Automation Manager/ New Technologies

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Automation Manager/ New Technologies located in Guadalajara, North.

Reporting to the Sr Director, Automation Engineering, the Automation Manager/ New Technologies role involves leading and driving regional and site-specific activities on Growth and Productivity. Align and support each BU to ensure we are achieving goals on both.

What a typical day looks like:

• Identify automation needs for operations that currently solution is not identified or standardized.
• Benchmarking comparison, evaluation, and selection of new automation technologies.
• Standardization and promotion of new automation technologies into Flex Operations.
• Define clear requirements to achieve goals with ROI, investment cost, scalable solutions, etc.
• Build financial models (i.e., Microsoft Excel); conduct quantitative and qualitative business, market, and competitor analysis; help identify and assess existing and new market initiatives as it relates to Growth.
• Be a key spokesperson to advocate core product capabilities and potential opportunities. Effectively participate in promotion activities internally and with customers to represent various industry products, solutions, and value propositions.
• Requires previous Project Management experience in a complex, high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience in another segment such as Automotive, etc. is very desirable.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS/MBA in Engineering electronics, mechanics, mechatronics or similar.
• Advanced experience in Project Management.
• PMI Certificate (Project Management Institution).
• Knowledge in Automation-Maintenance and Engineering.
• Evaluations, plans, internal strategies.
• Gap Analysis.
• Analysis (Tracking Systems) - Global Customer Communication.
• English Advanced (Worldwide interactions).
• Finance (P&L - Balances Investments Vs Savings).
• Valid US Visa and passport.
• Desirable experience in an Industry similar to Electronics (plastics, Metals, Food-Pharmaceutical Industry Health Reliability).
• Tracking capacity – deployment for the savings goal.
• Impacts the long-term (annual) direction and financial or operational success of the function and/or site. Approves and/or creates functional processes or technologies. Establishes and ensures effective achievement of functional strategic plans and objectives for the site. May have P&L responsibility for the function.
• Impacts long-term projects and goals.
• Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approach to critical assignments. Provides direction on large/critical projects.
• Gap Analysis.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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Job Category

Production Engineering

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