Assistant Manager Stamping

Provide strategic and functional support in all areas of Stamping Production Engineering including:
•Following area strategy relative to manufacturing functions and assisting the team in translating those strategies into actions. Key focus must be placed on floor side support of production, maintenance, engineering, and material conveyance.
•Directing staff to ensure that the maintenance goals in support of production are met adequately and in a timely manner.
•Ensuring the Hoshin (business plan) is implemented efficiently and effectively and all activity is in alignment to support it.
•Ensuring that company policies, practices, standards, and programs are consistently followed.
•Ensuring a diverse workforce environment
•Developing a strong working relationship with the production team at all levels to ensure excellent communications and understanding of both floor side and plant issues.
•Production:
•Develop standardized work methods for preventative and emergency maintenance considering safety, quality, and productivity.
•Understanding floor issues and directing the maintenance team to take action.
•Managing technical and non technical issues
•Human Relations:
•Maintain a high degree of floor presence to enable good understanding of required Team Member support Develop Team Member based Kaizen (continuous improvement) initiatives.
•Develop strong floor side company culture.
•Technical:
•Identify equipment bottlenecks and countermeasures.
•Support Yokoten (idea-sharing) activity related to major problems/failures.
•Identify problems and develop and recommend countermeasures.
•Support new model development (new equipment verification, lay-out investigation, identify weak points & countermeasures; develop communication strategy reporting progress and issues to senior management).
REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience:
•Bachelor's Degree in Engineering field (Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical preferred)
•5-10 years automotive manufacturing experience
•Automotive Stamping experience a plus
•Cross functional understanding of automotive manufacturing a plus
•Project Management experience