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We are currently looking for our future Industrial Director for our Stemmann Poland plant located in Katy Wroclawskie. Since 2014, the company is part of Wabtec Corporation, a global provider of technologies, products, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for the rail freight and transport sector. For more than 100 years Stemmann is one of the world’s leading manufactures of energy and data transfer components and systems in industrial and transport technology.

How will you make a difference?

Industrial Director is a senior expert and leader in manufacturing of metal parts and electromechanical products (sliprings and pantographs) as well as in welding and machining technologies. After start-up of the assembly line, Industrial Director will be responsible for the management of day-by-day Industrial activities.

The Industrial Director will be responsible for the management and accountability of all areas of Operations, covering: Manufacturing (Assembly, Machining, Welding, Cutting), Methods & Industrial Project Management / Transfer of Production, Lean, and Maintenance, delivering out on schedule, within quality and safety standards as well as per cost objectives.

What do we want to know from you?

• At least 10 years in a senior managerial position, with responsibilities in manufacturing processes (machining, assembly, welding) and industrialization, CAPEX projects.

• Experience in production management and strategic alignment leading critical projects, i.e. planning and implementation of significant investments and relocation of plants and creation of new buildings.

• Used to work in Global Companies managing complex organization under the challenge of applying lean manufacturing techniques and achieve profitability results in complex projects, production transfers, lean management consulting, etc.

• Able to create the context necessary to make people as one Team.

• Experienced in S&OP and lean implementation (green belt).

• Knowledge of matrix and stakeholder management.

• Fluent in Polish and English

What will your typical day look like?

• Develop all the activities ensuring their full compliance to Wabtec HSE standards and deploy Transit OPS policies, standards & tools.

• Develop the manufacturing plan and establish procedures for maintaining high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure that products conform to established customer and company quality standards.

• Build and propose a budget related to Operations scope as per Corp/Site Director guidelines and objectives.

• Manage Operations performance (Safety, Quality, Plan attainment, Productivity, Variances) in line with Budget objectives.

• Act as liaison between department management/subordinate levels, as well as executive/department manager levels to inform personnel of communications, decisions, policies and all matters that affect their performance, attitudes and results.

• Support the definition of the Operations CapEx, and ensure their optimization as per what defined at budget level.

• Manage, deploy the Site Lean Culture transformation (VSM, Kaizen, 3P, 7S,  ..), initiate and coordinate lean projects (e.g., plant layout changes, installation of capital equipment, etc.) according to Corporate standards.

• Drive and deploy the Industrial Digitization roadmap.

• Identify, recommend and implement changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap. Direct the establishment, implementation and maintenance of production standards.

• Manage the product industrialization as per industrial standards (design for manufacturing, PFMEA, …) to reach safety, quality, cost and lead time objectives.

• Manage the transfer of production & technology as per approved business case (costs, savings and timeline).

Legal authorization to work in EU is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalized agreement with Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

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