Production Unit Manager

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too

Who you are:

• Develop and coordinate the unit. Responsible for securing that the unit meets short to mid-term goals and customer expectations. Actively work with operational interfaces, communicate and coordinate.

About the job:

• Responsible for the performance and output of the unit, including financial responsibility
• Set and follow up targets for the unit, broken down from factory level
• Drive the development of the unit
• Responsible for
  • safety of the people, processes and manufactured/delivered products
  • quality + Q-system
  • delivery
  • cost
• Secure Standardized work & SOP
• Participate in making the Operational plan
• Make costing update for the unit
• Support and initiate supplier development activities together with support functions
• Support Problem Solving & Improvement activities
• Understand and deal with the real problems of the unit by being present
• Involved in new product development and give input to EPD (Existing Product Development)
• Secure the result of Continuous Improvement activities in the unit, including Lean Six Sigma and 5S
• Perform audits according to ALPS
• Responsible for that Supply chain processes within the unit are implemented and maintained
• More detailed description of work tasks is given in the Standardized work for UM.

What you know:

• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3 years Leadership and management skills and experience
• 5-10 years of experience from production/manufacturing company
• Experience from improvement tools, e g 5S, Six Sigma, Kaizen
• Project work experience

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.