Job Information
GKN Automotive Value stream Leader in Pune, India
Key responsibilities
Operations Management
Supervise others working within established operational systems.
Production Planning
Develop daily and weekly production plans for value streams to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan.
Leadership and Direction
Explain the local action plan, to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done, and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organization's strategy, mission, and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
Manufacturing Methods/Processes Development
Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; develop methods and processes to address them.
Health, Safety, and Environment
Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate.
Quality Assurance
Help management to implement quality assurance change initiatives and/or make continuous operational improvements.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.
Operational Compliance
Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
Performance Management
Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
Internal Communications
Help others get the most out of internal communications systems by offering support and advice.
Improvement/Innovation
Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.
Skills
Action Planning
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
Policy and procedures
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
Planning and Organizing
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Review and Reporting
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.
Verbal Communication
Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.
Adaptive Mindset
Works with full competence to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Health and Safety
Manages and applies safe systems of work without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.
Negotiation
Negotiates without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
Experience: Minimum 5 years of Experience
GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.