Job Description Summary

The China Wind Manufacturing Leader reports to the Vice President Wind Manufacturing and leads Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost outcomes across multiple manufacturing plants. This is a strategic leadership role aligned to critical business imperatives supporting a global customer base.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Establish a zero-incident safety culture and adherence to Life Saving Rules
• Drive safety standard work including best practices, root cause analysis, and methods
• Develop and execute a regional quality framework aligned with global standards
• Drive quality culture ensuring customer and engineering requirements are met
• Develop and execute regional operational standards such as daily management, MOR’s, and related rhythms to meet delivery commitments with safety and quality standards
• Deliver on regional S&OE targets
• Implement proactive systems to provide early warnings on fulfillment risk and drive problem solving
• Lead regional Lean imperatives driving continuous improvement, deploying standard work, value stream mapping, and eliminating waste
• Own regional operating budget and capital investment
• Develop and execute a long-term strategy for regional workforce capability, succession planning, and skills development
• Develop regional manufacturing leadership culture and capability, including meeting Glint survey improvement goals and developing leaders (front-line leader to plant leaders)
• Build One Team culture across multiple plants driving priority alignment and optimized solutions across plants, engineering, sourcing, and related stakeholders

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing, finance, and/or relevant operational leadership experience
• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience leading teams
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time

Desired Characteristics

• Prior relevant experience in the Wind industry
• Proven strong operational leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to set clear priorities, problem solve challenges, assess tradeoffs, take decisions, and deliver SQDC
• Knowledge of manufacturing leadership disciplines including production planning, inventory control, variable cost productivity, fulfilment, quality, and cost systems
• Strategic thinker – demonstrated ability to anticipate constraints, facilitate breakthroughs, and drive strategic activities that transform the business
• Demonstrated ability to assess complex business problems, assess tradeoffs, and take the right decisions
• Strong cross-functional leadership with demonstrated ability to influence outcomes
• Proven leadership skills with the demonstrated ability to motivate & inspire others
• Excellent communication with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization (shop floor to CEO)
• Demonstrated results driving change and transforming operations
• Proven experience with leading Lean activities, applying Lean tools, and building Lean culture

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes