Plant Manager (Toluca de Lerdo)

Plant Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the organization, facilities, machinery, equipment, and intellectual capital at its maximum levels of customer focus, so that Gates is the first option with which to do business.
• Channel the resources and efforts of the organization toward opportunities that allow it to achieve significant economic results, fulfilling customer expectations; make the company profitable and socially committed. Create and maintain an intelligent, dynamic, creative, and profitable company; achieve competitive advantages reflected in increased profits necessary to achieve sustained growth and continuous improvement.
• Manage the entire organizational process (Finance, IT, iMES, HSE, Human Resources, Continuous Improvement, Materials, Maintenance, Engineering, Banking Operations, Operations Prepared Materials, Quality and Technical Services).
• Ensure the correct administration of financial, material, and human resources, as well as the quality required in the product by customers, minimizing production stoppages and generating new business opportunities. Guarantee the Safety, Quality, Productivity, Delivery, and Cost of the work teams, the legal requirements of the company and the quality and environmental management systems.
• Obtain information about the competition and/or other Gates bands manufacturing plants about new technological forms for manufacturing or improve the production of bands, which help to develop strategies and action plans to allow the planned and sustainable growth of the company.
• Verify and increase intellectual capital through training and staff development, establish and agree on the goals and objectives of work with the heads of each area. Be a leader in the manufacturing operation, focused on achieving a dynamic, profitable, competent company, which includes teamwork, team building, benchmarking, and success. Establish and verify compliance with the vision of the locality.

Required Skills

• Keeps self-control in hard situations.
• Strong communication skills.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Customer focus (internal and external).
• Negotiation skills.
• Creativity, proactivity, and teamwork.
• Problem solving process.
• Exceptional attention to internal and external customer requests.

About You

• Certificate of professional studies.
• 15-20 years of experience in similar position.
• Desirable: Six Sigma, Six Sigma Champion, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5’s.
• Business administration, decision making, financial knowledge, leadership.
• Knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands and fingers to work with objects, tools, or controls; and use office equipment including computers, telephones, and/or copiers/scanners. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity

Gates is an Equal Opportunity and Affiliated Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.