.Are you ready to guide a diverse production team towards achieving operational standards and surpassing production goals at Grundfos? Join us as an APU Manager and make an impactful difference in our manufacturing processes. What is the job about? As a Production Manager at Grundfos, your main responsibility will be to supervise and oversee the operations of an Autonomous Production Unit (APU), ensuring adherence in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) practices, quality standards, delivery targets, and cost control. Your great leadership skills will be key influencing the entire APU team, including direct, indirect, and functional members, towards achieving their goals and delivering optimum results.In this role, you will be fully accountable for MOD (Manufacturing Operations & Development) administration, in accordance with delegated authority, working closely with Production Supervisors. You will play a crucial role in promoting and ensuring compliance with internal rules and regulations, emphasizing Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) standards.As the Production Manager, you will directly promote initiatives related to process and product improvements, as well as maintenance activities, including corrective and scheduled maintenance. Continuous improvement will be at the heart of your responsibilities, driving efficiencies and enhancing overall performance.Your commitment to customer satisfaction will be vital, ensuring that production activities meet their expectations and requirements.This position reports directly to the Senior Plant Manager and will operate daily out of the San Luis Potosí, MX facility. Qualified candidates must have authorization to work in Mexico without support.Your main responsibilities: Lead and supervise the team, monitoring competences and fostering autonomy through training plans and actions implementation.Ensure compliance with working standards in the APU, focusing on safety, work instructions, and product quality.Apply standards and reaction plans consistently, escalating issues as per guidelines.Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly meetings, organize delegation, and conduct annual Performance and Development Dialogue (PDD) reviews.Promote a continuous improvement mindset and responsibility towards achieving targets within the APU, EMS, and turnover.Manage production activities to ensure customer satisfaction, tracking performance indicators such as FTT, NCs OPR, OTTR, and production scrap.Assign and verify corrective actions for recurring problems, escalating unresolved issues to relevant departments.Validate and communicate APU capacity for SIOP/MPS, ensuring compliance with weekly production plans.Support strategy deployment, sustainability index, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and GPS Plan.Establish and implement budget plans, taking corrective actions to achieve budget targets, conversion costs, and MRO consumptions
