Director, Manufacturing Operations and Engineering

Bosch Group•North Charleston, SC

About The Position

ChP/MOE3 is responsible for the manufacturing of HDEV5 and HDEV6 high pressure gasoline injectors for engines with direct injection. Under minimal supervision, the Director of Manufacturing is highly visible to customers, suppliers, executives, and employees of Bosch. As a value stream owner, the Director of Manufacturing is responsible for Safety, Quality, Productivity, Scrap, Delivery and Cost KPIs and new business development, including project calculations. The Director is responsible for leading value stream teams through transformation and growth and developing, deploying, executing targets and measures leading to operational excellence throughout the entire value stream.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ years of related experience in Automotive Manufacturing or equivalent work experience in various manufacturing functions
10+ years of experience with manufacturing processes
5+ years of leadership experience
Ability to lead in a multi-cultural, diverse, international working environment to match the global setup of our company
Strong experience interfacing with Lead Plants, Center of Competence, International Production Networks
Exceptional leadership skills
Exceptional continuous improvement process skills in direct and indirect areas
Strong proactive, analytical, problem solving, planning and organization skills
Thorough knowledge of Manufacturing principles, proven Lean/BPS Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Proactively direct all activities in the Value Stream (Source – make – delivery) to reach Operational Excellence
Develop/deploy Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery improvement strategies.
Control continuous improvement process (CIP) activities, motivating all associates within the Value Stream to actively participate in CIP on a continual basis
Interface with internal/external customers
Implementation of organizational initiatives with minimal guidance
Develop and deploy internal policies, processes and procedures
Implement and coach for corporate initiatives (CIP, Policy Deployment, Bosch Production System, I4.0)
Establish environment for risk-taking, innovation and socially responsive behavior
Monitor budgets and manage cost improvements (business plan, forecast, actual) performance (quality, costs, delivery).
Report to and communicate with executive management (plant, business unit, lead plants and customers) regarding MOE performance and project status on a regular basis.
Provide assistance and support to MOE managers to achieve departmental and company goals.
Lead meetings to build team spirit and communicate company updates.
Manage resources and policy deployment.
Coach and develop associates to achieve their career goals.