Manager, Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturing Operations Manager

Our Manufacturing Operations Manager directs, maintains, and oversees execution of assembly, manufacturing, and production activities for the plants which includes safety, yield, productivity, labor, cost, production schedule, quality, process improvements, and others to meet established business goals.  This is an onsite position at our North Wales, PA location.

Essential Job duties:

• Oversee and manage plant assembly, production, and manufacturing to ensure safety, quality, cost, and morale and to meet and exceed customer and Company requirements.
• Develop and direct all activities within the manufacturing operations and maintain a manufacturing system which best supports production activities.
• Develop and implement strategies to ensure that objectives for manufacturing are successfully achieved.
• Coordinate and implement the integration of workflow, timely production, conformance to budgets, and proper utilization of personnel, skills, machines, equipment and facilities.
• Supervise and coordinate the various programs essential to manufacturing procedures such as training, safety, continuous improvement, housekeeping, work simplification, cost reduction, quality improvement, etc.
• Establish and encourage a culture that promotes quality and production in all aspects of the operation.
• Plan and implement quality programs and checks (PDCA) to identify and problem solve bottleneck processes.
• Plan and organize layouts to optimize production.
• Confer with General Manager and customer service personnel regarding scheduling problems or delays, and quality issues.
• Assist in timely development of new products by coordinating manufacturing operations; quickly resolve competing functional area needs and maintain a participative and cooperative team effort.
• Assist with development of the manufacturing area annual plan and budget aligned with plant and corporate goals as the foundation to keep the plant moving in a safe, quality conscious, and efficient upward trend.
• Administer annual plans that incorporate safety, quality, productivity, cost reduction, and employee morale including adjusting achieve targets.
• Review and plan headcount monthly for labor cost control and PEFF (production efficiency).
• Recommend increase and/or decrease in labor to meet scheduling requirements in a cost-efficient manner to include making recommendations/decisions on overtime and use of temporary help.
• Ensure manufacturing area goals are met and kept on track.
• Review and track posted daily, weekly, and monthly goals (including KPI targets and results), spot potential problems, and lead in formulating and implementing short-term and long-term countermeasures and solutions.
• Hold daily staff meetings to communicate daily objectives and discuss successes, failures, and countermeasure activity.
• Oversee the monthly reporting documents that are finalized for the assigned manufacturing area(s), ensuring accuracy and completion.  Report on monthly reports with targets.
• Lead management discussions and planning sessions to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem-solving activities, and present operational performance daily/weekly.
• Implement short- and long-term corrective actions for manufacturing problems. Perform shop floor audits to assess and improve process control and 5S condition.
• Lead manufacturing supervision in utilizing techniques to standardize processes/methods and to identify manufacturing problems and eliminate waste.
• Drive and achieve sustained continuous improvement activities and results using Lean, Six Sigma, and other tools.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Operations Management; Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering; Supply Chain; Business Administration; or related field.
• 7 - 10+ years of manufacturing (i.e., assembly, cutting, fabrication, welding, painting, etc.) experience.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible manufacturing supervision/management experience.
• Practical experience applying CI, Lean and Total Quality Production System (TQPS) principles.
• Practical work experience with manufacturing industry equipment, processes, and production systems.
• Working knowledge and experience with manufacturing and production KPIs/Analytics including the Production Efficiency (PEFF) system.

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