Manufacturing Operations Director

7 days ago

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States HSM Full time

Overview

The Manufacturing Operations Director will oversee and direct all aspects of plant operations to drive revenue growth, profitability, and excellence in manufacturing while fostering a collaborative work environment that promotes employee engagement and ownership.

Company Overview

HSM is a third-generation, privately held company with a rich history of innovation and commitment to its people. With 25 locations across the United States, our Corporate Headquarters in Hickory, NC, houses our leadership, finance, EHS, HR, benefits, and additional teams.

We specialize in manufacturing components for furniture, bedding, transportation, packaging, automotive, and healthcare industries through our subsidiaries. We design and construct automated production machinery for these industries as well.

Our dedication to excellence extends beyond our products and processes to the people who make it possible. If you're interested in learning more about our company culture and benefits, please visit our website or social media pages.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor plant activity, internal systems, and operations for accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
  • Control significant manufacturing projects, plan facility assignments, set priorities, and ensure timely execution.
  • Motivate the workforce by outlining methods to surpass company goals and objectives while maintaining a safe work environment.
  • Ensure proper safety protocols, equipment, and work methods are followed, maintaining awareness of unsafe conditions and practices.
  • Lead the facility's safety process with cross-functional teams implementing behavioral-based safety systems.
  • Monitor operational costs to established budgets, reviewing sales forecasts to adjust operations for maximum profitability.
  • Identify opportunities to optimize location infrastructure to meet customer demands.
  • Resolve problems by adjusting priorities, schedules, and workforce reassignments.
  • Control obsolete inventory, provide accurate inventory models, and implement quality management systems.
  • Monitor corrective actions to improve quality, efficiency, service, profits, and ensure contractual obligations are met.
  • Sufficient capacity is maintained for product delivery, and all internal and external reporting is reviewed and analyzed.
  • Determine areas of cost reduction and improvement by analyzing operations and staff performance.
  • Understand and comply with all Company policies, approve work completion, and monitor performance.
  • Champion Continuous Improvement, leading the team to develop actions that eliminate waste and drive process improvements through KPI boards.
  • Conduct employee meetings, counseling, and resolve team member issues.
  • Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance updates to present to management, highlighting improvements and abnormal conditions.
  • Travel to other locations, customers, and suppliers may be required (less than 25%).

Requirements and Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years of manufacturing leadership experience or equivalent.
  • Five to seven years of increasingly responsible experience in a manufacturing facility.
  • Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and lead project management environments.
  • Strong leadership skills, proven track record of managing multiple departments or shifts.
  • Knowledge of business principles, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and resource allocation.
  • Must possess qualities critical for managerial success, including self-confidence, motivation, decisiveness, flexibility, sound business judgment, and determination.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes and specific assembly operations.
  • Able to consider relationships between numerous factors, extract data from written sources, and analyze performance.
  • Ability to lead Root Cause Analysis and develop tools to track, manage, and maintain quality systems.
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills.

Estimated Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 per year

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