How you will make history here…
Under the direction of the Operations Manager, this individual will coach front-line leadership and engage hourly technicians in plant-wide initiatives, including Continuous Improvement Projects and High-Performance Organization (HPO) initiatives. Additionally, this role is responsible for ensuring safety, product quality, line efficiency, budgetary goals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and organizational capability/employee morale. The individual will lead in a High-Performance Organization to execute strategies aligned with the department across all three shifts.
What you will do…
- Direction and Priorities: Ensure clear direction and priorities for the business unit and that are aligned with the site for all 3 shifts.
- Teamwork and Budgeting: Develop and maintain teamwork plan and budget.
- Labor Management: Manage direct and indirect labor efficiently.
- Leadership Development: Develop Team Leaders, Service Leaders and all other leadership.
- Training and Coaching: Provide training, coaching and facilitation.
- Safety Management: Manage the Safety system within their area.
- Daily Management Systems: Lead the development of key daily management systems in the business unit such as DDS, CL, RCFA and Operational Standards documentation.
- Communication: Communicate business unit results and needs to senior management
- Organizational Leadership: Provide organizational leadership appropriately to foster positive employee relations and meeting the evolving needs of the business.
- KPI Tracking: Track and gap results vs. work plan and budget for all KPI's including safety and quality.
- Strategic Planning: Involved in all activities including daily management, budgeting, strategic planning, TDC initiatives, enabler planning and execution and the capital forecasting process.
- Base Business Focus: Leading and coordinating activities with the team to achieve KPIs on Safety, Quality, Customer Service (schedule compliance and attainment), Reliability (OEE and changeovers), Cost (Yield, material management), and People (Talent development, coaching/feedback to correct and support behaviors).
- Project/Breakthrough Focus: Participating in and/or leading elements in strategic planning for the broader operations department on the operational excellence platform, including equipment operational strategies, talent development, crewing, flexibility, and team structure.
Who you will work with…
- Interface with multiple functions within the plant, as well as WHQ Engineering, Process Safety, Product Development, Reliability and annual network teams
- Managing the business unit across all three shifts, focusing on Safety, Quality, Cost, Production, Delivery, and Morale.
What you bring to the table… (Required Skills)
- High school diploma/GED required, with 1+ years of supervisory experience or 2+ years of operations experience in a manufacturing environment OR Bachelor's degree required.
It would be nice if you have… (Preferred Skills)
- 2+ years of operations leadership experience (Operations Supervisor, Operations Team Lead, Sr Operations level role) within a manufacturing environment
- Expertise in overseeing daily operations, ensuring efficiency, safety, and adherence to quality standards.
- Cross functional operations experience with a strong understanding of various plant functions.
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