Department Manager Production

Are you an experienced leader who can adapt your style and leadership to different situations and people? Are you also a person with great technology skills and an analytic mind with experience from manufacturing? If your answers are yes, then this might be an opportunity just for you!
Overview
An exciting and challenging opportunity awaits you who want to contribute with your leadership expertise, energy and creativity as we are looking for a Department Manager in Falkenberg. You will have approx. 18 employees reporting to you. You will drive and participant in result development and machine effectivity within your area to reach the goals within security, quality and production. You will coach your RST and your team members and also collaborate with the other Department Managers so you together will reach the goals for the factory. You will be a part of Management team for production and report directly to Unit Manager in Falkenberg.
The factory in Falkenberg has around 400 employees. We are a modern organization with high technology machines and mindset. Technology development and upgrading project are constantly on our agenda. Our productions are within fast moving consumer goods. In our factory we are producing diapers, incontinence products mostly for markets within Central- and East Europe.
Our culture is focused on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment. We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.
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About the role
As a Department Manager, you are a role model for safety. Responsible for development of the organizational capability to get the expected results and provide leadership, direction setting and coaching for the team. You are responsible for the application (and development if needed) of systems and standards (work instructions, procedures for safety, quality, Maintenance, HMEx Best Practice etc.) You develop department objectives aligned with site and unit’s needs and cascade Essity goals to the department members. You ensure that the department delivers required production orders in time and on cost. You are also accountable for the department’s operational budget and to identify CAPEX needs to support midterm plans.
Responsible for safety rules at Essity and making sure your employees follow these rules
Make sure volume is secured by collaboration with logistics and correct input in S&OP-file
Responsible for work instructions, routines and quality
Act as a role model when it comes to policy’s, rules and Essity’s way of securing world class production quality
Analyze results from weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports form production
Coach and collaborate with team and other departments

Who You Are
To be successful in this position you need to have great technology understanding and experience from manufacturing. You need to have a holistic perspective and be a good leader who can motivate, collaborate and communicate very well with your team members. You are a driven and inspiring person who have the talent to share new solutions in the way many can understand and follow. You embrace changes and change management.
We also see that you have:
University degree within Engineering or equal experience from working in production
Fluent in Swedish and English – both oral and written
Minimum 3 years working experience within a similar role, experience from production is a must
Very good knowledge in Microsoft Office
Leadership experience
TPM experience are very good to have

Application
Interested? If you are up for the challenge and think this sounds like you, apply today! Kindly note that due to GDPR we will not accept applications via mail. Please use the link to apply via our career site.
Other information
If any questions please contact recruiting Manager, Charles El Hajj – 0706599397.
Unions representatives:
Martin Ericsson, Sveriges Ingenjörer 0346-55849
Joakim Bengtsson, Unionen 0346-55813
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What We Can Offer You
At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and caring Work Environment | Empowerment | Job Impact | Work with a Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning and Development | Health & Safety | Social Responsibility | Innovation