Job Requirements
Why work for us?
Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we’re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.
With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.
Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with globe-spanning reach. From production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, sales to leadership, we’re always looking for top talent ready to bring their best. Come grow with us!
Job Requirements:
We are currently seeking a dedicated Production Manager to join our team in Fulda. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring smooth production processes while upholding the highest safety and quality standards.
Job description:
Plans, organizes, and directs, through shiftleaders, production operations in different production areas, such as carding, needling, finishing, and recycling.
Integrates production operation or processes, or related processes over multiple shifts. Establishes short-term activities directed toward production continuity and balance, such as creating shift schedules, ensuring requisition of materials, machine loading, grievance resolution, and equipment maintenance. Coordinates and integrates with other plant function areas to ensure support in attaining output, productivity, and quality. Selects, organizes, trains, and motivates the production labor force to ensure consistent attainment of production schedules at optimum productivity and cost levels. Recommends improvements in production flow or methods.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure a safe working environment including following and enforcing the safety absolutes
• Manage three shift system five days a week Operations, including working flexible hours as needed.
• Manage the training program for all production employees
• Coordinate with Production Planning and Purchase to process orders and meet promise dates
• Maintenance and expansion of skills tree matric
• Implementation of upgraded training program.
• Coordinate with Quality Inspection / Department on documented feedback for all Out of Spec or high defect products
• Document quality performance, production output, efficiency, downtime, OEE and adherence to promise dates
• Schedule manning to meet production output requirements
• Handle all operations management responsibilities including Interviews, Attendance Records, Documented Conversations, HR Conversations, Disciplinary Actions, New Hire Orientation, Training Records

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience as it relates to manufacturing, process, inspection, and quality control.
• Progressive management experience in manufacturing roles.
• Manager / supervisor experience. Preferred with non-woven manufacturing.
• Excellent Computer skills – Microsoft Office and ERP Systems, especially MS Navision
• Ability to apply skills, experience, and general knowledge to a wide range of tasks.
• Ability to document information, present information, create charts and trend performance.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.

If you are interested in being part of a world class Production Manger here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.
At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.
Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class

• Ensure a safe working environment including following and enforcing the safety absolutes
• Manage three shift system five days a week Operations, including working flexible hours as needed.
• Manage the training program for all production employees
• Coordinate with Production Planning and Purchase to process orders and meet promise dates
• Maintenance and expansion of skills tree matric
• Implementation of upgraded training program.
• Coordinate with Quality Inspection / Department on documented feedback for all Out of Spec or high defect products
• Document quality performance, production output, efficiency, downtime, OEE and adherence to promise dates
• Schedule manning to meet production output requirements
• Handle all operations management responsibilities including Interviews, Attendance Records, Documented Conversations, HR Conversations, Disciplinary Actions, New Hire Orientation, Training Record