Valmet Oyj

Production Unit Leader

Valmet Oyj • $80K — $95K *
Florence, AL 35630In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Minimum 5 years of manufacturing or industrial operations leadership experience
  • Strong financial and business acumen
  • Experience with Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement
  • Knowledge of ERP systems, production planning, quality systems, and HSE
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Own the workshop operating budget and financial performance
  • Deliver business targets including revenue, profitability, and cost performance
  • Monitor operational and financial KPIs and implement corrective actions
  • Lead daily workshop operations to achieve production and quality objectives
  • Manage production schedules and labor effectively
  • Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with HSE regulations
  • Champion Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen initiatives

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing team
  • Engage in continuous improvement initiatives
  • Comprehensive involvement in both operational and strategic decision-making
  • Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Focus on safety, quality, and customer satisfaction
Full Job Description
JOB STATEMENT & ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Financial & Business Performance
  • Own the workshop operating budget and financial performance.
  • Deliver business targets including revenue, product margin, profitability, absorption, and indirect cost performance.
  • Monitor operational and financial KPIs and implement corrective actions.
  • Lead initiatives that improve productivity, profitability, and cost competitiveness.
  • Develop forecasts, capacity plans, and investment recommendations.
  • Prepare monthly operational, financial, quality, and HSE reports.
  • Identify cost reduction opportunities while maintaining safety and quality.


Operations Leadership
  • Lead daily workshop operations to achieve production, delivery, quality, and financial objectives.
  • Manage production schedules, capacity, labor, equipment, and subcontracting.
  • Establish long-term operational strategies.
  • Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
  • Optimize throughput, equipment utilization, logistics, and material flow.


Health, Safety & Environmental Leadership
  • Promote a strong safety culture.
  • Ensure compliance with HSE policies and regulations.
  • Lead safety observations, investigations, and corrective actions.
  • Maintain safe equipment and facilities.


Quality Management
  • Maintain responsibility for workshop quality performance.
  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Reduce scrap, rework, and Cost of Poor Quality.
  • Drive First-Time-Right performance.


Continuous Improvement
  • Champion Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen.
  • Standardize best practices.
  • Improve productivity through process optimization.


Systems & Operational Data
  • Ensure effective ERP and production planning system utilization.
  • Promote data accuracy and reporting.
  • Support operational decisions through analytics.


Leadership & People Development
  • Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and employees.
  • Conduct performance management and succession planning.
  • Build an accountable, engaged, high-performing team.


Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Quality.
  • Maintain strong customer relationships.
  • Support business development and procurement planning.


Decision Making Authority
  • Daily management of workshop operations.
  • Production scheduling and workforce planning.
  • Operational spending within authority limits.
  • Continuous improvement implementation.


Key Performance Indicators
  • Financial: Revenue, Product Margin, Profitability, Absorption, Indirect Cost.
  • Operations: OTD, Productivity, Capacity Utilization, Throughput, Schedule Adherence.
  • Quality: COPQ, Scrap, Rework, Customer Complaints, First-Time-Right.
  • HSE: LTIR, Near Misses, Safety Observations, Compliance.
  • People: Engagement, Training, Workforce Stability, Succession.


AUTHORITY & LEADERSHIP:

This position requires a high degree of decision-making authority working in conjunction with the Senior Manager, Global Workshop Operations and Area Management Team members and the leaders within assigned Business Line responsibilities. Position has direct reports.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS - Education & Experience:
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Minimum 5 years of manufacturing or industrial operations leadership experience.
  • Strong financial and business acumen.
  • Experience with Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
  • Knowledge of ERP systems, production planning, quality systems, and HSE.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills


COMPENTENICES:
Core Competencies
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Operational Excellence
  • Financial Acumen
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Customer Focus
  • Decision Making
  • Talent Development
  • Change Leadership
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Collaboration

About Valmet Oyj

Valmet Oyj is a Finnish company that provides technology and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries. The company's products include pulp and paper machines, tissue machines, and power boilers, among others. Valmet has operations in more than 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company was formed in 2013 when Metso Corporation's pulp, paper, and power businesses were demerged into a separate company. Valmet is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
Learn more about Valmet Oyj
Size
14,000 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
* Ladders Estimates

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