Production Manager

Aliaxis is one of the world's leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems, valves and fittings. We are present all over the world in more than 40 countries and more than 15.000 people, with 100 production and distribution units. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy. _
- In Italy we are present with more than 700 people and 5 production sites. With our main local brands FIP, REDI, ASTORE, ISEA and LARETER, we make products for the building, infrastructure, industry, and agriculture sectors. _

We are looking for a **Production Manager**, who will be based in **Aliaxis Zola Predosa (BO)**and will report to the Manufacturing Director of the site.

This figure will be in charge of managing and organizing the manufacturing process in compliance with production standards and demand, granting production effectiveness and efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety regulation and Aliaxis Global standards.

**The Key Responsibilities can be summarized as follows**:

- Ensure the compliance with the safety rules and promote improvement actions, if needed.
- Manage the planning and the organization of production according to the demand, granting the fulfillment and the observance of the production targets.
- Guarantee the compliance with the quality and production standards.
- Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the manufacturing process.
- Guarantee the operation and the efficiency of the machinery and equipment inventory.
- Control the department performances promoting improvement actions
- Propose technical actions to improve manufacturing efficiency.
- Supervise the training for the new staff recruited and general skills in view of a constant improvement and increase in flexibility of the manpower.
- Manage and organize shifts in collaboration with shift leaders.
- Together with maintenance and planning/scheduling departments, set up the production plan to ensure the execution of the best machinery and tooling maintenance to increase flexibility.
- Supervise and lead the improvement projects in production department to reduce the transformation costs and increase the value added.

**Required Qualifications and Competencies**:

- At least 5 years of previous experience in a similar role or in a managerial position in Operations in a manufacturing company is required.
- Experience in plastic molding processes is considered a plus.
- Fluent English is required.
- A strong leadership and decision-making approach is fundamental for the role.
- Experience in staff management and a good team-working attitude is pivotal.
- The ability to communicate clearly and empathically with different levels of the organization is an important soft skill.
- Problem-solving skills and the knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies are necessary to support the development of the plant.
- Solid expertise in the management of capital-intensive and labor-intensive processes is required.

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