Customer satisfaction and continuous strive for excellence are the corner stone of Netafim, an Orbia business success.

The Global Quality & OpEx Senior Manager is responsible to drive and achieve highest level of Quality and OpEx culture and performance at the region to support the business needs.

Work environment: Hybrid, location at Americas (preferred in Hermosillo Mexico), travels within the region and abroad

Major areas of responsibility, main processes, tasks:

· Member of the Global Quality and OpEx Management team.

· Quality

o Full professional responsibility for the quality at the region.

o Matrix management of the quality managers at the sites in the region.

o Guide, train and support the quality teams at the sites.

o Lead quality aspects as part of Product Development, ECOs and change management at the sites.

o Responsible for "end2end" quality issues at the region.

o Define and implement global QC, QMS standards and work instructions.

o Standardize and deploy knowledge sharing / best practices from other sites and external benchmarks.

o Lead processes, methods and tools to achieve highest quality and efficiency.

o Lead the quality routines at the region.

o Manage and control quality KPI's.

o Lead and drive knowledge sharing globally.

o Lead and drive continuous improvement activities using problem-solving methods.

o Perform quality maturity assessment, QMS and process audits to drive the quality at the sites.

o Support external audits and maintain communication with notification bodies, external labs, for the QMS and product certification.

· OpEx

o Full responsibility to create a culture of lean at the sites and to achieve the OpEx KPIs.

o Manage the regional OpEx routines, KPIs and reports.

o Deploy Netafim Global Lean framework and AOP at the region.

o Improve performance and reduce wastes by increasing the OpEx maturity level and by leading end2end cost saving and improved performance projects and activities using OpEx tools.

o Guide, train and support the lean leaders at the sites.

o Perform OMA and 5S+ assessment at the sites.

o Manage the OpEx deployment plan (for new sites and on-going).

o Drive and train the people with lean methodology and tools.

o Facilitate lean activities such as: Kaizen, VSM, 5S+, SMED

o Standardize and deploy knowledge sharing / best practices from other sites and external benchmarks.

Required Knowledge and experience:

· BSC engineering, MSC/MBA preferred.

· Previous successful experience as quality manager and in leading quality managers at industrial environment.

· Previous successful experience in deploying lean methodology.

· Experience from global companies.

· Knowledge and experience in ISO 9001 (and other QMS), Lean and Six-Sigma.

· High level of communication in English & Spanish (verbal and written).

· Advantages:

o Quality, Lean & Six-Sigma certifications (e.g., CMQ/CQE, Lean & Six-Sigma Black Belt, Auditor certification).

o Proficiency in digitalized tools for Quality & OpEx management.

o Proficiency in SAP and MES.

o Knowledge & Experience in plastic extrusion and injection.

Personal skills:

· High level of leadership capabilities, energy, enthusiasm, personal integrity, and ownership.

· Self-motivated and strive for excellence.

· Make things happen/results oriented in a collaborative manner.

· Be able to work in front of multiple interfaces and positions in parallel.

· Be able to get into details and see the overall picture.

· Consistent and methodological working ability.