Bosch Home Comfort

Makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment

Front Line Manager - Shift In charge for Spark plug Ceramics area

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
At least 1 year of experience in manufacturing and process planning is required.
Advanced knowledge of product and component function, construction, drawings, bill of materials, and product data sheets is required.
Competent knowledge of production management, manufacturing processes, and measurement techniques is required.
Advanced knowledge of operations management, standing orders, the Bosch Code of Business Conduct, and related statutes is required.
Advanced knowledge of work safety, environment, and health practices and regulations is required.
Advanced knowledge of product liability, quality management, lean management, Bosch Production System elements, and product costing is required.
Advanced communication, conflict management, and interpersonal skills are required.
Advanced proficiency with information technology tools, including SAP, manufacturing execution systems, and Microsoft Office, is required.
Advanced skill in troubleshooting minor interruptions and problem solving is required.

Responsibilities

Supervise shift operations of value streams and sub-value streams, manage and motivate shop-floor associates, facilitate efficient value creation, mentor entry-level associates, coach and develop associates, ensure conformance to safety, quality, and shop-floor standards, maintain industrial relations and shop-floor discipline, follow deviation management and continuous improvement, and achieve targeted operational results.
Organize the production setup according to the production schedule, assign tasks to associates, follow standard procedures, methods, Bosch Production System requirements, and work instructions, and steer primary production activities to fulfill shift safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets.
Conduct and document checks and layered process confirmations to ensure conformance to safety, quality, and shop-floor standards. Record shift events, including attendance, breakdowns, quality issues, criticality, and performance; summarize shift events and performance; and hand over to the next shift front-line manager to maintain production continuity.
Track production performance and efficiency key performance indicators, including overall equipment effectiveness, first-pass yield, scrap, tool life, leveling, and fulfillment; identify and record deviations; and collaborate with cross-functional team members or escalate impediments to define and execute corrective actions that restore and stabilize target performance.
Organize and lead daily shift and safety, quality, cost, and delivery meetings with associates, cross-functional team members, managers, and vendors to communicate company initiatives, goals, challenges, successes, projects, discipline, and performance.
Engage proactively with associates to provide an open forum for concerns and grievances. Clarify, advise, counsel, resolve, or raise topics to superiors fairly and transparently to safeguard associate and management interests and support a progressive work environment.
Motivate and coach associates to engage in learning, problem solving, and identifying manufacturing improvement opportunities, including Kaizen and safety, quality, cost, and delivery suggestions. Implement organizational change initiatives to improve value-stream performance.
Organize and train new associates for production lines, monitor existing associates’ skill levels, and organize training and coaching so associates understand process requirements, procedures, and controls needed for safety, efficiency, and defect-free production.
Follow defined manufacturing process standards, including drawings, product data sheets, statistical process control, plan for every part, and gauge validity. Conduct checks for manufacturing release at shift start and changeover, and execute deviation management when needed to ensure defect-free production.
Compile, consolidate, and report shop-floor deliverables, including SAP reporting, input hours, rejection quantities, and downtime, to support management visibility of performance in cost review, inventory, order tracking, associate payment, maintenance, and budgets.

Job Description

The purpose of this position is to supervise shift operations of Value stream / Sub Value streams, manage & motivates shop-floor associates, facilitates efficient value creation, mentors entry level associates, coaches & develop associates, ensure conformance to safety, quality & shop-floor standards, maintain IR & shop floor discipline, follow deviation management & continuous improvement to achieve targeted operational results.

Production Management : Organize production setup as per production schedule, assign task to associates, follow standard procedures, methods, BPS & work instructions, adapt & steer primary production activities to fulfill SQCD targets of the shift.

Daily shop Management: Conduct & document checks / LPC to ensure conformance to safety, quality & shop-floor standards. Record shift events (attendance, breakdowns, quality issues, criticality, performance, etc). Summarize shift events & performance and handover to next shift FLM to ensure seamless production continuity

Performance Management: Track production performance and efficiency KPI (OEE, FPY, scrap, tool life, leveling, fulfillment, etc.), identify and record deviations, collaborate with CFT members or escalate impediments to define & ensure execution of corrective actions to restore & stabilize targeted performance conditions

Communication & collaboration: Organize & lead daily meetings (shift, SQCD, etc) with associates, CFT members, managers, vendors, etc, to communicate relevant topics, e.g. company initiatives, goals, challenges & success, projects, discipline, performance, etc, to uphold transparency, productivity & good working relationship.

Employee & industrial relation: Engage proactively with associates to sustain an open forum for them to voice their concerns, grievances, etc. Clarify, advice, counsel, resolve or raise topics to superiors in a fair, transparent & amicable manner to safe guard interests of associates & management and build a progressive work environment.

Continuous improvement and change initiatives: Motivate and coach associates into active engagement of learning, problem-solving & identifying potentials in manufacturing for Kaizens, suggestions on SQCD to enable operational excellence. Implement organizational change initiatives to bring transformational improvements to VS performance.

Coaching & skill development: Organize and train new associates for the production lines. Track & monitor skill levels of existing associates. Organize, train and coach them to understand the requirements and reasons behind various processes, procedures & controls planned to ensure safety, efficiency and defect free production.

Process management: Follow defined manufacturing process standards i.e. drawings, PDS, SPC, PFEP, Gauge validity and conduct checks to confirm release of manufacturing during Shift start / Change over and execute defined deviation management if needed to ensure defect free production.

Management reporting: Compile, consolidate and report shop floor deliverables e.g. SAP reporting, input hours, rejection qty, down-times, to enable management to visualize actual performance e.g. cost review, inventory, order tracking, associate payment, maintenance, budgets, etc. to accordingly steer business performance.

Qualifications

* B.E in Mechanical Engineering

* 1 years+ of experience in manufacturing and process planning.

Additional Information

Knowledge:

Advanced knowledge of product and component function / construction / drawings / BOM / PDS
Competent knowledge in production management, manufacturing processes & measurement techniques
Advanced knowledge of operations management, standing orders, Bosch Code of business conduct and related statutes
Advanced knowledge in work safety, environment & health practices and regulations.
Advanced knowledge in product liability, quality management, lean management , BPS elements & product costing

Functional Skills:

Advanced skill in communication, conflict management and interpersonal skills
Advanced IT tools: SAP, MES, MS office
Advanced skill in trouble shooting minor interruptions & problem solving

About the Company

Bosch Home Comfort

Makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment

Bosch Home Comfort makes heating, cooling and hot-water equipment for homes, commercial buildings and industrial users. Its portfolio combines electric heat pumps with gas-fired boilers and hybrid systems, giving customers different ways to control building temperatures and supply hot water. The business sells equipment through its brands' sales networks, with products adapted to regional building needs and energy requirements. Its inverter-driven heat pumps adjust compressor output to match demand rather than running constantly at full power. The Bosch business unit was formed through the merger of Bosch and Buderus heating activities in 2004 and is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Wetzlar, Germany
Founded: 2004

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