Production Unit Manager

Job Title: Mold&Bladder Unit Manager Department: TP)
Production Management Team Shift: Core business hours are Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm Direct Report: Production Management Director

We are looking for someone who will lead, manage and coordinate all mold & bladder activities for continuous improvement of production efficiency in tire manufacturing, control processes to ensure optimal throughput efficiently, on time, within budget and to standard. You should be highly competent and comprehend complex operations. We also expect you to be able to optimize day-to-day activities while minimizing the costs.

• Actively support and drive a Safety Always Culture, a 5S workplace, consistent up, down, and across communication and continuous improvement as a way of work life
• Manage human and material resources to meet TP’s target requirements
• Maintain existing operating conditions and rapidly identify improvement opportunities
• Lead, demonstrate, and enforce TP safety protocols, compliance/ regulatory requirements, reporting, administration, budgeting, supplier base, customer expectations, etc.
• Establish, execute and monitor the Mold and bladder operation plan for plant expansion, drive continuous improvement
• Lead the implementation of more efficient processes by focusing on opportunities for improvement
• Monitor and assess performance of staff and hold staff to operational and leadership expectations; conduct performance appraisals; take immediate actions when underperformance is identified
• Lead and manage staff, ensure responsibilities are understood, hold others accountable, ensure consistency and never accept the status quo as acceptable
• Ensure efficient and effective collaboration between departmental suppliers and customers with regular communication and information
• Develop training materials, organize and provide timely and relevant training utilizing methods to ensure understanding and immediate application
• Manage budget and identify and drive cost control initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned by management

• Problem-solving ability:
  Analyze data to identify the root cause of given tasks, develop improvement plans to address the root cause, implement them, and monitor their effectiveness. Must be proficient in Excel and PowerPoint. Able to document and report the problem-solving process in a report

• Able to manage and direct subordinates to achieve goals, and to motivate them

• Understand the entire process (Disassembly – Cleaning – AVH cleaning – Inspection) and manage molds on the floor
• Manage the Mold inventory system to ensure precision and operational effectiveness
• Manage mold utilization in alignment with the team's comprehensive operational strategy

• Establish and implement mold handling and storage procedure for optimal maintenance conditions
• Manage budget for mold repair costs, drive cost improvement activities
• Manage and nurture client relationships with vendors for mold repair

• Develop full understanding of operating conditions of mold cleaning equipment
• Drive cost control initiatives through continuous improvement and productivity advancements of the mold cleaning procedure

• Establish expectations for mold inspection process to ensure mold conditions are maintained

• Develop full understanding of operating conditions for bladder to include warehousing procedures, ordering, specifications and nonconformities
• Monitor and assess bladder performance and life cycle
• Drive life cycle and cost improvement initiatives for bladder
• Reduce unused bladder quantity

• Manage efficiently to improve productivity

Education:

• Required:
  
  bachelor's degree
• Preferred: industrial engineering major or advanced degree in a related field

Experience:

• Required:
  
  5+ years of management or engineering experience in a manufacturing industry

Language:

• Required:
  
  good command of written and spoken English

Skills & Knowledge:

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning,…