Production Manager

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Production Manager to join our passionate team in Västerås. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our passionate team and we love to see that you and your team contribute to a highly collaborative organization.
The Production Manager will be in charge of planning, directing, and monitoring all production activities in Formation and Aging. This includes maximizing the use of the organization's resources and meeting established production specifications as well as schedules; safety, quality, volume, cost, and yield targets.
As leader of the unit you will have the opportunity to build further on a competent team, capable to scale Northvolt's operations in Sweden and beyond. You will report to the Senior Director of Manufacturing.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Develop and implement manufacturing procedures and allocate labour and capital resources to maximize productivity.
-Analyse production and malfunction records to identify problems and recommend solutions (for example changes to procedures, workflow, or equipment) that will improve performance.
-Liaise with functional or operational area managers (for example in planning, logistics, maintenance, technology, quality) and together understand current and future needs and develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for integrating these needs into existing manufacturing activities.
-Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of supervisors who are responsible for various production activities such as, machine operation, processing, treating, assembly or packaging.
-Have full managerial responsibility for multiple teams/departments. Work is normally carried out in an indirect manner (as 'grandparent') and by setting organizational targets.
Skills & Requirements
-Proven leadership in large manufacturing organizations ideally in the automotive industry
-Experience in the modern Operations Management principles: Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma
-Structured problem solving methods
Fluency in English