Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!
Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
1. Knowledge of production KPIs and the ability to communicate the KPIs to production staff.
2. Able to interact well with all levels of the organization.
3. Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance.
4. Motivate and develop a cohesive production team.
5. Communicate and enforce company policies for safety, quality, and the environment.
Additional Responsibilities
6. Maintain production and attendance records
7. Ability to achieve goals and drive results.
8. Shift Supervision coverage for other departments on same schedule.
9. Ability to make timely decisions to maintain production output and be able to quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
10. Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs and provide a safe work environment.
Organization
11. Reports to: Plant/ Production Manager
12. Direct Reports: Shift Leads, Direct Production Staff
Interactions
13. Quality
14. HSE
15. Engineering
16. Warehouse
Qualifications:
Work Experience and Education
17. Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or technical discipline, minimum
18. 5+ years of production experience
Specific knowledge
19. Excellent communication skills with very strong interpersonal abilities.
20. Strong leadership skills.
21. SAP experience preferred.
22. Lean Manufacturing (or similar process) skills required with proven ability to lead and drive this type of program in a manufacturing environment.
23. Strong ability to coach employee’s and manage employee conflicts. Must be organized, have an eye for detail, and able to put ideas into tangible form
Specific competencies
24. Excellent presentation and written/verbal communication and report writing skills
25. Ability to work independently and collaboratively
26. Ability to prioritize & manage multiple responsibilities to critical project disciplined collaboration
27. Excellence in Execution
28. Innovative Development through review and re-design of own area