**Position: Production Manager - Welding & Assembly**
**Location**: Apaseo el Amplio, Guanajuato
A Tier 1 automotive manufacturing company specialized in metal parts production is looking for a **Production Manager** to lead the Welding & Assembly area with strong operational leadership, advanced knowledge of welding processes, robots, and manufacturing standards.
**Key Requirements**
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Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electromechanical or Metallurgical Engineering (mandatory)**:
- ** 8 years of production experience in the automotive industry**:
- Minimum 5 years in managerial or senior leadership roles
- Experience in plants with 500+ employees and foreign corporate structure
- Knowledge of MIG, MAG, resistance welding, arc and spot welding, and critical assembly processes
- Experience working with **Fanuc** and **Panasonic** robots
- Solid knowledge of **TPS**, **Core Tools**, **APQP**:
- Methodologies**:Lean Manufacturing**, **Kaizen**, **TPM**, **SMED**, **5S**:
- Quality systems**:ISO 9000**, **IATF 16949**, **PPAP**, **CTPAT**, **OEA**, **ISO 14001**, **NOM 035**:
- Scrap,



rework and downtime control; productivity indicators such as **UPH (Units Per Hour)** and **OEE**:
- Experience with ERP systems (**Plex** preferred) and manufacturing modules
- Advanced MS Office; **Power BI** intermediate/desirable
- Advanced English (able to handle technical and managerial meetings)
**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead welding and assembly operations in automated and manual lines
- Ensure production volume, quality standards and delivery plans are met according to manufacturing programs
- Supervise a team of Assistant Managers, direct staff and unionized operators
- Monitor and control key KPIs**:UPH**, **OEE**, scrap, downtime and rework
- Implement and maintain continuous improvement initiatives (**Lean**, **Kaizen**, **TPM**, **SMED**, **5S**)
- Ensure compliance with all legal, safety and environmental standards
- Oversee and support required certifications and audits (**ISO**, **IATF**, **CTPAT**, **OEA**, **ISO 14001**, **NOM 035**)
- Plan and manage the area’s annual budget
- Coordinate technical requirements and act as liaison with internal/external clients

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