Director Production

Our flexible, diverse, and casual work environment stimulates change and creates a motivating environment with highly efficient people. As part of our team, you will be an integral part of creating and supporting our products. ADVA’s products are the building blocks for tomorrow’s networks, enabling the transport of increasing amounts of data across the globe. From access to the metro core, to the long haul, we create intelligent, software-automated solutions that will provide future generations with networks that can scale to meet increasing bandwidth demands. Come be a part of the world’s most cutting-edge innovative solutions and products, from design to implementation.
- With a diverse team spread across the globe, we have developed a culture that embraces creativity and seeks innovation in every aspect of what we do. At ADVA, we believe in our TEAM members and work hard to ensure that every voice is always heard.
- ADVA is dedicated to the health and well-being of our employees, therefore, a series of comprehensive, quality wellness programs are available to all employees. In addition to receiving an equitable salary and having an equal opportunity for professional development and advancement, as an ADVA employee, you may be eligible to enjoy other health benefits and perks, which will enhance your job satisfaction. We have designed our work and life programs around our employees because we know that they spend the majority of their life at work.

We are looking for a brilliant and experienced Director Production to join our growing team. The Director Production will be responsible to provide Leadership to a team of highly skilled managers, engineers and support staff in the industrialization, production and supply of ADVA’s cutting edge range of Atomic Cesium clocks.

If you want to be a part of our growing company that is driven by innovation and is focused on building a future together with our team, don’t miss this opportunity

**Responsibilities**:
- Provide leadership to Neuchâtel operations functions of; industrialization, production, supply chain and logistics functional teams associated with Atomic clock production and delivery.- Coordinate a highly flexible internal and external manufacturing capability for the production of a continually evolving product range.- Ensure the correct balance of inhouse and external production is employed to optimize the use of Neuchatel core production, explore and implement extended workbench concepts to gain additional production capacity utilizing global ADVA production locations and global EMS partners.- Enhance and develop a robust supply base, work with key technology suppliers to ensure continual quality and cost targets are understood and achieved. Use the wider ADVA supply and quality organization and own contacts to extend the current supply base to achieve cost reduction and robustness in supply.- Foster a continual improvement culture within the team striving to continually improve product quality, material cost, increased productivity and reduce manufacturing costs.- Collaborate with local Neuchatel R&D teams in the definition of road map for next generation Cesium products, ensure capability is in place to deliver products to the required volumes and cost targets.- Responsible to ensure compliance to local and international requirements for safety and other industry standards.- Budgetary control for all production and industrialization function within Neuchatel.

**Requirements**:
- Experience in management of high skilled operations team.- Engineering degree level preferably in mechanical design or material science.- Minimum 5 years in a senior management role with budgetary responsibility.- Experience in high precision, low volume manufacturing environment, preferably involving micro mechanical and/or vacuum technology.- Structured approach to end to end process development and control.- Appreciation of material & supply chain management, production planning & supplier management.- Neuchatel site based with requirement for some national and international travel.- Demonstrate a high level of ownership and urgency.- Innovative, proactive and highly motivated personality.- Business fluent English & French language capability in written and spoken.- Global travel readiness.

**Benefits**:
- Possibility to work in an international, multicultural environment- Strong team-oriented and friendly work culture- Awarding for implementing new ideas via the internal Global Idea Bank- CSR program - Employee volunteerism and community involvement- Team building activities