Production Manager Job in Winterswijk, Netherlands

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations.

As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions.

Production Manager Job Description

Your challenge:
As a Production Manager for either assembly or subassembly teams, your challenge is to manage teams of operators to realize production plans on time with the correct quality, productivity and efficiency, while safety and personal development are adequately taken care of.
You also initiate and execute improvements in our processes, to enhance our service and reliability.

Your responsibilities
People management of production team, including individual development, team development , selection, coaching and appraisal/evaluation
Capacity management: realize optimal capacity on time (workforce, machine/tooling and line capacity) together with the temporary labor office and production engineers
Performance management: execute production plan with targets on: productivity, efficiency, reliability, illness
Continuous improvements projects: Initiatives and execution of (Lean) improvement programs on quality, productivity and efficiency, safety/environment and ergonomic , co-operation and communication

You are expected to actively work in boundless cooperation with a variety of stakeholders both internally and outside the site. You inspire people to be agile and ensure a reliable supply and service to our customers.

Your team
Philips Lighting Winterswijk is an international Customization and Solution Center for Professional Lighting Solutions in Europe, offering innovative indoor luminaires for offices, industry, healthcare and retail market segments. Solutions that are highly energy sustainable and that enhance people’s life with light. The Operations team in Winterswijk operates in a make-to-order project environment, characterized by high order intake fluctuations, large product diversity and challenging projects. The culture is characterized by an “eager to win” mentality in order to serve our customers.

Production Manager Job Requirements

We are looking for

• To be successful in this challenging environment you bring:
• A Bachelor or Master degree in a technical or technical/commercial field
• Advanced knowledge of and experience in lean manufacturing, quality, technique and other adjacent qualifications
• Management  skills to lead a large group of direct reports
• A minimum of 6 years relevant work experience in a leader ship role
• Knowledge of environmental, safety and quality regulations
• Basic understanding of total productive maintenance, CAD drawings, technical documentation and materials
• Green Belt qualification
• Advanced experience of MS Office and (ERP) business applications
• Fluency in Dutch and English

• Has leadership skills combined with a customer service- and results mindset
• Is a natural communicator and has connecting people skills
• Has willingness to learn, develop and change
• Likes to take ownership to improve processes, systems and more.

Production Manager Application Information

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