**Product Line Manager, MV GIS, NAM**:
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For the MV GIS Switchgear product group in North America, ensure profit & loss and business growth through the local representation of the Global Product Group.
Work with the local country operations management of the Local Product Group to functionally oversee all aspects related to operations of a local product group including Production, Engineering, Procurement, Quality & Operational Excellence and Logistics.
**This position reports to**:
Local Product Group Manager
**Your responsibilities**:
- Implements the Global Product Group strategy in the country, and ensures business development, including profit and loss (P&L), in domestic and allocated market.
Provides input to the Global Product Group strategy.
Participates in the Local Division strategy development in partnership with local management teams.
- Ensure implementation of the global business unit/product group manufacturing/execution strategy in the country within the area of responsibility.
Provides input to global business unit/product group strategy.
Develops proactive strategies to increase business profits, customer satisfaction and operational effectiveness.
- Ensures development of performance targets in line with global targets and ensures achievement through regular oversight and definition of improvement actions as needed.
- Ensures achievement of established targets, through oversight and definition of improvement actions as needed.
Focuses on achievement of operating cash flow, project on-time and on-cost, requested on-time delivery (ROTD) and cost reduction.
- Ensures production and/or execution of high-quality products, services and processes.
Monitors quality metrics, identifies opportunities for improvement in local execution, and oversees improvement activities.
- Executes business unit/product group Quality strategy.
Drives quality improvement through target setting, monitoring and benchmarking to continuously improve processes.
Executes quality management for monitoring and validating day to day control of processes.
Ensures manufacturing operations are in compliance with applicable standards.
Drives continued improvements in productivity, delivery performance and cost optimization.
- Ensures the execution of projects according to agreed targets in terms of schedule, quality, financial results, and customer satisfaction.
- Delivers operational/project targets (e.g.
ROTD, lead time, quality, etc.)
to improve net promoter score (NPS).
Ensures that manufacturing resources implement improvements that address issues identified through Customer Complaint Resolution Process (CCRP), Internal Transactional Partnership Survey (ITPS), Top 5 Quality Initiatives (T5QI) and other voice of the customer initiatives.
- Assists the operations teams to ensure proper manufacturing/execution and processes.
Implements localization plan.
Improves manufacturing technology and competence in line with business unit/product group strategy.
Production is primarily via other LPGs and third parties.
**Your background**:
- Master's degree or Bachelor´s degree in Engineering.
- Minimum of give 5 years of progressive operational, engineering, or project management experience in protection and automation.
- Six Sigma Green belt or higher certification or training.
- PMP certification.
- Minimum of three 3 years management experience.
- Experience in executing complex projects in the area of switchgear.
- Experience in change management and driving business growth through operational excellence skills.
- Proficient with MS Suite.
- Strong fluent written and spoken English language skills.
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