Operations Director: Mexico Commercial Compressors

Job Description

Danfoss Climate Solutions within it segment of Commercial Compressors, is looking for their next Operations Director, based in Monterrey with solid experience with factory ramp-ups.

On this role, you will be responsible for factory performance targets in terms of safety, quality, delivery and cost. As well, you will develop our people and organization, ensuring an effective and customer centric way of working, whilst also building capabilities for future smart manufacturing.  

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to: 

• People Management: Develop strong, diverse and effective teams to secure factory performance targets. Drive strong employee engagement. Engage in continuous dialogue with employees and management teams.  Engage in talent development at all levels, ensuring a healthy pipeline of successors for key roles. 
• Safety: Reinforce mindset and build practices for all teams to ensure zero unsafe conditions.  
• Customer Quality experience: Reinforce our quality management system & standards (ISO9001, IATF16949), driving a zero-defect culture in the organization.  
• Delivery Performance: In collaboration with Global Planning and other key stakeholders, securing balanced full E2E flow, delivering on time in accordance with customer expectations. This, balanced with high stock turn rates and low raw material inventories. 
• Flexibility performance: Drive our continuous improvement culture, ensuring year on year productivity and equipment efficiency.  Drive factory CAPEX roadmap to secure machine OEE, productivity and automation improvements.  
• Cost: Drive continuous improvement activities in operational (VCV) cost elements to secure year-over-year targets. Develop mitigation actions on cost deviations. 
• Smart Manufacturing: Drive our journey towards automatic Manufacturing and Digitalization on the shop floor.  
• Union Relations: To have adequate contact with union representatives and facilitate constructive co-operation. Other tasks as required on the job agreed with a direct Manager

Background & Skills

At Danfoss, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a broader perspective in decision-making. When you consider this job posting, do you feel like your profile is not a perfect match? Numerous studies have found that women and people of color are more likely to apply only when they meet all requirements listed in the job posting. Even if you do not check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious to find out how you can bring new insights into the role or to Danfoss as an organization. 

The following skills and experience would be beneficial in this role: 

• Successful track record as leader of leaders in a manufacturing environment or transferable skills from related roles.  
• Solid experience with factories ramp-ups, benchmarking with local market.
• Insights into and connections within the local manufacturing market in Monterrey. 
• Leadership skills to drive change and organizational development. 
• Strong innovation mindset.
• A collaborative approach, driving consensus and alignment across functions and towards global stakeholders. 
• Operational Excellence & year on year Continuous Improvement results. 
• Empathic leader style, valuing empowerment and employee development. 
• Able to communicate with confidence towards many stakeholders at all levels of the organization, locally and globally. 
• Proficient English language level. 

Don´t miss the chance to join us in our brand-new facilities that will be ready on the beginning of 2025!

Danfoss – Engineering Tomorrow

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways - driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees.

Following our founder’s mindset “action speaks louder than words”, we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030.

Danfoss is an EO employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.