Production Supervisor - Paint Shop / Supervízor(ka) výroby - Lakovňa (VCK)

This is a new role in the production team of our state-of-the-art Paint Shop. As one of the production leaders, you will be an integral part of a new organization and real production, pursuing our mission to provide the best manufacturing of products in color or non-color areas, that accelerate the world to sustainable energy. You will work closely with our management, engineering, and project teams in the early and stabilization phases of the Paint process development and equipment to identify manufacturing risks associated with our proposed designs and procedures, always aiming to improve and stabilize main KPIs, cycle time, yield, OEE, safety, and quality.

Reports to: Superintendent
Location: Valaliky Industrial Park, Kosice district, Slovakia
Work hours: Shift-based aligned with factory production hours, including night shifts
Possible start date: 1x headcount ASAP, 2x headcounts in 07/2026

• Supervise a group or team of operational contributors in multi-shift operations and organize their daily workflow;
• Ensure that all team members have the necessary tools, resources, and prerequisites to perform their jobs safely and effectively;
• People planning and management, including short and long-term resource planning, holiday scheduling, and sickness management;
• Communicate job expectations clearly, provide necessary instructions and feedback to team members;
• Control and manage all technology parameters and related media, set up the process parameters and controls to standardize the production process while achieving the quality of the product and process;
• Production planning - contribute data and information to production plans, run reports, check accuracy, and distribute information;
• Coordinate maintenance interventions;
• Lead development of the paint processes through parameter optimization;
• Lead people and paint processes (Manufacturing, Assembly, Supply Chain, Cost, Serviceability, Sustainability, Reliability, Safety, etc.) and work closely with product design engineering teams to ensure that critical changes are incorporated in a timely manner;
• Oversee operator instructions, critical parameters, checklists, and training materials for assigned paint operations, update special equipment service manuals, including BOMs, drawings, wiring schematics, needed processes, technical expertise, and tooling for optimisation of production runs;
• Drive process improvements, cost reduction activities, and continuous improvement activities;
• Provide training plans and execute training for team members.

• Several years of previous working experience in a highly automated production environment OEM/Tier1, in a Production Supervisor/Shift Leader function, preferably associated with painting;
• Good understanding of the manufacturing processes in Paintshop, 5S, Standard Work, Andon, and real-time production management;
• Experience in the development of manufacturing processes and setup of processes, machines, process parameters and media;
• Preferred university education in Industrial, Chemical, Mechanical, Material Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience;
• Experience transitioning products from prototype to production;
• Experience in defining and assessing quality standards associated with common manufacturing processes, including drawing specifications, limit samples, and incoming/outgoing quality control points;
• People development abilities and coaching skills;
• Flexibility, being able not only to work under an organization in a transformation period, or green-field project, but thrive in such a fast-paced environment;
• Excellent communication skills, conversational in the Slovak language, written and spoken, and preferably in English; 
• Not only an individual contributor attitude but also a demonstrated ability to work within a multinational team, influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization;
• Ability and willingness to travel within Europe, although based in Košice District, Slovakia.

Base Monthly Salary (Gross) for this position starts from 2.000 EUR.
* The salary amount represents the minimum guaranteed amount of the basic salary component applicable to the job. Final salary is negotiable and will be adjusted in accordance with seniority level and previous experience of candidate.
 
Additional benefits:

• Summer & Winter Pay;
• Annual Volvo Bonus depending on performance and company's financial results;
• Contribution for Supplementary Pension Savings (lll. Pillar);
• Cafeteria Benefit Program;
• Contribution for meals exceeding legal requirements;
• Compensation for dioptric glasses & contact lenses beyond the legal requirements;
• Life insurance for cases of loss of life, disability, work injury.

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