Satu Mare, Romania
Production Manager with 3+ years of experience in an international greenfield manufacturing plant in Romania. Strong background in plant operations, performance improvement and team leadership across start-up, ramp-up and stabilization phases. Experienced in managing complexity within fast-growing environments.
Plant scope: Manufacturing plant, 380+ emp, 2 shifts Key achievements - Improved efficiency from 82% to 93% through performance management and standardization - Reduced new teams ramp-up from 6 weeks to 4 weeks via structured onboarding and training - Led cross-functional initiatives across engineering, maintenance and quality - Acted as key operational support to the Plant Manager in daily decision-making.
Drove internalization of key manufacturing processes previously outsourced, generating annual cost savings of ~300K€ Improved operational KPIs, through standard work definition and performance tracking
Coordinated cross-functional NPI activities for 400+ new products per year, ensuring on time start of production Reduced average lead time from design freeze to mass production from 5 weeks to 3,5 weeks through improved coordination and processes standardization.