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Team & Functional Leadership
Production Management
Supply Chain Optimization
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
Compliance, Risk & Sustainability
Stakeholder & Cross-functional Collaboration
Job Description
- Define and implement the global operations strategy in alignment with corporate objectives, ensuring integration between production, supply chain, and operational excellence.
- Actively contribute to the company's strategic planning, bringing an operations perspective to support business growth, product development, and market expansion.
- Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives aimed at increasing operational agility, reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction.
- Manage and guide the Production, Supply Chain, and Operational Excellence leadership teams, ensuring clear objectives, regular performance reviews, and alignment with corporate KPIs.
- Build a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous development within the operations team.
- Coach and develop your direct reports, ensuring succession planning and talent pipeline readiness across operations functions.
- Promote a culture of safety, quality, and performance excellence throughout all operations.
- Ensure robust day-to-day production management across sites, with a focus on safety, quality, on-time delivery, cost control, and operational efficiency.
- Support the industrialization of new products and technologies by ensuring readiness of processes, teams, and resources.
- Monitor production capacity and efficiency metrics and anticipate investments or restructuring needs to support growth and competitiveness.
- Collaborate with R&D and Engineering to ensure seamless product transfer and manufacturability.
- Oversee the end-to-end supply chain, including procurement, supplier management, logistics, inventory control, and planning.
- Ensure continuity and resilience of the supply chain, especially for strategic or long lead-time components.
- Improve forecast accuracy, demand planning, and stock optimization in coordination with sales and finance.
- Develop supplier partnerships and lead cost-reduction or dual-sourcing initiatives where applicable.
- Lead the deployment of Lean principles across all areas of operations, fostering a mindset of waste reduction, standardization, and value creation.
- Lead VA/VE (Value Analysis / Value Engineering) programs in close collaboration with R&D and Engineering teams, with the objective of reducing product cost, improving manufacturability, and increasing customer value without compromising performance or quality.
- Promote data-driven performance improvement initiatives through KPIs, dashboards, and continuous improvement routines.
- Drive the implementation of digital tools and systems (ERP, MES, dashboards) that enhance process visibility and efficiency.
- Ensure the deployment of best practices across sites and establish a culture of benchmarking and knowledge sharing.
- Guarantee compliance with all applicable regulations and standards (e.g., ISO, HSE, export controls).
- Implement and enforce robust HSE policies and practices to maintain a safe and secure working environment across all facilities.
- Support corporate sustainability and ESG objectives through initiatives that reduce the environmental footprint of operations.
- Act as the primary liaison between operations and other internal stakeholders including R&D, Quality, Sales, Marketing, Service, HR and Finance.
- Communicate operational strategies and performance to senior management and contribute to corporate reporting and reviews.
- Collaborate within the AMETEK network to leverage synergies, share best practices, and participate in global initiatives.