Eaton's VEH NAA North America Auto division is currently seeking a Production Line Manager.
**What you'll do**:
**PRIMARY FUNCTION**
The Production Line Manager is responsible for manage production activities and resources per established practices and/or policies within their operation area to ensure the timely delivery of quality parts that meet or exceed customer expectations. This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a positive employee relationship environment by adherence to Eaton's values, ethics and philosophies. This position drives a culture of continuous improvement in Production, Materials management, Manufacturing, Quality, and Safety while utilizing the Eaton Business System (EBS) and the Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF)
**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
- Proactively implements, promotes and maintains a safe working environment, through diligence in accident prevention, investigation, and equipment maintenance and rule enforcement. Makes work exciting, engaging and meaningful for all employees.
- Drives the company's vision and mission by reinforcing ethics, values and quality policies throughout the department of responsibility.
- Sets, communicates, and achieves department goals and objectives and develops and maintains performance metrics as required to drive results and use those results as a tool to identify and initiate process improvements.
- Fully engages workforce and promotes personal accountability by identifying goals, empowering employees to drive decision making, foster innovation and continuously learn by providing ongoing feedback on employee performance with formal evaluation provided at least annually.
- Develops product line budget and manages manufacturing expenses within budgetary parameters.
- Collaborates with Maintenance and Engineering to establish product line capital goals.
- Develops profit plan and strategic plan details relating to production and support activities.
- Establishes product line inventory levels and controls inventory to the established goals.
- Works with plant staff in establishing the strategic plan for the facility.
- Builds organizational capability to support a high-performance culture.
- Actively participates in the plant annual objective planning session in order to establish a 3 to 5-year strategic plan for the manufacturing facility and participates EBS Pull and Profit Plan sessions
**Qualifications**:
**SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE**
**Basic Qualifications**:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum 10 years of manufacturing experience
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing people
- Bi-lingual (Spanish and English)
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven capability to lead change in a team environment.
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficient in Power Point, Excel, Visio, Minitab (or any Statistical software)
- Ability to manage multiple projects/activities
- Experienced Lean and Six Sigma trainer and mentor
**Preferred Qualifications**:
- Master's Degree - MBA, Engineering, Management, etc.
- Formal training/certification in Lean tools (5S, Standard work, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Setup Reduction (SUR), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Material Flow (LMF)) and 6 Sigma with at least 5 years of related experience.
- Experience in implementing Lean in Low volume High mix type product environment
- Operations or Product Engineering experience minimum 5 years
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, assembly processes, equipment technology, and equipment capability.
- Manufacturing Process Knowledge of:
- Forging, Machining, Grinding, Heat Treat
- Plating, Assembly, Welding, Inspection equipment
**Position Criteria**:
- Support Eaton's vision using strategic planning, SMART goals and profit planning
- Promote a CI strategy that sustains a continuous improvement culture, ensuring a constant safety focus
- Drive CIF (Continuous Improvement Framework) by training, coaching and leading by example
- Expertise with Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Eaton Business Excellence Criteria, Project Management, Organizational change management, Quality Management System standards (i.e. ISO/TS 16949:2002, etc.)
Interpersonal communication skills and leadership development ability
- ** Functional Competencies**:
- Foundation
- Analytical / Statistical Tools & Methods
- Intermediate
- ELSS Leadership
- Total Work System Knowledge
- Advance
- Lean Tools
- Manufacturing and Business Process
**Skills**:
**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- Travel approximately 30% (depending on project phase)
- Opportunity to gain exposure to and work with many cross functional teams
- Maintain and demonstrate a good understanding of the Eaton Values and Philosophies, and Eaton Business System
- This position requires tenacity in leadership, communication, training, facilitation and interpersonal skills well developed to effectively perform its essential functions.
- Master's de