Paint Manager - Assistant

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At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

The Mechatronics, Mirrors and Lighting group specializes in automotive technologies that are driving the future of mobility. Combining a deep systems knowledge to develop unique vehicle access experiences, intelligent vision systems and advanced automotive lighting technologies, MML's expertise light the path to innovation, safety and styling.

POSITION SUMMARY: Ensures that assigned plant operations demonstrate world-class performance. Provides strategic leadership, management, and technical expertise to the Paint Department. Manages financial aspects of operations and Paint Department and understands the effect on financial performance. Develops, reviews, and maintains budgets and expenses for Paint department. Utilizing participative management, lean manufacturing philosophies and techniques; leads, manages, and provides technical expertise/work direction to manufacturing teams.

Works with other areas to establish and maintain stable production schedules, labor requirements, material flow, etc. Directs, implements, and maintains operational-level strategies and objectives and monitors performance against plan. Manages, monitors, and controls material, labor, and overhead costs in respective area. Maintains appropriate level of staff support necessary to meet business goals and objectives. Must reduce the cost of daily operations by continually improving processes and eliminating waste.

Champions projects for improvements in process and product innovations, customer relations, and functional capabilities based on lean manufacturing techniques. Must reduce the cost of daily operations by continually improving processes and eliminating waste. Works with new product development to launch programs into production. Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives. Ensures that facilities are in full compliance with all safety regulations.

• Directs and coordinates all activities within the Factory Focus area to execute a production plan that ensures operations meet quality, cost, delivery, and safety goals. Manages financial aspects of operations and understands the effect on financial performance.
• Ensures smooth launch and ongoing performance of painted products. Evaluates color match to standards of products in production. Designs and initiates manufacturing of paint fixtures. Generates paint mix sheets for any new batches or mix recipes of paint, which describe various properties of the paint (e.g., mix, name, code, recipe, viscosity, etc.). Anticipates and provides for future paint needs.
• Coordinates and participates in continuous improvement processes including, but not limited to, troubleshooting and problem solving for immediate production paint problems, ensuring quality of paint, monitoring down time and leading efforts to improve quality and reduce costs. Generates all necessary deviations or process changes in relation to the job. May research and recommend new paint systems.
• Leads and participates in programs intended to monitor the amount chemicals that go into the environment, such as Volatile Organic Compound levels (VOC), (elements which need to be controlled during different processes). Monitors and tracks VOC levels by maintaining complex spreadsheet program on computer.
• Provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to the organization. Initiates and recommends purchase of new equipment. Maintains conformance to budget limitations.
• Effectively balances needs of production with new product introduction. Coordinates manufacturing, product…