Production Manager

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna Mechatronics & Mirrors develops intelligent access and vision systems that enhance vehicle safety, functionality, and user interaction. As a global automotive supplier and full-system partner, Magna brings together expertise across Mechatronics and Mirror systems to deliver integrated solutions that support the evolution of vehicle architectures.

Job Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY:

Ensures that assigned plant operations demonstrate world-class performance. Provides strategic leadership, management, and technical expertise to the organization. Plans, develops, directs, implements, and maintains strategies and objectives. Manages financial aspects of operations and understands the effect on financial performance. Develops, reviews, and maintains budgets and expenses for department. Monitors and controls costs and promotes cost savings. Maintains appropriate level of staff support necessary to meet business goals and objectives. Performs project work and other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Magna Mirrors - South Carolina operations require management and resolution of critical issues, their solution of which requires experienced senior management. Decisions and actions made are likely to have long-ranging effect on organizational effectiveness and success. Scope of responsibilities is large, often including managing subordinate managers to accomplish overall organization objectives.

• Ensures that assigned plant operations demonstrate world-class performance Provides strategic leadership, management, and technical expertise to the organization and the operations team.
• Plans, develops, directs, implements, and maintains plant strategies and objectives. Develops moderate to long-term goals and translates them into short-term plans in support of Magna Mirrors - South Carolina and objectives. Provides leadership to managers for strategy implementation.
• Manages financial aspects of operations and understands the effect on financial performance.
  Develops, reviews, and maintains budgets and expenses for materials, equipment, travel, human capital, etc., ensuring conformity to plan. Monitors and controls costs and promotes cost savings in support of goals and value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) efforts. Researches and recommends new processes, systems, policies, and procedures to pursue in the future.
• Develops and manages cross-functional operations leadership teams to meet business objectives. Monitors productivity of groups and individuals, recommends changes where desirable. Provides leadership and support to staff and assists in employees' skill development and develops team-based organization focused on goals and objectives.
• Performs project work and other duties as necessary in support of business objectives. Prepares and distributes appropriate communication as necessary. Ensures that facilities are in full compliance with all safety regulations.
• Directs, promotes and reviews programs relating to safety, quality and productivity in the division and recommends changes where desirable. Performs regular workplace inspections and monitors compliance with all Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Investigates and makes decisions regarding unsettled grievances with the support of Human Resources for issues being addressed via the Open Door Process.
• Immediately notify EHS of any accidents or incidents. Support EHS by holding accountable managers/supervisors to complete the incident reports at the time of the incident. Hold managers/supervisors accountable to ensure incident reports are completed thoroughly by the employee, supervisor and manager. Hold accountable managers and supervisors to submit incident reports within 24 hours to EHS.
• Required to lead achievement of the lost time incident rate and overall incident rate of the division.
• Ensure unsafe acts or conditions are being corrected by managers and supervisors which may include progressive discipline, notifying EHS properly, completing incident reports, and placing work orders.
• Ensure managers and supervisors are training new employees properly in their position