Joyson Safety Systems is one of the leading global developers and manufacturers of automobile occupant protection systems with a turnover of ca. 4,8 billion euros and more than 50,000 employees worldwide. We represent innovation and progress. As a reliable and skilled partner of the automobile industry, we design, develop and produce occupant protection systems and components. Our portfolio includes steering wheels, airbags and generators, safety belts, technical plastic components, electronics and sensor technology which we supply to nearly all renown vehicle manufacturers worldwide.
Our team in Aschaffenburg needs support and we are seeking:
Manager (all genders) Global Core Manufacturing Engineering DAB & HCT
Explore your working world.
The position holder is a direct report to the Director Global Core Manufacturing Engineering Airbags and is entrusted with elaborating manufacturing standards and manufacturing concepts in the area of responsibility Driver Airbag (DAB) and Heat Compression Technology (HTC).
Responsibilities:
- Drive, support and define the automation of manufacturing of JSS and its business units and processes globally.
- Align manufacturing concepts to define global standards, building on best in class production methods and know-how from the regions/ divisions.
- Contribute your motivation and creativity to build up the new global department “Global Core Manufacturing Engineering”.
What you can change — your duties
Frequent activities:
Definition of
- Process Standards
- Key Technologies
- Manufacturing / Equipment Concepts and Standards
- Future Manufacturing Concepts
- Global Coordination (consideration of ALL customers and regions!)
- Define standard manufacturing process, derive standard equipment / technology with consideration of different requirements (e.g. due to wage level, volume)
- Define standard process and equipment matrix (i.e. table with process steps, corresponding key items to be ensured, selectable variants of equipment to fullfill requirements (e.g. by level of automation: manual, semi-automatic, highly automated))
- Coordinate global experts in manufacturing engineering regarding standardization and modularization of manufacturing processes and equipment in area of responsibility
- Analyze and propose potentials for automation and standardization in manufacturing processes, including evaluation of useful and efficient automation considering different requirements in the business units and regions
- Identify key processes, compare existing approaches and make proposals for improvements, standardization and automation
- Analyze and propose process improvements (assembly concepts, best practice sharing)
- Analyze potential production methods and concepts (line concepts, assembly concepts, robots), including considerations on flexibility (“lot size 1”) and modularization (also: reusability) of equipment
- Recommend and develop process and technology roadmaps together with operational units
- Prepare and recommend implementation plans considering given resource constraints
- Drive and support general standards in production processes
- Foster and enable global information exchange and benchmarking regarding manufacturing technologies and processes
- Optimize operations within the field, unite diverse agendas to common goal, and harness strategic and operational drivers to deliver results
- Align initiatives across regions and divisions
- Evaluate and prioritize Core Manufacturing projects according to the defined requirements
- Align and exchange with and give input to the Advanced Manufacturing team regarding future manufacturing concepts and technologies
- Align, exchange, support and closely work with Core Product Engineering
- Conduct workshops and process analysis in our manufacturing sites with the target of “demand analysis”
- Manage special projects in the area of Core Manufacturing Engineering (incl. analysis and benchmarking on material flow, automation, robotics, systems)
- Prepare cost and resource estimates, project schedules, reports and presentations
- Do not limit your thinking, ideas, input and activities to the explicitly stated items of this job description - instead, always stay open minded, ready to contribute and take over tasks that need to be completed
Impress us – your qualifications
- College/university degree in engineering, robotics, computer science, physics or similar
- Demonstrated experience in manufacturing technologies, robotics
- Multi-cultural and/or global experience or openess
- Strategic thinker but with an execution bias
- Deemed as transformational and/or a change agent
- Strong persuasion skills
- Comfortable with functioning in a global matrix operating environment
- Significant experience both with the specific product in area of responsibility as well as within the company
- Business fluent in English, any other language is a plus (especially Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German, Romanian, Portuguese)
- Demonstration of JSS core values: team spirit, customer focus, creativity, quality orientation and cost awareness
Additional Position Details:
- The role can be based at any JSS site
- Global business travel frequently required
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Relocation eligible
What we offer — your benefits
- Discounts at well-known gyms
- Company sport
- Company canteen
- Further training as well as in-house training
- Free parking
- Flexible working time