Production Unit Leader

Your responsibilities

Summary

The Production Unit Leader (PUL) is responsible for leading the manufacturing, technical, and support functions of an assigned production unit within the Hamilton Plant. The role oversees a three-shift operation through direct supervision of one supervisor per shift, ensuring alignment across all shifts and consistency in execution. The Production Unit Leader has overall responsibility for internal quality within the unit to include compliance with all IATF and customer requirements, ensures all customer orders are produced on time, is responsible for ensuring the unit reaches target metric goals, takes complete ownership in creating and fostering an engaged work environment that is built on trust, mutual respect, open/transparent communication, empowerment, accountability and engagement while ensuring all occupational, safety and health regulations are met.

In addition, this role leads production transfer and launch activities for assigned product lines, ensuring successful knowledge transfer, equipment integration, workforce development, and operational readiness from initial planning through full production stabilization.

Responsibilities

* Maintains a safe working environment by complying with all safety and environmental policies in the workplace.

* Manages the day-to-day operations within the production unit. Develops the culture within the unit focusing on employee safety, quality, on time delivery, continuous improvement and teamwork.

* Works primarily during standard business hours but maintains flexibility to occasionally adjust hours to connect with off-shift supervisors and teams as needed.

* Leads production transfer and industrialization activities for assigned product lines, including equipment relocation, process validation, workforce readiness, training plans, production ramp-up, and achievement of operational performance targets.

* Partners with Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Logistics and Operations teams to ensure successful transition of products and equipment from existing manufacturing locations into Hamilton operations.

* Coaches the team on understanding the performance metrics (Parts per operator hour, labor $ per part) and ensures the teams on all shifts make decisions affecting these KPIs in a positive manner.

* Communicates and collaborates with the scheduling team daily to align on and develop operations plans

* Drives and sustains 6S culture within the production unit

* Functionally leads maintenance, internal quality, manufacturing engineering / technicians, and operational excellence related to production.

* Works directly with Quality and assigned staff to assure all quality measures and requirements are in place and followed within the unit.

* Recruits, hires, trains and develops staff. Provides direction to and development of employees through coaching, the administration of performance management and the creation and implementation of development plans.

* Supports efforts to implement succession planning

* Works directly with manufacturing engineering and maintenance on equipment availability, and corrective and preventative maintenance execution.

* Leads daily S2

QDC (Safety, Sustainability, Quality, Delivery, Cost) meetings to align all shifts on priorities

* Develops budgets and coordinates spending on cost centers to stay within targets

* Ensures all document management standards are met throughout the unit.

* Supports new product launches

* Collaborates with other Production Units to optimize performance by sharing resources.

* Interfaces with cross functional personnel to assure timely production support.

* Plans and maintains an overview over machine capacities.

Company

thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, Inc. is a world class manufacturer of suspension solutions headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio USA. thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America supplies products to a wide range of Original Equipment Automotive Manufacturers as well as Aftermarket and Motorsports customers. Our Aftermarket operations are based out of Poway, CA and our Motorsports operations are based out of Mooresville, NC.

For decades, the name BILSTEIN has been synonymous with high tech in suspension design, driving comfort, and safety. In order to expand this position BILSTEIN became a division of thyssenkrupp Technologies AG in 1988, and a wholly owned subsidiary in 2005. This partnership has enabled us to continue the BILSTEIN tradition of excellence.

We value diversity

thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, including people with disabilities and veterans.

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