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SOMFY Group

Builds motors and connected controls for homes and buildings

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Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Zriba Village, Tunisia
In Person
Manufacturing & Production Operations

About the job

Requirements
  • Bac+3 or engineering-level academic education.
  • Experience in production.
  • Experience in personnel management.
  • Fluent French.
  • Knowledge of efficiency, TRP, quality, scrap, and workshop stock management.
  • Knowledge of continuous improvement and production management tools, including AIC, 8D, and Ishikawa.
  • Knowledge of Lean tools, including Hoshin, 5S, and Kanban.
Responsibilities
  • Ensure the production cell meets its safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
  • Manage all operators on the team.
  • Coordinate functional interactions with support services, including quality, planning, maintenance, and methods.
  • Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly SQDCM and 5S performance, and lead the improvement projects, PA, and 8D actions needed to achieve performance targets.
  • Welcome and integrate new hires into the production cell.
  • Identify, recognize, and develop team members’ skills, including versatility and multi-skilling.
  • Ensure compliance with internal regulations and discipline within the team.
  • Ensure manufacturing procedures and safety rules are applied.
  • Ensure proper use and protection of the machines, tooling, and measuring equipment provided to the cell.
  • Report any safety or environmental risks identified in the cell.
  • Analyze cell performance indicators, including safety, TRP, efficiency, defect rate, scrap, stock, service level, schedule adherence, 5S audit results, and absenteeism; indicators are shared across two or three rotating teams in the same cell.
  • Lead the daily AIC, which is mandatory and non-delegable.
  • Lead the Hoshin, 5S, and 8D improvement projects needed to achieve the cell’s performance targets.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of English.

About the company

SOMFY Group designs and manufactures motors, controls, and connected systems for openings and closures in homes and buildings. Its products automate shutters, blinds, curtains, gates, garage doors, and other access points, combining mechanical movement with electronic controls. The group serves manufacturers, installers, building professionals, and household users through an international network of brands, production sites, and distribution operations. Its connected-home offering lets occupants coordinate equipment, adjust living conditions, and manage access or security from digital interfaces. Founded in 1969, SOMFY Group is headquartered in Cluses, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Cluses, France

Founded

1969

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