VP Production Development for Sapa Heat Transfer

Sapa Heat Transfer is a part of the Sapa group, which is owned by the Norwegian company Orkla ASA.Sapa Heat Transfer is one of the worlds leading companies in the production of aluminium heat-exchanger strip for the automotive industry.The Business Area Heat Transfer includes Sapa Heat Transfer AB in Finspång, Sweden, Sapa Heat Transfer Shanghai Ltd, Shanghai, China, Remi Clayes Aluminium, Lichterwelde, Belgium and Sapa Heat Transfer Tube GmbH, Remscheid, Germany.Production plants are located in Finspång, Sweden and Shanghai, China, Value adding in Lichterwelde, Belgium and Remscheid, Germany.We also have a sales joint venture called Norca Heat Transfer in North America. Heat Transfer has a net sales of ca 500 mEUR, a good profit and around 1 000 employees.Sapa Group has a net sales of nearly 4000 mEUR and 15 000 employees.Please read more about Sapa and business area Heat Transfer at www.sapa.se.Business Area Vice President Production Development Sapa Heat Transfer can look back at a successful year with good profit growth and higher productivity and we have plans for large expansion in the upcoming years.Organic growth, acquisitions and investments in greenfields will help us grow geographically.We also intend to broaden our assortment and integrate further into the value chain of our key business.To enable these plans, we need to strengthen the Business Area Management Team with a Vice President Production Development.This will be a new, global and challenging position, which requires an extremely skilled and experienced person with the right attitude and mindset.Your main focus in this new position, will be to support and challenge our operations in: . Productivity development . Capital expenditure programs .Genesis (Toyota Production Systems) . Safety . People Management The business area management team consists of six people, including Business Area President, to whom you will report.You will have one person, working halftime with Genesis and Health-Safety-Environment, reporting directly to you.Extensive travelling is required, probably around 100 days/year.The position is preferably based at HQ in Stockholm.Your profile: You have comprehensive management experience in the areas of production and operations including those areas listed above, which will be your main focus.In addition to having a proven track record in those areas, experience from rolling mills and/or from other heavy process industries is an asset.International experience is also vital for the success of this position, thus experience in production outside of Sweden is a must.You need to have excellent skills in English and other language skills are an asset.As a person you are driven, self-motivated and you are keen to deliver results.You have excellent interpersonal skills and you are a strong communicator.You are seen by both your colleagues and your peers as a motivating leader and colleague, as well as being energetic and a good listener.You seek this position because you are someone who wants a challenge, and who wants to work strategically in an exciting international environment.How to apply: In this recruitment Sapa Heat Transfer works with Academic Search International.We need your application no later than Monday, September 8.Due to summer va