Position Summary:
The Manufacturing Manager position reports to the Director for Operations. This position is to maintain on-time deliveries, high quality, and improve production efficiencies through comprehensive resource planning, lean manufacturing techniques, and disciplined production processes. Achieve low-cost producer status while maintaining total customer satisfaction. Work with product development teams to ensure optimal integration of product and production processes. Create and maintain a work environment consistent with long-term employee satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
-Supervises production line flow including but not limited to testing and adjusting staffing and equipment to ensure production starts and stays on schedule.
-Supervises and manages all production activities performed by all manufacturing personnel while maintaining a high degree of visibility and access to staff throughout shift.
-Continuously evaluates manufacturing operations to determine improvements through effective metrics, capital, personnel, and operational standards.
-Coordinates with Quality Control to maintain quality standard while taking appropriate corrective action measures to resolve deficiencies.
-Works hand in hand with scheduler to ensure staffing is in line with business needs.
-Trains, motivates, coaches, rewards, and disciplines staff. Resolves issues within manufacturing area to ensure all employees work as a team.
-Enforces all safety policies and ensures all manufacturing staff attends required safety training. Investigates accidents in a timely and accurate manner.
-Resolves production related issues with representatives from other departments throughout the company.
-Assigns duties and monitors quality of work; assures employees conform to organisational policies and procedures while meeting state and federal employment and safety guidelines.
-Maintains knowledge of manufacturing equipment and machinery along with its capacity to meet production needs.
-Proactively identifies any potential barriers and proposes solutions without impeding production.
-Establish departmental goals and objectives with strategic planning.
-Provide support to Continuous Improvement strategies and opportunities through empowering the team to take an active role in participating in continuous improvement opportunities including training and support.
-Directly supervises employees within manufacturing department.
-Carries out management and supervisory tasks in accordance with the organisation’s policies and applicable federal and state laws.
-Responsible for all interviewing, hiring, and training of employees. Not limited to planning, assigning, and directing manufacturing tasks; appraises performance, rewards and disciplines employees.
-Addresses all complaints or questions specific to manufacturing processes and personnel along with proposing any viable solutions.
-Will play an active role in identifying and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) opportunity.
-Perform any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned.
-Ability to travel when required.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree (Level 8) required but not essential
· 3-5 years’ supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
· Ability to read engineering drawings.
· Experience with capacity planning, from a people and equipment perspective.
· Able to train and motivate employees to create quality product, increase KPI's and growth the profitability of this plant.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with professional presentation and negotiation skills.
· Must be flexible, innovative and comfortable in setting own priorities.
· Polished presentation, business acumen and facilitation skills.
· Good understanding of lean manufacturing principles.
· Experience with high volume manufacturing operations.
· Strong organisation and planning skills.
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