Manager II Operations

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for all assembly work, managing 120 machines with a workforce of approximately 300 people. 
• Direct reports include 3 production supervisors and 2 production supervisors (one upstairs and one downstairs), along with 5-6 team leaders and 10-20 frontline operators per shift (total scale of about 100-200 people). 
• Involved in turntable machines, pin insertion machines, and new energy machines. 
• In the Kunshan Phase II project, responsible for assembly and integration, including setup, project implementation, and staff training.

Requirements:

• Age under 43, no gender preference, at least a bachelor's degree, with a background in the automotive manufacturing industry.
• Basic knowledge of LEAN concepts and tools, with solid theoretical knowledge.
• Ability to communicate in simple written English.
• Management experience in factories with 200-500 employees, with preference for production managers from the automotive industry; experience in the electronics industry will not be considered.
• Cross-departmental leadership skills, understanding of overall operations concepts, SQDC, and results-oriented with the ability to handle pressure.
• Personnel management skills, able to mobilize organizational structure, with experience in terminating employees.
• Effective personnel coaching, understanding of delivery processes and handling customer complaints.
• Ability to learn and a broad perspective, capable of handling complex cases with practical experience.
• Minimal travel required, must be flexible to be assigned to 5 factories (including Nantong factory).