Automation Manager

Angelo Po Grandi Cucine S.P.A.

Come join a team where People make the difference As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

Execute and maintain 3-year automation roadmap. Determine priority and sequencing for executing automation projects to maximize return to balance utilization of implementation resources.

Work closely day to day with 3rd party integrators / automation suppliers / service companies to assure full support for Angelo Po and compliance to their commitments.

Management of automation assets and systems across the Angelo Po factories and seek of possible synergies with MFT Europe.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- As part of the Operations Management team, a strong commitment to a teamwork philosophy
- Possess the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel
- A professional attitude and demeanor, both in front of customers and at the factory
- Investigate problems as they arise and make recommendations and/or assist in implementation
- Participates actively in the quality process including project team involvement, problem solving, corrective and/or preventative actions, and recommending solutions to enhance and improve the quality of departmental and/or company-wide business activities
- Provide technical support for existing automation systems
- Management of Automation Assets and Systems across the 2 plants
- Develop and maintain 3-year automation roadmap. Roadmap covers all mfg. and distribution operations (currently: Carpi and Ascoli Piceno - Italy)
- Determine priority and sequencing for executing automation projects to maximize return to balance utilization of implementation resources.
- Work closely day to day with 3rd party integrators and automation product and service companies to assure full support for MFT and compliance to their commitments.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE**:

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, established leadership skills, and a team-player mentality
- Bachelor’s degree in electronic/electrical Engineering or related engineering field
- Strong leadership, organizational planning and project management skills, in addition to technical knowledge are required to interact with multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) in order to lead direct reports, interface across management levels and departments
- Strong self-accountability and result orientation
- Kaizen/Lean manufacturing basics
- Purchasing/requisition exp.
- Mechanical or Electrical /Electronic engineering - understanding of principle concepts a large breath of knowledge or experience.
- Quality Control - No-go gauge function/red rabbit part introduction. Strong root cause analysis skills