G+D makes the lives of billions of people around the world more secure. We create trust in the digital age with integrated security technologies in three business areas: Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. We have been a reliable partner for our customers for over 170 years with our innovative solutions for SecurityTech! We are an international technology group and traditional family business with over 14,000 employees in 40 countries. Creating Confidence is our path to success. Trust is the basis of our co-operation within G+D.

At Payment Technology, our mission is to be at the start of every transaction and to make it secure and simple. We also create contemporary payment and banking solutions for our digital age. As a one-stop shop, we produce and personalise hundreds of millions of payment cards every year and store their "digital twins" - mobile and digital. Would you like to actively shape the digital transformation with us?

Compensation:

$125,000-130,000 with $15k bonus at target

Job Summary

As a key member of the senior management team, this role is responsible to develop, communicate and execute the daily Production plan and supporting tool sets to meet all customer deliveries and contractual obligations. This will be accomplished through leading the regular coordination and interpretation of the information exchange between Sales, Supply Chain and the Production departments and converting the details to a master production schedule ensuring all resources (materials and people) have been secured in accordance with the Delivery Plan. In addition, the incumbent will conduct ongoing risk identification activities and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.

This role will liaise and collaborate closely with the other members of the senior management team and the Region, to ensure continuous alignment of priorities and issue resolution, including the supply chain team regarding production planning and demand forecasting. The ability to think strategically while at times also being able to work side by side with the team to provide guidance and direction will be critical.

To be successful as a candidate, the individual must be a superior communicator who can quickly assess the relevant details of a situation and provide clear feedback and guidance on a course of action. They will also need to possess strong management skills to oversee and direct the activities of teams across various functional areas as well as various technical abilities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, direct and develop production execution activities across multiple business lines in a 24/7 operational environment with a dedicated Business Solutions Team of 9 FTE.
• Responsible for the execution of the strategic operational positioning and readiness for the local delivery of card manufacturing and personalization technologies with a focus and commitment to the achievement of customer contractual obligations, key performance indicators and profitability targets.
• Review, interpret and take decisive action on Operational and Demand Forecast information; coordinate and develop periodic operational analysis with a keen focus on identifying risks to the production plan, developing mitigation activities while also improving accountability and efficiency.
• Effectively integrate the local Production deliverables into the G&D matrix organization involving both Regional Operations (ROPS) and various GDM Global functions. Activities include effective planning for load balancing, maximizing capacity and resource utilization, and supporting activities for new Product introduction.
• Ensures that the master production schedule is created, maintained, and distributed to optimize production to meet daily delivery schedules and forecasted customer demand.