Operations Manager

Since 1998, we've been active in the Human Resources consulting market, providing regional coverage across four key areas of expertise : recruitment and selection, personnel leasing, assessment centers and consultancy. As leaders in Transylvania, we've expanded our reach to embrace a culture of continuous improvement, thereby strengthening our position in the Romanian and also regional market. This commitment underscores our dedication to evolve alongside the dynamic needs of our clients and the ever-changing landscape of the business environment.

Our success stems from the professionalism of our services, the multidisciplinary expertise of our consulting team and our ongoing collaboration with those who rely on our consultancy services.

Building long-term partnerships with clients across diverse industries such as IT&C, automotive, outsourcing, pharma, banking, FMCG and more, is our primary objective.

Our commitment to client orientation, teamwork, flexibility, excellence, dedication and responsibility reflects our aim to bring added value to our services.

Our client is a first-class global partner for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) looking for exceptional sealing, fluid transfer, compound and rubber components.

He / She will be responsible to manage overall Daily Plant operations, reporting directly to the Plant

Manager and leading :

1. Production & Process

2. Maintenance & Engineering

3. Lean and Continuous Improvement

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Ensures compliance with the rules and procedures in Safety, Audit, providing guidelines, on the shop floor with the support of the HSE department including the BBS ‘’Behavior based Safety’’ and the Safety visible leadership to anchor a strong proactive safety behavior on the shop floor.
• Plans and organizes daily activities related to Production departments (Mixing – Extrusion and finishing) including technical management, supervision, control of industrial production processes whilst Leading daily SQDCP management operations routines.
• Measures and ensures a daily tracking of Operations Industrial Performance by analyzing Plant performance dashboard (Production output, OEE, ConQ, Plant Scrap, Efficiency, machines breakdowns, Safety, Absenteeism, customer claims…) financial data (Plant Margin, Manufacturing variances, stock value...) and activity reports.
• Size plant operations headcount and determines labor needs to meet Production goals.
• Investment plans, all maintenance activities related to machines, buildings and utilities, the industrialization activities related to the launch of new products (from feasibility analysis to series production), and the improvement of production processes through Lean and Kaizen workshops.
• Partner and coordinate with Supply chain department from receiving materials until shipping to customers to meet customer orders demand on time in full. Contribute to build the S&OP with Sales department, then prepare the Production planning (MPS) until the detailed scheduling per lines and product families.
• Prepare the annual Maintenance budget including (Spare parts, Labor, contractors) to deploy and execute the maintenance strategy by Equipment (corrective, preventive, predictive).
• Supports the deployment of changes, such as layout optimization, implementation of new lean projects initiatives, engineering changes, acting as a link between production and technical teams.
• Coordinates with other support departments such as human resources, finance, Quality, Supply chain and Sales to ensure successful production operations.

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