Manufacturing Production Manager

• Lead a dedicated team and drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, and efficiency
• High visibility role where your leadership shapes plant performance and business outcomes
• Opportunities for professional growth through training, mentorship, and leadership development
• Collaborative culture that prioritizes safety, innovation, and continuous improvement

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Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and automation and one of the main manufacturers of critical infrastructure for data centers. Within this business, the Barcelona (Sant Boi de Llobregat) plant is one of the most important sites worldwide, with more than 25,000 m² dedicated to the manufacturing of prefabricated data centers for the leading cloud and technology providers, serving Europe, South America and the Middle East.

The plant specializes in Engineered-to-Order (ETO) solutions within the Secure Power division, focusing on prefabricated data centers and power modules. It delivers complete solutions built on Schneider Electric components, covering the full project lifecycle, from tendering and design to commissioning at the customer site and subsequent services.

In a context of strong business growth and site expansion, the Production Manager leads the Manufacturing Operations of the plant. Reporting to the Plant Manager and as a member of the Plant Management Committee, the role is accountable for executing the manufacturing programme of prefabricated data center projects to meet customer demand in quality, time and cost while respecting safety rules, ensuring production performance through effective team management and hierarchical coordination, and aligning resources and skills with operational needs.

The role leads a three-level shop-floor organization: manufacturing supervisors, manufacturing team leaders and manufacturing operators.

• Lead, develop and engage the Manufacturing Operations organization (supervisors, team leaders and operators)
• Act as a member of the Plant Management Committee, contributing to the site strategy.
• Execute the manufacturing programme of customer projects, meeting commitments in safety, quality, on time delivery.
• Put in place the necessary resources in quantity (load vs. capacity) and skills in the short, medium and long term, aligned with the plant growth and hiring plan.
• Apply the defined processes, standard work and procedures to guarantee the required quality level, in close collaboration with Methods, Quality and Supply Chain.
• Manage the SIM cycles 1 and 2 according to SPS principles.
• Guarantee training plans and competence levels of the teams, building multi-skilling through the skills matrix.
• Lead levels 1 and 2 of the suggestion system and drive 5S and continuous improvement actions on the shop floor.
• Run the daily and weekly production reviews: safety, quality, output vs. plan, on time delivery, productivity and WIP.
• Lead short-interval management at sector level and escalate or resolve abnormalities and cross-functional issues.
• Balance load vs. capacity and allocate supervisors, team leaders and operators across modules, areas and shifts.
• Follow up the production schedule of each project and module, ensuring milestones and customer commitments are met.
• Ensure team leaders respond to Andon calls, audit standard work and contain abnormalities within the shift.
• Review the skills matrix and training plan against the quarterly hiring plan.
• Ensure workplace organization (5S), safety rules and ergonomics are applied every day.
• Prepare the production budget and follow up overtime, absenteeism and labour productivity.
• Conduct one-to-ones, performance reviews and development plans for the team.
• Drive the strong business growth and hire more than 100 people for the shop floor in six months.

Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain

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