Mechanical Assembly Leader

BW Packaging offre macchinari e soluzioni di imballaggio completi, tra cui sistemi flessibili, riempimento e chiusura, etichettatura, fine linea e servizi di integrazione. Come parte della famiglia Barry-Wehmiller, uniamo un team globale di esperti di imballaggio con uno scopo chiaro: Persone che si prendono cura, costruiscono soluzioni che funzionano. Affrontiamo le sfide più difficili dei nostri clienti come fossero nostre — offrendo soluzioni innovative e durature che stabiliscono lo standard per valore e prestazioni.

Barry-Wehmiller fornisce a livello globale progettazione, consulenza e produzione tecnologicamente avanzatenei settori del packaging, del cartone ondulato e della trasformazione della carta. Combinando a un'idea di leadership che pone al centro le persone, strategie operative miratee una crescita basata suobiettivi, Barry-Wehmiller è diventata un’azienda da $ 3 miliardi con quasi 12.000 dipendentiuniti da uno scopocomune:usare la forza del business per costruire un mondo migliore.

Operations / Manufacturing

Parma, Italy

Operation Site Leader

Assembly, machine integration, testing readiness and production performance

The Assembly Leader directs and develops the assembly team, fostering a culture of accountability, capability growth and continuous improvement, while translating the production plan into safe, high-quality and predictable execution. The role is accountable for assembly planning, resource deployment, build-hour control, quality at source, team capability and daily performance. Working with the Operation Site Leader and cross-functional partners, the Assembly Leader drives operational excellence and continuous improvement within the BW Way framework.

• Safety and People Leadership
• Lead by example on safety, maintain a clean and hazard-free workplace, and ensure HSE actions are assigned, tracked and closed.
• Create a respectful, inclusive and accountable team environment with clear expectations, daily communication, coaching, recognition and active support for individual growth and engagement.
• Manage individual and team performance, attendance and development; maintain the skills matrix and cross-training plan to improve flexibility and succession coverage.
• Production Planning and Daily Execution
• Translate the master production schedule and project priorities into a clear visual assembly plan by machine, phase, milestone and resource.
• Allocate people according to competence, workload and risk; manage daily staffing, absences, overtime and short-term capacity constraints.
• Confirm readiness before assembly start, including released documentation, material availability, quality status, tools, workspace and required skills.
• Monitor progress and target hours, implement recovery actions with clear owners and dates, and provide accurate status and risk updates in production reviews.
• Quality, Productivity and Cost
• Ensure assembly complies with released drawings, bills of material, manufacturing instructions, approved changes and defined quality controls.
• Build quality at source through self-checks, in-process verification, checklists and objective completion evidence; work with Quality and Engineering to contain nonconformities and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain visibility of planned, actual and estimate-to-complete hours; reduce waiting, searching, sorting, repeated inspection, rework and other non-value-added work.
• Contribute to margin improvement through effective labor deployment, overtime and rework control, and practical support for make-or-buy, preassembly, modularization and design-to-cost initiatives.
• Continuous Improvement and Cross-Functional Coordination
• Develop and sustain standard work, visual management and structured problem solving across assembly activities.
• Support modularization, preassembly, complete-kit readiness, supplier quality at source and practical digitalization of shop-floor information.
• Work with Planning, Project Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, HSE, Finance and Service to resolve constraints and align execution.
• Escalate risks early with facts, business impact, proposed countermeasures, required decisions, owner and due date.
• Culture Alignment
• Conduct all activities in a fair, moral, ethical, and legal manner at all times.
• Consistently demonstrate teamwork, collaboration, and respect.
• Display enthusiasm and confidence in the work environment.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn, accept new responsibilities, and implement new processes when provided appropriate instruction.