Location
Peschiera del Garda (VR) | Italy
Job description
About Franke
We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.
The Franke Home Solutions division is the world’s leading provider of smart systems for domestic kitchens. Drawing on a long history of reliability and expertise, we help our partners enhance their businesses and provide outstanding kitchen and cooking experiences to our consumers by offering complete solutions for food preparation and cooking.
About the job
The Production Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing the production processes, ensuring production plans are fulfilled. This role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including ensuring safety, quality, efficiency, and leadership of the team in production.
Your tasks
- Foster a safety-conscious culture and maintain a secure working environment
- Organize and supervise the implementation of 5S activities to enhance workplace organization and cleanliness across all production areas
- Lead efforts to achieve LEAN production
- Ensure that production consistently meets quality standards, customer specifications, and that appropriate documentation is available
- Manage the production department to achieve efficiency and productivity targets
- Monitor, optimize, and report on production performance from material reception up to delivery to the warehouse
- Plan and execute departmental production plans to ensure on-time, in-full delivery of customer orders
- Determine resource requirements, including labor, raw materials, consumables, and shop floor equipment to ensure most efficient use of resources
- Ensure the control of product quality and adherence to quality criteria
- Implement culture of ownership for quality in all employees of production
- Organize projects to align with production orders, delivery schedules, and cost targets
- Identify material, equipment, tool, and device requirements, reporting them to the Purchasing unit and monitoring fulfillment
- Lead and guide the production team, fostering performance and professional growth
- Create culture of collaboration and ownership as per Franke values
- Identify training needs for production employees and ensure these needs are met
- Collaborate with the team to support new product launches and variant projects.
Requirements
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience in production, particularly in processes and technologies similar to the core processes which this role is accountable for
- Proven track record in managing a diverse product portfolio
- Significant experience in a managerial role in a manufacturing company, preferably with multinational companies
- Thorough understanding of quality standards and health and safety regulations
- Strong expertise in production planning and execution
- Proactive and results-driven with a "can-do" attitude.
- Ability to analyse and present data and draw conclusions
- Ability to challenge the status quo and work effectively under pressure.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior stakeholders and manage their expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including problem-solving, teamwork, and communication
- Secondary education in technical area or university degree (preferred)
- Ability to communicate in english
Values
We deliver outstanding solutions
We win together
We are curious
We take ownership
We act responsibly
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