Job Description

Vacancy for Unit Manager - Pumps and Valves

Join us as a Unit Manager – Pumps and Valves in Pune to be responsible for to drive the performance of the Pumps and Valves Unit with ALPS & guidelines from PG HFH and region India. Develop and coordinate the unit. Responsible for securing that the unit meets short to mid-term goals and customer expectations. Actively work with operational interfaces, communicate, and coordinate

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job:

In this job the Unit Manager – Pumps and Valves would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the performance and output of the unit, including financial responsibility.
• Set and follow up targets for the unit, broken down from factory level
• Drive the development of the unit.
• Secure Standardized work & SOP
• Participate in making the Operational plan
• Make costing update for the unit
• Support and initiate supplier development activities together with support functions
• Support Problem Solving & Improvement activities
• Understand and deal with the real problems of the unit by being present
• Involved in new product development and give input to EPD (Existing Product Development)
• Secure the result of Continuous Improvement activities in the unit by developing yearly operational Plan including Lean Six Sigma and 5S.
• Actively support and challenge the daily running of ALPS in the factory.
• Perform audits according to ALPS
• Responsible for that Supply chain processes within the unit are implemented and maintained.
• Responsible for Customer complaints & Process deviation resolution with different Quality analysis tools like CAPA form, DMAIC approach – PRP / Kaizen & customer specific any
• Responsible for the Team developments by competency mapping, gap identification & Training.
• Responsible for the S & O P drive & ensuring the Capacity & resources availability on short- & long-term horizon.
• Capex & Operational Annual budgetary planning for yearly Costing updates activities & its execution.
• Responsible for
  • ALPS
  • Sustainability - the safety of the people, processes, and manufactured/delivered products.
  • quality + Q-system
  • delivery
  • cost & competitiveness

• Financial authority to execute within the Unit´s P3 costing update frame.
• Break down the Unit´s overall targets into targets for each Team / Function
• Follow up targets and take corrective actions in case of deviations.
• To stop production within the Unit in case of safety/quality / environmental deviations
• To make ALPS audits within the Unit and take corrective actions in case of deviations.
• To execute organizational changes in agreement with FM
• To delegate tasks in the organization

Who you are?

As a person who is responsible for securing that the unit meets short to mid-term goals and customer expectations. Actively work with operational interfaces, communicate, and coordinate.

What you can be?

Qualifications & experience:

• Bachler / Diploma of Engineering from Mechanical /Production or equivalent experience. 
• Leadership and management skills and experience.
• 10 years + of experience in a production/manufacturing company.
• Experience from improvement tools, e g 5S, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen

• Project work experience

Competencies:

• Be a result-driven leader who likes to be present in the organization.
• Drive results through people, and team & and should have People Manager skills.
• Be open and communicative.
• Have high integrity.
• Have a strategic perspective.
• Highly Customer centric approach
• Good team player

Why should you apply:

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.”

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