Head Of Eu Operation (Battery Assembly Plants)
CurrentResponsibilities: • Responsible for Europe customers EV battery demand fulfillment (>50bn € revenue) in the entire value chain, eliminating capacity bottleneck to strategically grow with customers in Europe. • Design and implementation of 2 strong teams: operation team for 3 EU battery assembly plants, logistics team for celll and module plant in Germany, coach and development of employees from different cultures.• Leading program review to manage project launch plans to meet timing and cost target, driving building permission, optimal layout & flow, equipment automation and supplier management. • Leading shopfloor with KPI-oriented operation execution system by driving safety standard, quality control, equipment stability, cost optimization and efficiency; establishing discipline with culture of excellence. • Gaining customer insight on demand to streamline supply chain from China to Europe with balanced production and agile inventory strategy, adhere to service level by reducing supply chain risk. • Driving digital innovation in supply chain management(WMS, TMS, LES) and production management(MES) to implement standard process and integrated information flow with transparency. • Improving customs compliance by driving customs process integration with SAP via MIC system, launching inward processing(IPR), optimizing customs bonded permission.Key Results:• Rapid launched 3 battery assembly plants(140,000m2) in 12 months (construction, building permission for dangerous goods, customs bonded permission) to increase 10 times capacity meeting EU customer demand.• Implemented leader standard work across functions and tier KPI & Task Kanban to establish discipline. • Operation Excellence: Zero Safety Incidents; ⇩80% custom complaints & ⇩50% quality failure.• Operation Excellence: ⇩30% cost saving by automation & deletion: ⇩50% equipment down time.• Successfully implemented integrated smart production and warehouse management system.