Requisition ID: 39082- Job Location(s): Santiago De Queretaro, MX- Danfoss is looking for an experienced _**_Sr Supervisor_**_ based in our Queretaro Plant As our new _**_Sr Supervisor_**_, you will be _responsible_ for _Manage and direct the Heat Treatment & Special processes team to ensure the achievement area goals focusing on employee safety, product quality, on-time delivery, productivity, lean manufacturing, environmental impact reduction and cost-out activities._
- Role will also be _responsible_ for a direct and indirect production operations team to meet customer objectives outside HT & SP area._
**Responsibilities**:
Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following.
- Drive accountability for all commodities with HT & Special Processes responsibility.
- Lead product introductions to site with a focus on people, safety, quality, productivity and scheduling material.
- Establish and monitor overall HT & SP performance for production and quality standards.
- Must participate in designing and implementing continuous improvement processes for the area.
- Accountable for plant throughput, on-time performance, quality, and productivity for HT & SP; manage the metallurgical laboratory to provide continuous service to HT & SP production and give support for other areas as is needed.
- Develop subordinates to optimize their performance and their personal and professional growth.
- Assure proper training and development of manufacturing associates at all levels.
- Make sure all departmental and individual goals are directly aligned with overall plant goals.
- Establish good working atmosphere with strong ethics and maintain a good working relationship with the union.
- Foster teamwork between departments and within the department.
- Address unsafe acts, unsafe condition and hazards in respective work area(s), and ensuring corrective actions.
- Complete assigned action items on SEH action plan; participate in SEH risk analysis for departments; report to maintenance any energy spills; achieve near misses/gemba goal and close them on time.
- Assume and motivate responsibility and accountability across the organization related with quality management system effectiveness.
- Promote risk prevention/assessment and process attachment thinking across productive and functional areas.
- Communicate and promote awareness of an effective quality management system and the accomplishment of its requirements.
- Build Organizational Capability thorough empowering functional areas while providing overall direction and accountability in accordance with Business Values and Philosophies.
- Responsibility to ensure that customer requirements are met.
- Determines and considers the risks and opportunities that may affect the conformity of products and services and the ability to increase customer satisfaction.
- Review the context of the Organization / stakeholders, as necessary and report any changes.
- Supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership as it applies to their areas of responsibility.
- Present results in relation to the effectiveness of the Quality Management system in daily, weekly or annual meetings, Staff meetings.
- Ensure that processes are generating and providing the intended outputs.
- Escalate nonconforming product identification as critical.
- Authorizes changes to the Quality System.
- Redefine departmental goals and objectives.
- Support and/or participate on Continuous Improvement Activities such as: TIPs, Kaizen Blitz, Cost out and/or demonstrate improvements in goals year over year in our processes or practices aligned to achieve or business goals and/objectives.
- Ensure activities are in compliance with the QMS (ISO-9001 e IATF16949) and quality policy and also aligned with the strategic direction of the organization and business context.
- Ensure quality management system (ISO-9001 e IATF16949) requirements and resources are fully integrate and available within all business process.
- Any other activity that your immediate supervisor designates.
**Background & Skills**:
- 10 years of experience Manufacturing / Operations Environment
- Bachelor Degree in Industrial / Mechanical / Metallurgy / Materials Engineering or similar
- Fluent English
- Production Ovens Mantainance
- Manufacturing Processes (Machining, grinding, Treatments, coatings, welding, etc.)
- FMEA
- Financial knowledge in accounting and/or costs. And understanding of budgets and cost drivers
- General knowledge of ISO/IATF 16949
- Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification
- Ergonomics and occupational health
- Lean Tools/Continuous Improvement
- Accident investigation and troubleshooting
- Statistical methods and tools
- Six Sigma
- Phosphating Theory
- VSM/MIFA, Bottlenecks and OEE
- General knowledge of OEA/CTPAT
- Focus on results
- Leadership
- Decision making
- Risk Analysis
- Coaching/ Talent development
- Effective communication
- Structured problem solving
