Quality Autonomous Production Unit Leader (APUL)

SUPERVISORY Organize team members in accordance with operational objectives. Oversee the allocation of work. Handle administrative matters for your team. Understands and promotes the Quality Management System. Other duties as assigned. Team skills development Assess your team's individual and collective skills against short and medium‑term needs. Ensure that skills are available and developed. Conduct individual interviews with each team member and contribute to career development and compensation proposals. Team leadership Delegate and provide the support needed to empower team members. Oversees communication with teams. Give meaning to real‑time information to unite teams around goals and priorities and jointly identify areas and actions for improvement. Lead daily meetings with team members. Effectively integrate and quickly adapt to changes in activities and the work environment under optimal safety conditions. Ensure team unity and help maintain positive employee relations in liaison with relevant support functions. Other duties as assigned. OPERATIONAL Define and implement actions to meet the safety, quality, cost, delivery, people, improvement (SQCDPI) objectives set for the year: Ensure workload/capacity alignment with schedule. Analyze the root causes of failures and implement immediate measures to sustainably resolve issues. Oversee problem‑solving in conjunction with the appropriate support functions. Formally define actions that cannot be handled locally and raise them to the next SQCDPI level. Ensure lifecycle support for production equipment: ensure that level‑1 maintenance is performed and production equipment is used correctly – contribute to preventive maintenance. Control inventory levels, perform cycle counts and analyze results. Responsible for Hoshin Kanri Pillars deployment. Play an active part in production engineering; contribute to achieving milestones. Accurately report all labor transactions. Prepare and maintain the inspection documentation (ATP, checklists, etc.), as required. Identify and track non‑conformances, including containment and verification of NC actions. Participate in quality audits and recommend improvements in product, process, and documentation to achieve optimum quality. Other duties as assigned. Oversight Oversee the production area using dashboards and indicators: Anticipate and define any corrective actions that may be required. Measure and assess outcomes. Communicate on your team's performance. Help define industrial strategy and objective for the production area. Other duties as assigned. IMPROVEMENT / INNOVATION ASPECTS Innovations: Promote change on a daily basis. Inspire and encourage your team to think out‑of‑the‑box. Support the transformation of innovation ideas into concrete actions (employee‑driven innovation). Operational aspects: Performance management (quality and delivery) – Advanced. Quality Control supervision – Expert. Risk Management – Advanced. Problem‑solving – Expert. Managing time and prioritizing tasks – Advanced. Technical knowledge – Advanced. Ability to process information – Advanced. Managerial aspects HSE requirements – Basic. Team leadership – Advanced. Skills development – Advanced. Ability to manage a cross‑functional and intercultural team – Advanced. Improvement/innovation aspects Continuous improvement and change management – Advanced. Technical skills ERP/M3 – Basic. MS Office – Advanced. Outlook – Advanced. MiniTab/Jasp – Basic. Quality tools including cause‑and‑effect diagrams, check sheets, control charts, histograms, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, tree diagrams, AS9100 and Lean Manufacturing – Advanced. Correctly interprets drawings, specs, standards, work instructions and understand product conformity – Advanced. Time and attendance – Advanced. Other Excellent written and verbal communication skills – Advanced. Fluent in English – Advanced. Bilingual English/Spanish helpful – Basic. Ability to work in a cross‑functional/international team environment – Advanced. #J-18808-Ljbffr