Associate Manager, Production, Battery Expansion

As an Associate Manager of Production, you will be playing a critical role on the Gigafactory Production team. You will lead a dynamic team of Supervisors, managing operations and metrics in critical areas of the Manufacturing floor. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with our manufacturing and operations teams, interfacing with Engineering, NPI, and Material Flow, to ensure production goals are being met.

• Build a strong, motivated production team capable of consistently delivering high quality products against aggressive production targets

• Maintain a culture that prioritizes safety and quality through communication, action, and accountability

• Empower the production team to collaborate with engineering to improve product manufacturability and line productivity

• Ensure production teams receive effective training and workforce development

• Support issue resolution including root cause investigation & an environment of continuous learning and improvement

• Develop supervisory team for individual professional development

• Ensure production teams utilize standardized work and consistent work practices across shifts and areas

• 5+ year experience managing teams of people in high volume manufacturing setting

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, proof of exceptional skills in related fields with practical engineering experience, or equivalent experience

• Ability to work with and develop production performance metrics (efficiency, quality, safety, throughput, costs)

• Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines

• Communicate clearly using excellent written and verbal skills

• Strong organization skills with meticulous attention to detail

• Fluent with common MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)