Quality Autonomous Production Unit Leader (APUL)

SUPERVISORY

• Organize team members in accordance with operational objectives.
• Oversee the allocation of work
• Handle administrative matters for your team
• Understands and promotes the Quality Management System.

TEAM SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

• Assess your team's individual and collective skills against short and medium-term needs.
• Ensure that skills are available and developed.
• Conduct individual interviews with each team member and contribute to career development and compensation proposals.

TEAM LEADERSHIP

• Delegate and provide the support needed to empower team members.
• Oversees communication with teams
• Give meaning to real-time" information to unite teams around goals and priorities and jointly identify areas and actions for improvement.
• Lead daily meetings with team members
• Effectively integrate and quickly adapt to changes in activities and the work environment under optimal safety conditions.
• Ensure team unity and help maintain positive employee relations in liaison with relevant support functions.

OPERATIONAL

• Define and implement actions to meet the safety, quality, cost, delivery, people, improvement (SQCDPI) objectives set for the year:
• i.Ensure workload/capacity alignment with schedule.
• ii.Analyze the root causes of failures and implement immediate measures to sustainably resolve issues.
• iii.Oversee problem-solving in conjunction with the appropriate support functions.
• iv.Formally define actions that cannot be handled locally and raise them to the next SQCDPI level.
• Ensure lifecycle support for production equipment:
• - ensure that level 1 maintenance us performed, and production equipment is used correctly
• - contribute to preventive maintenance.
• Control inventory levels, perform cycle counts and analyze results.
• Responsible for Hoshin Kanri Pillars deployment
• Play and active part in production engineering; contribute to achieving milestones.
• Accurately report all labor transactions.
• Prepares and maintains the inspection documentation (ATP, checklists, etc.), as required
• Identify and track non conformances, including containment and verification of NC actions.
• Participate in quality audits and the recommendation of improvements in product, process, and documentation to achieve optimum quality

OVERSESS

• Oversee the production area using dashboards and indicators.
• i.Anticipate and define any corrective actions that may be required
• ii.Measure and assess outcomes
• iii.Communicate on your team's performance
• Help define industrial strategy and objective for the production area.

IMPROVEMENT/INNOVATION ASPECTS

• Promote change on a daily basis.
• Inspire and encourage your team to think out-of-the-box
• Support the transformation of innovation ideas into concrete actions (employee-driven innovation).
• Operational aspects
• Performance management (quality and delivery)
• Advanced
• Quality Control supervision
• Expert
• Risk Management
• Advanced
• Problem-solving
• Expert
• Managing time and prioritizing tasks
• Advanced
• Technical knowledge
• Advanced
• Ability to process information
• Advanced
• Managerial aspects
• HSE requirements
• Basic
• Team leadership
• Advanced
• Skills development
• Advanced
• Ability to manage a cross-functional and intercultural team
• Advanced
• Improvement/innovation aspects
• Continuous improvement and change management
• Advanced
• Technical skills
• ERP/M3
• Basic
• MS Office
• Advanced
• Outlook
• Advanced
• Minitab/Jasp
• Basic
• Quality tools including cause-and-effect diagrams, check sheets, control charts, histograms, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, Tree Diagrams, AS9100 and Lean Manufacturing
• Advanced
• Correctly interprets drawings, specs, standards, work instructions and understand product conformity
• Advanced
• Time and attendance
• Advanced
• Other
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced
• Fluent in English
• Advanced
• Bilingual English/Spanish helpful
• Basic
• Ability to work in a cross-functional/international team environment
• Advanced