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Regional Lead Mexico (OPEX Leader)

Requisition ID: 40106

Job Location(s):

Apodaca, MX

Job Description

Danfoss Business System (DBS) is looking for a Regional Lead Mexico, responsible for successfully driving continuous improvement journeys within one of our key subregions in Danfoss; Mexico. You will be responsible for ensuring DBS fundamentals (Lean tools & -processes) in place in all factories within your designated region, across Safety, Quality, Lead time and Productivity. You will work in close collaboration with DBS Factory Performance Global Heads and Head of Regional Navigators to ensure workforce planning and adequate competency- and capacity planning to facilitate and lead Kaizens and continuously improve performance on the shop floor.

You will be working in a truly multicultural environment with highly qualified colleagues from all over the world. You will be driving the activities on-site, with the objective to support the factory leadership to further improve Safety, Quality, Lead time and Productivity, and thereby achieve effective contribution margin improvements. We operate wherever our companies, partners and customers are, and therefore it is important that you have the flexibility and willingness to travel extensively (up to 90%) in our factories in Mexico, and occasionally also internationally.

Job Responsibilities

You will act as a trusted and valued partner to manufacturing and supply chain leaders to ensure optimization within quality, delivery, cost, motivation, and cash flow, along the entire value chain. It will be your responsibility to encourage a culture of sustainable change by applying LEAN and SIX SIGMA methodology, creating impact across all KPI’s, delivering top class products to customers every time.

As part of a global network, you will search and share best practice effectively. Your main responsibilities are to:

• Be the main responsible to ensure leadership commitment, capability building within all factories in your region.

• Have DBS Fundamentals installed, understood, and executed in all factories in your region.

• Facilitate and lead weekly performance dialogues with Plant Managers.

• Drive resource allocation alignment with Head of Regional Navigators.

• Ensure key stakeholders in plant have the right DBS competencies and fundamentals in place.

• Execute yearly Potential Mapping and Audits of all plants in your region.

• Lead Kaizen workshops on shop floor within all factories in your region.

• You will act as a partner to manufacturing and supply chain leaders to ensure optimizing quality, delivery, cost, motivation and cash flow, along the entire value chain.

• It will be your responsibility to foster a culture of sustainable change by applying LEAN and SIX SIGMA methodology creating impact across all KPI’s delivering world class products to customers every time.

• As part of a global network, you will search and share best practice proactively.

Danfoss Business System is a world-class operational excellence organization, building on more than 20 years of experience. Our tools and processes are well developed and tested, and we continuously bring new and innovative approaches to our ways of working to ensure we continue our journey of delivering double-digit productivity improvements year over year.

Background & Skills

To be considered for this position, you have a relevant background in engineering, business or equivalent combined with significant hands-on experience in implementing change projects. You could have plant and operational managerial experience from a production/manufacturing setting as well.

It is essential that you have a commitment to diversity of thought, inclusion, and a global/international mindset. You will be required to demonstrate an ability to navigate in a complex setting whilst maintaining an innovative perspective.

You are a solid team-oriented person and an inspirational project leader possessing technical credibility and presence. You can quickly gain the trust of your team, your peers and management. You will exhibit a personal blend of holistic process understanding, functional quality and execution success. Furthermore, we expect that you:

• Have a solid foundation in lean and related areas (six sigma, TPM, TPS)

• Are an effective communicator and consensus builder across key stakeholders

• Have significant focus on collaboration with a wider network

• Have an instinct for impact and a taste for stretched targets

• Have a mindset of continuously improving your peers and your self

• Are fluent in English, both orally and in writing

• As a person you a self-driven with a focus on efficiency and your work style is fact-based and well-structured. Your professional and resolutely personality, well-developed interpersonal skills and can-do attitude enables you to solve complex problems and create a sustainable impact.

• Travel availability of 90%.

We look forward to bringing you onboard the team!

Employee Benefits

We offer you…

• An exciting position in an international environment and a global company, who is a market leader with the power to invest.

• A future where Danfoss will continue to increase investment in core areas, as well as digitalization and electrification, aiming to maintain or build No. 1 positions globally.

• An inspiring work- and learning environment, with deeply committed and motivated colleagues.

• A world of DBS, a non-hierarchical organization free from bureaucracy and never far from ideas to action.

• A unique opportunity to further develop yourself and advance your career.

Danfoss – Engineering Tomorrow

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways - driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees.

Following our founder’s mindset “action speaks louder than words”, we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030.

Danfoss is an EO employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 42.000 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 42.000 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.