Plant Manager - São José dos Campos

plant manager operates within the overall framework of Eaton strategies, set objectives and procedures.

Essential Functions:
• Sets overall plant policies and procedures to ensure effective operations consistent with the Eaton Business System, Values and Philosophy.
• Coordinates and directs through managers, all functions of facility operations, including but not limited to Manufacturing, EHS, Engineering, Quality, Material, OPEX, HR and Finance.
• Lean: Leads, monitors and promotes the lean management system, the lean transformation process and assessment process across all plant Operational Areas. Prioritizes Lean activities across plant to improve the plant's results and support strategy initiatives. Promotes and applies best practices found across and outside to the plant.
• Environmental Health and Safety (EHS): Responsible for compliance to EHS regulatory as well as internal procedures implemented to control EHS risks across all plant operations. Responsible for plant wide EHS risk assessments with a continuous improvement focus on reducing risks. Promotes and applies best practices to the plant. Responsible for EHS regulatory compliance assurance with regard to risk reduction and policy implementation across all plant operations.
• Delivery: Drives daily continuous improvement in On-Time-Delivery metrics through root cause problems solving and countermeasures. Identifies gaps and drives Value Stream to Market Lead Time expectations with cross functional team across the overall Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
• Quality Mgmt. / Returns / Warranty: Ensures that quality procedures are adhered to and the plant quality objectives are maintained in order to meet the established standards of the finished product and customer expectations. Responsible for continuous improvement as it relates to external quality metrics (i.e. Complaint/PPM/Warranty reductions) and internal performance (i.e. first pass yield, scrap, rework, inspection). Promotes and applies best practices to the plant.
• Productivity Cost Mgmt: Responsible for defining and leading site-specific operations based on productivity projects and supporting the plant competitiveness, as prioritized by the Business Case. Develop, monitor and manage the Operations Budget (Cost / Std.Hr / Mfg. Profit / Operational profit) linked to plant volume levels.

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in manufacturing improvement in progressive leadership roles with a minimum of 5 years of managerial experience. Plant Management Experience is preferred.
• Fluent in English and Portuguese

Eaton Leadership Attributes:
• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas.
• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently.
• Effectively leverages functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes and meet objectives.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Demonstrated success in effectively and confidently providing "leadership" to employees in a constantly changing environment.

Education:
• An undergraduate degree is required. A Master's degree is preferred.

Compensation:
• Eaton recognizes this role as a critical position within the corporation and will create a compelling package consisting of a base salary, employee incentive compensation and complete benefits.

Location:
• The position will be based in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

About Eaton:

Sustainability Report:
https://https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/sustainability/files/eaton-sustainability-report.pdf

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