Production Manager

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

• •Guides department activities to hold up design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and helps on test procedures.
• •Explores technology trends and market demand to plan projects.
• •Contributes with management, production, and marketing staff to resolve manufacturing feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• •Travel expiation of 10% domestic and international
• •Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• •Partners with team and management in the development of the strategic plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the function.
• •Reviews and establishes material, equipment, and manpower resource requirements.
• •Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply to meet customer requirements.
• •Coordinates production activities with other functional groups such as planning and distribution.
• •Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
• •Accountable for controlling manufacturing operation and ensuring that production quality and cost targets are met.
• •Working in extremely complex problems where the research of situations or data from an evaluation of intangible factors.
• •Reviews budgets and schedules required by management.
• •Regulate relations with the executives and/or major customers to maintain relationships with them.
• •Resolve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading management levels for the achievements of the plant.

• •Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related field) or equivalent experience in Automotive Industry
• •5+ years of manufacturing leadership
• •Lean Six Sigma Black Belt strongly desired.
• •Expertise in world class global standard practice implementation of systems and tools
• •Expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.
• •Advanced people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• •Knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, Automotive industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
• •Expert use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, word processing, spreadsheet (PC), presentation and database software.
• •Expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills

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• •Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• •Life Insurance
• •Short-term and Long-term Disability
• •Matching 401(k) Contributions
• •Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• •Tuition Reimbursement