The Operations Manager leads few functions, ensuring operational excellence across manufacturing and supply chain activities. The role is accountable for delivering Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People (SQDCP) targets through effective resource management, team development, continuous improvement and customer-focused operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Operations departments, including CI & Digitalization Specialists, Logistics Specialists, Senior Supervisors, Supervisors, Team Leaders and Operators, ensuring effective workforce planning, competence development and succession planning.
• Ensure achievement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People (SQDCP) targets, aligning operational performance with plant objectives, customer requirements and business targets.
• Manage end-to-end plant operations, including production, planning, customer logistics, procurement planning, inventory management, warehousing and material flow, ensuring operational efficiency and continuity.
• Drive continuous improvement and digitalization initiatives through the Autoneum Production System, Lean Manufacturing principles and operational excellence programs to improve productivity, quality and cost performance.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Purchasing and other departments to ensure smooth operations, effective problem resolution and successful industrialization of new products.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and customer-specific requirements, maintaining audit readiness and promoting a safe and environmentally responsible workplace.
• Monitor and improve operational KPIs, including productivity, OEE, quality, delivery performance, inventory accuracy, logistics costs, customer scorecards and inventory turns, using data-driven decision-making.
• Represent the plant during customer, corporate and certification audits and visits, leading operational reviews, driving corrective actions and ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements.

Core Experience                      

• Minimum 5 years’ Automotive manufacturing experience, ideally in a Tier 1 supplier environment
• Minimum 5 years’ Leadership of plant-level supply chain operations, including inbound, outbound, and internal logistics
• Customer logistics coordination, including delivery performance and logistic scorecard management
• Inventory planning, control and accuracy
• Team leadership and development, including coaching and performance management
• Process standardization and optimization across logistics aor production functions
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Audit readiness and compliance management (internal, customer, and regulatory)
• Cross-functional collaboration (Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering)
• Product Lifecycle Management (e.g. Engineering changes, product launch, ramp-ups, aftermarket, or End of Business)
• KPI ownership (e.g., schedule adherence, inventory turns, delivery performance)
• Problem-solving skills and tools (e.g., 5 Whys, Fishbone, PDCA)