Function: Production
Reports to: Operations Manager
Location: Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
Terms & Conditions: Full-time Local Terms
A strong candidate has been identified through our succession planning.
While a strong internal candidate has been identified through our succession planning process, we remain open to additional applications to ensure that all individuals who meet the required skills, performance, experience, and leadership criteria outlined in the JD have a fair opportunity to be considered.
All resumes must be in English.
JOB PURPOSE
Ensure the continuous improvement and stability of production processes by eliminating losses, defects and waste, applying UMS methodologies and acting as technical trainer and reference in operational excellence. The role is critical to the development of the factory (zero defects, zero waste, zero losses), applying the full range of Focused Improvement methods across Safety, Quality, Business Priority/Cost Deployment, Autonomous Maintenance, Customer Service and Agility.



Contributes directly to the development of semi-autonomous teams, ensuring high standards of safety, quality, efficiency and sustainability.
Most Complex Aspects of the Role
Root-cause analysis of losses across complex, multi-variable production problems, applying the full UMS toolset (FI, AM, PM, Q, PD).
Proposing and validating effective countermeasures and technical standards while balancing safety, quality, cost and delivery.
Driving consistent digital/automation deployment across lines with varying technical maturity.
Sustaining influence and teamwork to advance semi-autonomous teams without formal authority over the crews.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Analyse losses and operational problems, identifying root causes through direct floor observation, data analysis and hands-on involvement
Design and drive action plans and Run to Standard (R2S) implementation (data collection/analysis, loss prioritisation, problem solving, SMED, AM activities and machine s

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