Production Supervisor

Job Description

Valeo Group is one of the world's largest Automotive suppliers which is an inspired company focused on innovative products, development and customer satisfaction. Working with us means managing the most advanced and sophisticated technologies.

Our Pianezza plant is part of our Light Division in charge of developing and manufacturing Lighting Products and Electronics. From the latest adaptive lighting technologies to intuitive interior lighting solutions to stylish and design-centric external lighting, Valeo constantly innovates to improve comfort and safety for drivers and passengers alike.

As a Production Supervisor in Valeo Pianezza you will have the opportunity to work with the most powerful carmaker companies, in electronics development working in an international and multicultural environment.

Mission

• Manage the production lines and teams under his/her responsibility, in respect to the objectives assigned by the production Manager.
• Be responsible for production in terms of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery motivation team and target achievement.
• Be responsible for animating and managing improvement.
• Lead continuous improvement workshops.
• Spend most of time on the shopfloor and ensure that work standards and rules are applied in its perimeter.

Main Responsibilities

Manage people

• Be responsible for induction of all newcomers in his/her perimeter (temporaries included). Ensure the organization and scheduling of training actions.
• Analyze flexibility and multi skills needs of his/her production area, and define training plans in order to develop team autonomy and improvement spirit.
• Monitor certification process for each operator and update in real time flexibility grid.
• Manage daily: absenteeism, holidays, safety rules enforcement, environment risk analysis, communication & performance boards.
• Ensure respect of standard stops (breaks, meetings) by checking systematically in the plant, and validate operators working time.
• Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor and perform escalation according to standards.
• Follow up main objectives in monthly meetings with all people under his/her responsibility.
• Is responsible for personnel involvement and ensures a positive social climate.
• Conduct operators’ annual appraisals, as well as salary review and career interviews.

Maintain standards

• Perform On Job Training of his/her teams every day on standards implemented.
• Ensure enforcement of health, safety, environmental & site rules of its perimeter, and that anybody entering his/her perimeter respects the rules and standards of his/her perimeter.
• Ensure existence of updated working instructions for every station, including reworks.
• Ensure respect of all working standards (safety, work instructions, quality, 5S, respect of the product, OK start) during the operations and propose/ implement improvements.
• Define work standards with the help of support functions and operators.
• Ensure TPM standards are properly deployed and used: abnormalities detection (formalized on red tags), systematic inspection & regular cleaning of equipment by team, 1st levels of preventive maintenance.
• Control regularly equipment performance (including cycle time measurements, and microstoppages observation sessions), and react.
• Make regularly time-measurements with main MUDA seeking.
• Ensure that all displays of his/her perimeter (communication areas) are updated at end of shift, and make sure that workers have necessary material to do so.

Manage production

• Propose every week headcounts & organization to the Production Manager, according to the logistic plan.
• Ensure production, respecting Valeo standards & inventory targets.
• In case a detected problem cannot be solved, assign and check containment and corrective actions with Production support functions and / or management.
• Review daily indicators.
• React in case of issue & elevate issues when needed.
• Respect daily the logistic contract and in case of deviation, take necessary measures within the week.
• Get involvement of support functions every time necessary to solve as fast as possible the issues identified.

Manage Continuous Improvement

• Lead action plans to improve Plant performance (actual and targets), including productivity plans.
• Reach and maintain a dynamic and efficient Proposals of Improvements system.
• Participate in safety and environment risks reduction.
• Contribute to new equipment and processes start ups.
• Lead Zoning evolution and re-layout and improvements by his/her team.
• Pilot PDCA / FTA & Maintenance 5 WHYs on topics assigned.
• Prepare LLC & Kaizen Cards.
• Lead workshops (flow analysis – MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, TPM ...).
• Participate in budget preparation (headcounts, overheads, investments) and manage the budget of his/her perimeter.
• Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities.

Skills And Experience Expected

• Engineering degree (Mandatory).
• Experience: 2 to 5 years in similar roles in the automotive field.
• Good Italian (B2 Minimum, Mandatory), Fluent English.
• Available to shift work.

Benefits

• The chance to profit from a customized career plan in one of the most important tech-companies worldwide!
• The possibility of knowing everything you need about Valeo and your new challenging position with a comprehensive integration plan and a customized buddy program.
• Continuous training courses at work.

Don’t miss the opportunity of joining us and take advantage of being part of an international company that commits to ethics, transparency, empowerment, professionalism and teamwork. Is that you? We want to know you!