Head of Manufacturing – Aerospace

Head of Manufacturing – Aerospace For our Client, a Leading Manufacturing Company, inside their plant in Campania, we are actively recruiting a highly motivated Head of Manufacturing Reporting to the COO, The Manager will be responsible for planning, proposing and implementing operational interventions to improve company performance, profitability and management skills with a particular focus for manufacturing organization. Tasks and responsabilities • Ensure manufacturing operations are running effectively in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency/productivity, cost, and team member morale. • Monitor daily build sheets and analyze efficiency rates and downtime to ensure customer requirements are being met. • Implement short and long-term corrective actions for manufacturing problems. • Coordinate and maintain standardization of processes/methods. • Lead identification of manufacturing problems and eliminate waste. • ensure procedures for safety, quality, equipment, and training are being followed and all aspects of manufacturing are effective including correcting sub-standards. • Develops, leads, monitors, and participates in a Manufacturing continuous improvement system. • Implement, monitor, and maintain a clean, organized department. • Assists Manufacturing Team Leaders in developing, planning to achieve targets. • Review and track Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including leading problem solving for negative trends or goals not met. • Promotes and participates to management meeting to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem solving activities. • Provides direction and motivation to team members emphasizing quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, safety and health. • In strict cooperation with the HR Director & Organization team, Provides direction and motivation to team leaders focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and morale and ensures further development of team leaders, and team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, corrective action, and cascade training. • Is responsible for hires and dismissals of blue collars & white collars of the Manufacturing Organization, Competencies/Skills •The manager will have at least 5-7 years of experience in managerial roles within primary companies characterized by management control of contract production (aerospace – railway – nautical – defense vehicles) • Communication Proficiency/Coaching and Organizational Skills. • Initiative and Thoroughness. • Time Management. • Management Proficiency and Process Improvement. • Decision Making and Strategic Planning. • English language fluent. Location : Campania J-18808-Ljbffr