Industrial Engineer - Motorcycle plant
About this position
Application of IE-methods to improve efficiency and optimize cost in the production area of responsibility. Support the production area to realize the production budget and minimize non value-added operations by defining the required technical and human means considering quality, cost, quantity, timing targets and ergonomic aspects.
Responsibilities
• Owner of evaluating machine efficiencies (OEE/TEEP), benchmarking with other entities, reporting in management discussions and define a roadmap for continuous improvement.
• Owner of production efficiency (Standard Tires/manhour), benchmarking with other entities, reporting in management discussions and define roadmap for continuous improvement.
• Owner of plant layout taking care of the people and material flow and the aspects of ergonomic and 5S compliant attractive workplace.
• Owner of defining plant production capacity growth steps to meet the current and future supply demand/forecast from the Supply Chain Management teams.
• Active member of the Global IE community to share learnings/successes and bring learnings from other plants/central teams back to the local organization.
• Owner of the Plant Rolling Investment and Capacity Planning meeting to define the 5 year roadmap for the plant based on future supply/demand and new technology roadmaps.
• Local Key User of the IE related Manufacturing systems (for cycle time settings, investment planning/tracking, HC planning/tracking etc.)
• Support development of Standard operating procedures.
• One of the key drivers of 5S standards on the shopfloor.
• Utilize effective tools and methods like Data analytics etc. and conduct workshops (as needed) to identify and drive improvement opportunities in the areas of ownership indicated above.
Requirements
• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Production Management or related field.
• Minimum 3 years in Tire production or Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing processes of Tire industry process optimization.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement Methods/ KAIZEN.
• Knowledge of Methods of time study (REFA/ MOST/ MTM).
• Ideally had exposure to international projects or worked in a cross cultural environment.
• Good command in English.