Plant Engineering Strategy Manager, (VCK)

Your leadership will make a difference.

At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class leaders who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience and make people’s lives less complicated, then we have the job for you.

We’re an ambitious company and we’ve set ourselves some firm goals when it comes to electric mobility. To make sure we deliver on our plans, we’ll need to expand our current manufacturing footprint. That’s why we’ve decided to open a new state-of-the-art electric-only car factory – and this time we’re expanding in Kosice, Slovakia. 
The new plant will only use climate-neutral energy and be designed to be a leader in sustainable and efficient premium electric car production. We will optimize the layout and logistics flow to achieve the highest global standards in energy and environmental efficiency.
This is a unique opportunity to be a part of building something completely new, setting a new standard for Volvo manufacturing. Jump in and join the ride!

Who will you report to?

The position is located at the Volvo Car Kosice plant and the main reporting line leads to Head of Plant Engineering.

What will you do?

You will utilize strong manufacturing engineering mindset and previous experience in the manufacturing industry to take ownership of the plant’s strategic work, which means that you will plan, prioritize, and steer long-term activities to drive the improvements from startup to a stable world-class running production and beyond. By defining and understanding what is strategically important for the plant, you will influence and ensure that future process changes and products are in line with our long-term vision. You will be responsible for recruiting and building your plant engineering strategy organization that will live up to our Lean fundamentals in their everyday tasks and closely collaborate with plant facility management, plant environment, plant business office, and global manufacturing network.

To ensure that our long-term vision always is present in our daily business you will lead the development of the different shop engineering departments and together you will be developing forecasts and analytical models for productivity improvements. 
In doing so, you will be responsible for:

• Plan and balance plant processes and layouts;
• Set efficiency targets;
• Represent the plant in the cross-functional work with Manufacturing Engineering and Logistics;
• Manage the manning and efficiency process for the whole plant, including target setting and follow-up;
• Act as chairman for the plant manning meeting and consolidate manning forecasts as input to the plant business plan;
• Perform plant/shop/line level efficiency performance analysis and address opportunities for improvement;
• Give plant input and analyze impact for cycle & volume plans;
• Maintain capacity restraints for each shop and for the plant;
• Investigate running change requests and consolidate answers for the plant;
• Collect and update plant master data (m2, efficiency, working hours...);
• Be responsible for Plant/Shop Layout Council;
• Give input to new agreements on working regimes and shift patterns according to regional regulations.

What will you bring?

• Several years of previous working experience in a leading strategic role in a highly automated industrial environment, preferably OEM;

• Extensive knowledge of methods, tools, processes, production systems, and ways of working in automotive production;

• Extensive collaboration, networking, and argumentation skills but also deep knowledge of process design;

• Preferred university education in Mechanical/Mechatronic, Manufacturing, Automation, Electrical, or related field;

• Demonstrated flexibility, being able to work under an organization in a transformation period, or green-field project;

• Excellent problem-solving, and analytical skills;

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, conversational in English (written and spoken), while Slovak language skills will be a preferred merit;

• Strong interest in leadership and in developing people - you are highly successful in bringing out the best in others;

• Not only an individual contributor attitude but also a demonstrated ability to work within a multinational team, influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

How to learn more and apply?

Does this sound like your next challenge? Are you eager to join us? Then apply via the link in the advert with an attached CV in English. Please keep in mind that we recruit continuously for different departments & shops. Due to GDPR, we do not accept applications submitted via e-mail. Once you receive a confirmation e-mail from the system, your application will be acknowledged. 

Monthly gross salary for this position starts from 3.300 EUR.

* The salary amount represents the minimum guaranteed amount of the basic salary component applicable to the job. Final salary is negotiable and will be adjusted in accordance with seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to the monthly salary, there is also a 13th salary paid in an aliquot amount and a performance bonus depending on the company's financial results and individual performance.

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.