Supervisor Operations - John Deere Fabriek Horst B.V.

In order to strengthen the Operations team, we are looking for a Supervisor Operations to join the Operations leadership team for the John Deere production site in Horst. This position provides an excellent opportunity to present yourself and your ambitions in a dynamic production environment.

Responsibilities:

As Supervisor Operations you will lead several Welding, Painting and Assembly teams in the sprayer production facility at the John Deere Fabriek in Horst. You are responsible for deploying company and production strategies. Your total team size can go up to around 30 - 45 welders, painters, operators and multiple team leads.

More specific:

• Daily performance of your Operations teams on important KPI’s related to safety, quality, delivery and productivity.
• Monitor these KPI’s, analyze deviations, adjust to change and initiate corrective actions to maintain and improve performance of your teams.
• Convey the Continuous Improvement philosophy and initiate CI activities to further improve the performance of your teams on safety, quality, delivery and productivity. Your decisions for change are data driven and you pro-actively lead a cross-functional improvement team to implement changes.
• Work together with the other operations supervisors and functional areas to continuously streamline the whole production process and set-up your teams to be successful and hitting daily production rates, with quality and safety.
• Plan with the team leads the work assignments and FTE staffing according to the production planning and master production schedule needs.
• Pro-actively take care of day-to-day challenges that have impact on your production output and work with cross-functional team to solve them with urgency.
• Provide supervision and training to your employees.
• Ensure the team is living the company policies and regulations.
• You report directly to the Manager Operations.

Established in 1837, John Deere has become a world-wide known, respected, high-quality company and brand. This is exactly what the founder intended at the start and continues to be the ambition to this day. The production location in Horst has around 200 employees who work closely together to develop and produce high-quality and reliable spraying equipment to meet the needs of contractors and farmers.

You can expect the following compensation and benefits:

• Excellent salary between 5.000 - 6.000 euro gross per month excluding 8 % holiday allowance.
• 27 vacation days and 13 additional leave days (40 in total)
• Performance-based bonus
• The Collectieve Labour Agreement 'MetalEktro' is applicable for this role

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial or production engineering, preferably, supply or business management or related fields.
• Three years or more working experience as a Production Leader or a leadership role in projects and/or production environment.
• Shopfloor experience, strong manufacturing background and understanding of production processes.
• Solid knowledge on Lean Manufacturing principles and methodologies and knows how to deploy them.
• Can do mentality, analytical, flexible and innovative.
• Team player and team leader with demonstrated effective communication skills to include and motivate people throughout different levels of the organization (from shopfloor till management).
• Make funded decisions based on the available information.
• Fluent Dutch and English in speaking and writing.
• Proficiency in German or Polish is a strong plus.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office, SAP and HR Management applications.
• Feels comfortable with the dynamics of a production environment.