Fluids Production Manager

Your Contribution 

As a Fluids Production Manager reporting to the Head of Operations – Fluid Systems, you will be responsible for managing production activities as well as achieving production targets in quality, productivity, efficiency, capacity, safety, cost control, 5S, staff development and customer service.  This position also directs teams to effectively manage respective departments while ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, federal requirements and the Company’s policies and procedures.  The Manager and Head of Production is a member of the Plant Management Team, which develops and implements the organization’s short-term and long-term strategic plan.

This role is responsible to:

• Supervise a Team of 6 Production Supervisors and 200+ associates.
• Manage and lead teams in all direct and indirect production processes required to produce and deliver a variety of finished products.
• Talent management responsibilities include mentoring, coaching, and developing lower-level management and conducting performance reviews.
• Develop, maintain, and report production-related information regarding efficiencies and labor utilization.
• Oversee operations to ensure that waste and production costs are minimized while maintaining safety and quality standards.
• Monitor manpower requirements to ensure that production quotas are met.
• Approve and ensure adherence to production schedules.
• A change agent for safety and 5S on the production floor.
• Execute production schedules set by the planners and collaborating with Engineering to solve process related problems.
• Develop Lean Manufacturing techniques to increase productivity, throughput and customer satisfaction.
• Lead Kaizen projects.

Your Experience & Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, Business Management, Operations Management, or related discipline from a four-year college or university.  
• 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. 5 years as a Manufacturing Production Manager.
• Proven & effective facilitation, leadership, mentoring, and training skills.
• Ability to provide decisive leadership and team facilitation in the face of adversity - define tasks clearly, identify and coordinate resources, and execute a go-forward plan.
• Ability to define goals, metrics, and levels of success for internal/external customers.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive, productive, problem-solving and high-performance work teams.  Ability to communicate effectively and to direct work of others.
• Proven planning abilities, including successful execution of such plans.
• Proven execution of change management within an organization.
• Excellent presentation skills with ability to present information to top management, public groups, and/or board of directors.
• Knowledgeable of duties and responsibilities in accordance with health and safety legislation in Tennessee (OSHA/TOSHA).
• Working knowledge of ISO14001, TS16949.
• SAP knowledge is preferred but not required.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications.

Our Offering 

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)  

For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you, click here. and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group click here. 

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people. 

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com