Production Senior Supervisor - 2nd Shift

About Us

Hitachi Astemo provides advanced mobility solutions in the areas of electric powertrains for automobiles, advanced chassis, autonomous driving/advanced driver assistance systems, and systems for motorcycles. In addition to reducing traffic accidents and traffic congestion, we aim to reduce the burden on the environment by cleaning exhaust gas and improving fuel efficiency to contribute to the realization of a society that is both people- and eco-friendly. The Hitachi Astemo facility in North Carolina manufactures Automotive Electronic Control Units for both under hood and in cabin applications incorporating a highly advanced manufacturing process utilizing robotics handling and fully automated assembly and test systems.

Come join our growing organization and you’ll find yourself part of a goal-oriented team, working in a fast-paced, inter-functional environment full of professional challenges and opportunities. If you’re a highly motivated self-starter who brings leadership and enthusiasm to everything you do, then join Hitachi Astemo and participate in the advancement of automotive electronics manufacturing.

In addition to the many challenges of working in a fast-paced production environment, you will also enjoy one of the best and most affordable benefit packages in the industry. The benefit package includes paid yearly shutdowns, in addition to your vacation time.

We have a current career opportunity as an:

Production Lead Coordinator – 2nd ShiftLocation: Tarboro, NC, USA Job Summary:

This role will be responsible for coordinating and planning 2nd shift production activities in a high volume, high mix Tier 1 automotive electronics manufacturing facility. This incumbent will be responsible for ensuring top quality units are produced, implementing continuous process improvement, cost savings, initiating team projects and following the projects to completion, and performing daily schedule/team management duties.

This high visibility role has the opportunity to work alongside engineering/maintenance, quality and production colleagues to improve existing processes and define new processes where needed. You will be able to provide process expertise in regards to process improvement techniques to achieve corporate objectives within the costs allowable. This position will work with and rely on production supervisors to accomplish daily tasks, while driving improvements, vision, and direction. Responsibilities include:

• Meeting KPI targets,

• Reporting through the use of Microsoft Office and other software applications

• Presenting results and countermeasures

• Leading cross functional teams in weekly meetings

• Budgeting

• Meeting customer expectations

• Lead continuous improvement activities on Assembly Production lines

• Lead Root Cause Analysis for Quality and Efficiency Issues

• Support materials team by oversight of 2nd shift Receiving, warehouse and Shipping functions