Plant Manager in Arad

Plant Manager Location: (Arad, Romania ) Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees. For more information, visit Eaton.com Join Eaton and help us provide energy-efficient solutions that have a real impact on the environment. We make what matters work. Find out more on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baa_aiJ4L7E Do you want to work for a global player, where we care about ethics, inclusion and diversity and our people? Primary Function: Plans, directs and drive’s the Arad organization to ensure customer requirements are fully satisfied whilst operating within budgeted expenditure levels. Leads the site leadership team which includes Human resources t, Finance, Production, SCM, Quality, EHS, Engineering, Facility. The position includes both strategic and tactical responsibility for our manufacturing site based in Arad. The position reports to the Life Safety Division Operations Director and is part of the Management Team. The position serves as the primary integrating function for the Operations function. Essential Functions: Holds legal responsibility and representation by the power of attorney issued by company’s administrators; Provides leadership, coordination and coaching to the site leadership team enabling them to achieve the operational and financial metrics of the organization. Drives and develops EHS processes and procedures within the organization implementing a behavioral approach to safety and a zero tolerance culture. Drive quality improvement and process development throughout the organization. Develops and implements effective systems and processes to measure and improve performance. Implement a customer focused operational culture delivering world class customer service levels. Co-ordinate activities of the team to optimize cost performance of the plants through capital investment programs, optimizing operating working capital usage and minimizing waste through the development of a continuous improvement culture encompassing lean principles and clear strategic development. Directs and develops the teams in the plant and operating procedures to ensure customer service performance measured through quality, cost and delivery is continuously improved. Interacts closely with the EMEA operations team and the wider Eaton organization in delivering on divisional performance and key strategic projects. Qualifications Qualifications: Prior experience in and possessing a deep understanding of operational management and leadership, complex electronics manufacturing environment. Strong continuous improvement background focusing on lean and six sigma tools and techniques. Experience and detailed understanding is required of supply chain and manufacturing systems particularly SIOP, continuous improvement and quality. Experience of both the use and development of SAP or an equivalent system is essential. Electronics industry background is preferred with proven ability to develop and execute strategic operational plans. Proven track record of building organizational capability and talent through effective recruiting, training, coaching, development and optimizing organizational design. Strong leadership capabilities. Business acumen with financial skills, especially cost center management and business case analysis and development. Senior executive communication and presentation skills, comfortable with public speaking and presenting. Relationship building skills. An engineering degree complemented with an MBA or equivalent is preferred. Excellent English language skills are expected What Eaton offers: Contract in fast growing global company Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team Great career opportunities – We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible Excellent working environment – safety and ethics are really important for us Culture & Values – We are more than the products we invent and produce – the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are – both individually and as an organization – and direct our activities every day Inclusion & Diversity - Openness to diversity widens our access to the best talent. Inclusion allows us to engage that talent fully Learning & Development - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with on-going learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University Candidate applying to the vacancy may be subject of the background screening. #LI-DG1 We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters. We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.