Production Lead – Tire Mold Manufacturing

About the role

Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 100 employees in tire mold production, ensuring high performance and collaborative culture while aligning production plans with Continental’s strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Set production plans and policies, including programming, in line with organizational strategy.
• Manage data preparation and production processes, ensuring lean flow and meeting deadlines.
• Optimize production procedures with industrial engineering and quality to improve technology and productivity.
• Implement continuous improvement processes and monitor financial, quality, and cost performance.
• Collaborate closely with quality management to resolve complaints and define corrective actions.
• Lead functional areas such as maintenance, warehouse, logistics, and order processing.

Required profile

• Knowledge of design and manufacturing technologies for tire mold production.
• Understanding of technical relationships between containers and tire molds.
• Familiarity with mechanical engineering, GD&T, materials science, and lean methodologies.
• Proficiency in English and Czech (spoken and written).
• Experience with logistics, BDE systems, and maintenance strategies (TPM).

Required skills

• Design & manufacturing technologies for tire mold production
• Mechanical engineering
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Materials science
• Lean methodologies
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote)
• Logistics and BDE systems
• Maintenance strategies (TPM)