Production Manager

Solaredge Limited - Spanish Springs, NV

Full-time - Mid Level

Spanish Springs, NV

1,001-5,000 employees

About the position

The Production Manager at SolarEdge will lead the manufacturing team responsible for producing high-performance smart energy products. This role focuses on ensuring production forecasts are met while driving continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. The manager will provide hands-on support to the operations team, ensuring quality and safety standards are upheld, and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and repair of SolarEdge ATE test stations, fixtures, and production-related equipment.
• Responsible for production, including daily production planning, delivery to plan, production costs, first pass yield, safety, quality targets, and production staffing.
• Manage a team of production supervisors while pushing metric goals and directing operations on the production floor.
• Support upgrades, new products, and material introductions by supporting design teams, creating process plans, tracking budget costs and project schedules, and developing countermeasures to ensure completion of project goals.
• Develop and deliver continuous improvement initiatives in safety, environmental, quality, cost, efficiency, and productivity objectives.
• Provide feedback to management on issues; benchmark other organizations for best practices.
• Lead by example of positive reinforcement and support SolarEdge in its world-class manufacturing organization while working with cross-functional teams to meet business goals.
• Responsible for hiring, training, performance evaluations, incident reporting, and disciplinary actions.
• Create and enforce training plans and processes for the production team members.
• Ensure team member safety by proactively identifying and correcting hazards, conducting regular training, and encouraging continuous improvement recommendations from the team.
• Drive high-quality standards in everything we do, such as process control systems, monitoring and managing key product metrics, consistency in documentation, and 5S initiatives.
• Awareness of raw material availability and potential production constraints.
• Constantly looking to correct inefficiencies and improve production processes.

Requirements

• BS degree in a scientific or technical field; OR AS with 5+ years equivalent manufacturing experience.
• Proven 5+ years production team management experience; high-volume production experience preferred.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Must be available to work between shifts and after hours as needed to attain business success.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Strong sense of urgency and self-motivation.
• Ability to work well both independently and in a team atmosphere.
• Experience hiring and training new production associates.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively communicate with employees at all levels within the organization, both verbally and written.
• 5S and/or lean manufacturing processes experience preferred.
• Advanced electrical safety knowledge and trainings preferred.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally up to 10%.

Nice-to-haves

• 5S and/or lean manufacturing processes experience preferred.
• Advanced electrical safety knowledge and trainings preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and market-informed compensation.
• Bonus and/or equity awards.
• Full range of medical benefits.
• Financial benefits and support.
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Opportunities for professional development.