Job Description

Group Description

Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.

Group MAFACT Lead, Cosma CAN/US

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and facilitates events and activities supporting the WCM initiative; follows-up to ensure the activities of the events are being completed and maintains tracking records. Activities include but are not limited to Mafact Assessments and A3 Action plans for each of the divisions.
• Provides leadership focusing on the success of the Cosma Canada/USA divisions and the success of Cosma / Magna. Works closely with Cosma Canada/USA Director's and Group General Managers to support a cross-functional and integrated approach to the WCM initiative.
• Performs all duties and promotes him/herself by setting a positive example in a manner reflecting the Magna Employee's Charter, Corporate Constitution and each individual Divisions' Mission, Visions and Values
• Leads, meets, and supports continuous improvement targets related to safety, quality, productivity, people, cost and customer satisfaction, aligned to organizational goals of Leadership Development, World Class Manufacturing and Innovation.
• Identifies and leads projects to ensure divisions are optimizing overall business objectives
• Builds, assembles, and develops team members and ensure succession plans are in place for the teams.
• Develops and conducts WCM training ensuring that training learned is put into practice.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends associated with Mafact elements and initiatives.
• Adheres to customer requirements, Business Operating Systems, and company policies

Other duties that may be assigned

Requirements

• Must be able and willing to travel internationally and within Canada and the United States
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and the 9 Pillars of Customer World Class Manufacturing
• Methodical understanding of Visual Management, Daily Fast Response, and Quality Management Systems
• Develop high level plans with divisions to help meet MAFACT objectives and plant KPIs
• Understands, promotes and lives by Magna's philosophies and the Magna Employee Charter
• Maintains extremely high ethical standards regarding all sensitive information exposed to
• Continuously challenges past practices by actively exploring and implementing new solutions and methodologies to improve the quality and time to market of our products and services to the company
• Shows willingness to learn, fully understands, and adopts the Magna and Cosma standards
• Positive attitude, excellent human relations skills, decisiveness, and demonstrated commitment to continual improvement
• Routinely present and communicate group KPIs and Subject Matter material to VP, Directors, and GMs

Additional Requirements

• Works well in a team environment. Must be able to interact and effectively communicate with many different kinds of people - from the VP to the shop floor operator
• Understands the importance of the mixture of on-the-floor AND classroom training, and must be able to stand up in front of the room and effectively train as necessary
• Embraces the desire to standardize and implement WCM that will be the basis for training materials
• Displays high attention-to-detail, understands and utilizes the critical need of a project management role, where every detail matters; uses these tools to track project items, and as a means to communicate project status to all groups involved
• Consistently demonstrates and maintains a high level of accuracy and accountability

Key Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years in manufacturing operations, & 3+ years as MAFACT Divisional Lead
• A demonstrated working knowledge of Business matters/KPI's required at a Divisional level
• BS/BA Industrial Engineer or Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt Certification is a plus
• Must be able to travel within Canada and the United States

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must work with sense of urgency, ability to meet tight deadlines, to defuse conflict situations, management of confidential / sensitive information, maturity of judgement, maintain contacts internally / externally, overtime / flex hours as necessary, fast paced office & manufacturing environment

Physical Demands

• Normal amount of sitting or standing, average mobility to move around an office environment, able to conduct normal amount of work at a computer, may require local travel.
• Business travel is a requirement of this position (approx 60-65%) and may be within and outside of core working hours

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.