Makes useful links to arrive at insightful plans and solutions
• Embraces personal challenge
• Confident, rounded thinking
• Takes ownership for team cohesion
• Is resilient, optimistic and open to change
• A self-starter, motivated and able to positively motivate others
• Focused, target driven with a positive, can-do attitude

This is what you’ll need:

• Significant experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, preferably automotive
• Cross-functional operations in a manufacturing setting
• Leadership experience preferred
• Experience of dealing with customers and suppliers
• Creative problem-solving skills
• College degree in a technical field preferred and/or
• 2-3 years manufacturing/engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing operation, preferably automotive
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to communicate in a high-pressure environment

This is where you’ll work:

Department: Manufacturing Battery

Location: Normal, IL