Associate Manager Operations, Body Shop

• BA/BS or higher degree or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability.

• 5+ years’ experience working in a fast paced, high volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience and thorough knowledge of production systems and processes.
• Experience managing teams of people in a production environment.
• Experience in new product development and launch activities.
• Experience with a broad variety of measurement and inspection techniques.
• Ability to work with and develop production performance metrics (efficiency, quality, safety, throughput, costs).
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.
• Remain engaged, proactive and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for their success.
• Experience in hiring and developing new team members in a production environment.
• Can work efficiently and productively, either autonomously or as a team.
• Communicate clearly using excellent written and verbal skills.
• Strong organization skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Fluent with common MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project).
• Ability to work in day shift and 3 shifts including early, late and night shifts.
• Fluent language skills of both English and German.

What we offer:

You will be working in our state-of-the-art Gigafactory where you’ll solve the world's most interesting problems with the best and brightest people who share a passion to change the world. Tesla’s compensation package includes a competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses. Typical benefits that we provide are 30 vacation days, an occupational pension, employee life and disability insurances, free EV charging, product discounts and various transportation benefits.