Senior Manager Production-1

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Cienega de Flores-Facility 6

Senior Manager Production role at Caterpillar, focused on leading and optimizing machining processes in a manufacturing plant. The role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production, meeting established manufacturing requirements, and driving PQVC performance, process stability, throughput, and defect reduction. It involves managing Section Managers and operations support personnel, developing plans for resource utilization, monitoring customer delivery and cost reduction programs, and implementing corporate initiatives like Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. The position requires a Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree, expertise in machining processes, advanced English, and experience with production training, problem-solving, influencing, flexibility, performance management, analytical thinking, planning, organizing, and communication. Experience with Lean Six Sigma certification and a Master's degree in manufacturing are preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ensure effective operation of an assigned area of manufacturing to meet established schedules and production requirements while maintaining cost.
  2. Develops plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and manpower to achieve manufacturing cost, quality, and inventory management target.
  3. Monitors customer delivery performance, cost reduction programs, lead-time improvements, and quality improvement projects that will enhance customer value and business unit results.
  4. Establishes cost and quality goals and ensures the efficient integration of factory, logistics, maintenance and quality to achieve targets for assigned area.
  5. Ensures proper direction and supervision of activities in assigned area to maintain effective utilization of personnel and machinery.

Skills

Required

  • Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field
  • Expert in Machining processes
  • Advanced English
  • Production Training
  • Problem Solving
  • Influencing
  • Flexibility and Adaptability
  • Performance Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Effective Communications

Nice to have

  • CPS & Lean Six Sigma training and certification
  • Master’s degree related to manufacturing