Senior Manager of Manufacturing Operations

The Senior Manager, Manufacturing Operations is responsible for maintaining a safe environment while managing and directing the manufacturing operation. This role will ensure that key organizational priorities within manufacturing operations are executed on time and within budget.

• Lead Manufacturing Activities: Lead manufacturing activities for new product development releases and production volumes to meet cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Develop Future Capability: Develop future capability for facilities, equipment, and workforce to ensure capacity meets business needs.
• Manage Manufacturing Activities: Manage and communicate manufacturing activities within a collaborative cross-functional environment, communicating risk, and recovery activities when necessary.
• Champion Lean Manufacturing: Champion lean manufacturing activities and continuous improvement projects such as cost reduction, efficiency improvement, headcount.
• Manage Labor Costs: Manage manufactory labor cost targets, departmental budgets, and plant expenditures to meet Operating Plan Objectives.
• Manage Material Control: Manage material control within the manufacturing processes through finish goods warehouse.
• Lead Production System: Lead execution of production system, focus on problem-solving and people involvement. Drive internal, customer, and supplier quality issues.
• Develop Tools and Inventory Control: Develop tools and manage Inventory Control for all manufacturing equipment critical spare parts.
• Develop Production Workforce: Develop a tiered production workforce, leveraging the technical skills to support productional needs.
• Create and Manage KPIs: Create and manage departmental KPI's and coordinate plan to meet KPI's. Present company KPI's to the organization.
• Establish Shop Floor Visual Performance: Establish shop floor visual performance tier boards.
• Manage Manufacturing Scrap Percentage: Manage manufacturing scrap percentage to company targets.
• Champion Manufacturing 5S: Champion manufacturing 5S activities by implementing a Visual Workplace environment within Production facilities.
• Support Environmental and Quality Management Systems: Support and implement environmental and quality management systems.
• Execute Build and Ship Plan: Execute the build and ship plan.
• Drive Safety First Culture: Drive safety first culture.
• Develop Employees: Develop employees to improve their abilities and skills.
• Support Company Vision, Values, Goals, and Business Plan: Support company vision, values, goals, and business plan.
• Maintain Safe and Clean Working Environment: Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Adhere to Federal and State Regulations: Adhere to federal and state regulations.
• Adhere to Company Policies, Processes, and Procedures: Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Perform Other Duties: Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Predictable and Reliable Attendance: Predictable and reliable attendance.

• Bachelor's Degree: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of Ten Years of Progressive Operations Management Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive operations management experience.
• Experience in Manufacturing Environment and Facility Management: Experience in a manufacturing environment and facility management.
• Operations Background with Previous Materials Management Experience: Operations background with previous materials management experience preferred.
• Experience with Starting Up High-Volume Manufacturing Facility: Experience with starting up high-volume manufacturing facility preferred.
• Prior Experience with Motor Vehicle Programs: Prior experience with motor vehicle programs (automotive, heavy truck). PHEV, BEV experience is preferred.
• Strong Technical, Communication, and Computer Skills: Strong technical, communication, and computer skills.
• Working Experience with Quality & Reliability Disciplines: Working experience with Quality & Reliability disciplines (FMEA, DFA, DFM, DVP&R, Six-Sigma, APQP, 8D).
• Experience with ERP System, PLEX: Experience with ERP system, PLEX preferred.
• Knowledge and Experience with TS 16949 and ISO: Knowledge and experience with TS 16949 and ISO.
• Proficient in MS Office, SharePoint, and MS Project: Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), SharePoint, and MS Project.
• Very Strong Leadership Qualities and Experience: Very strong leadership qualities and experience.
• Highly Organized with Strong Attention to Detail: Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to Manage Change and Priorities: Ability to manage change and priorities and coordinate/realign project resources as necessary.
• Thorough Knowledge of Theory of Constraints: Thorough knowledge of Theory of Constraints with demonstrated implementation.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local Safety, Environmental, and Facility Regulations: Knowledge of federal, state, and local safety, environmental, and facility regulations.

• Focuses on Quality: Focuses on Quality: Drives work results with quality focus in actions and results.
• Decision Making & Analysis: Decision Making & Analysis: Makes sound decisions based upon a mixture of data-driven analysis, expertise, experience, and judgment; collects relevant information, seeking input from others, and identifies connections and/or root causes of problems.
• Continual Improvement: Continual Improvement: Displays a consistent orientation toward producing the highest quality products or services, while keeping a focus on sustainability. Constantly looking for incremental improvements in work processes and results.
• Takes Initiative: Takes Initiative: Exhibits strong drive for results and success; conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure; persists despite obstacles and opposition.
• Working Safely: Working Safely: Demonstrates safe behaviors. Aware of potential risks and threats in the workplace.
• Delivers Results: Delivers Results: Achievement-oriented, feeling a sense of urgency to reach goals on time, if not before.
• Teamwork: Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to accomplish team goals and organizational objectives.
• Communications: Communications: Exchanges thoughts, feelings, and information effectively.
• Organization and Planning: Organization and Planning: Establish a systematic course for self and/or others to assure the accomplishment of objectives. Determines priorities and allocates time and resources effectively.
• Develops and Manages Employees: Develops and Manages Employees: Actively develops knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees to leverage high performance.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear.
• Employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Employee is placed in a manufacturing facility environment for approximately 100% of the work time.
• The noise level in the office environment is moderate to loud.
• The hours of the position are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a half-hour lunch.
• Schedule may vary according to company needs.