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Magna International · 2 days ago

Paint Manager - Assistant

Newaygo, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Magna International is a leading company in automotive technologies, and they are seeking a Paint Manager - Assistant to provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to the Paint Department. The role involves managing financial aspects, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and leading continuous improvement initiatives within the manufacturing process.

AutomotiveIndustrial EngineeringManufacturing

Responsibilities

Ensures that assigned plant operations demonstrate world-class performance

Provides strategic leadership, management, and technical expertise to the Paint Department

Manages financial aspects of operations and Paint Department and understands the effect on financial performance

Develops, reviews, and maintains budgets and expenses for Paint department

Utilizing participative management, lean manufacturing philosophies and techniques; leads, manages, and provides technical expertise/work direction to manufacturing teams

Works with other areas to establish and maintain stable production schedules, labor requirements, material flow, etc

Directs, implements, and maintains operational-level strategies and objectives and monitors performance against plan

Manages, monitors, and controls material, labor, and overhead costs in respective area

Maintains appropriate level of staff support necessary to meet business goals and objectives

Must reduce the cost of daily operations by continually improving processes and eliminating waste

Champions projects for improvements in process and product innovations, customer relations, and functional capabilities based on lean manufacturing techniques

Must reduce the cost of daily operations by continually improving processes and eliminating waste

Works with new product development to launch programs into production

Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives

Ensures that facilities are in full compliance with all safety regulations

Directs and coordinates all activities within the Factory Focus area to execute a production plan that ensures operations meet quality, cost, delivery, and safety goals

Manages financial aspects of operations and understands the effect on financial performance

Ensures smooth launch and ongoing performance of painted products

Evaluates color match to standards of products in production

Designs and initiates manufacturing of paint fixtures

Generates paint mix sheets for any new batches or mix recipes of paint, which describe various properties of the paint (e.g., mix, name, code, recipe, viscosity, etc.)

Anticipates and provides for future paint needs

Coordinates and participates in continuous improvement processes including, but not limited to, troubleshooting and problem solving for immediate production paint problems, ensuring quality of paint, monitoring down time and leading efforts to improve quality and reduce costs

Generates all necessary deviations or process changes in relation to the job

May research and recommend new paint systems

Leads and participates in programs intended to monitor the amount chemicals that go into the environment, such as Volatile Organic Compound levels (VOC), (elements which need to be controlled during different processes)

Monitors and tracks VOC levels by maintaining complex spreadsheet program on computer

Provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to the organization

Initiates and recommends purchase of new equipment

Maintains conformance to budget limitations

Effectively balances needs of production with new product introduction

Coordinates manufacturing, product development and procurement resources to assure that labor, material and support services needs are known and attained sufficient to execute the sales plan

Plans, develops, directs, implements, and maintains plant strategies and objectives

Develops moderate to long-term goals and translates them into short-term plans

Researches and recommends new processes, systems, policies, and procedures to pursue in the future

Champions the introduction of improved business/manufacturing methods while driving continuous improvement and waste elimination activities within focus team

Must reduce cost of daily operations

Develops and manages cross-functional operations leadership teams to meet business objectives

Monitors productivity of groups and individuals recommends changes where desirable

Provides leadership and support to staff and assists in employees’ skill development

Develops a flexible team-based organization focused on goals and objectives

Maintains compliance with all organizations policies, standards and practices

Performs project work and other duties as necessary in support of business objectives

Prepares and distributes appropriate communication as necessary

Ensures that facilities are in full compliance with all safety regulations

Disposes of waste paint solids to satellite accumulation area

Occasionally transports hazardous waste from satellite accumulation to 90-day accumulation area

Qualification

Paint systems expertiseManufacturing processes knowledgeLeadership skillsAnalytical problem-solvingProject management skillsEmployee managementCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field including minimum five years paint experience; or equivalent

Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes required

Must have thorough and complete mastery of Paint field

Must be broadly familiar with technologies, products, customers, and programs

Must possess a well-developed and proven leadership style with the ability to mentor, coach, counsel and train toward long-term departmental and organizational goals while working in a team environment

Demonstrated employee relationship and management skills to support, develop, and lead a cohesive, team

Must carry out duties ethically and in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws

Demonstrated strong communication skills

The ability to effectively communicate to groups of diverse educational background to assure desired actions and outcomes are understood

The ability to effectively present information and responds to questions from technical and management groups when necessary

Demonstrated project and program management skills and proven financial capabilities to maintain quality, cost, and timing of programs

Ability to apply and interpret basic statistical techniques

Strong analytical and disciplined problem-solving skills

Ability to use deductive reasoning and keep several activities moving forward simultaneously