What You'll Do

The Operations Manager will report directly to the General Manager. The qualified candidate needs will be a proactive, accomplished, senior-level leader and change agent with a record of strategically managing business processes, technology, and operations staff and resources. Expertise should include Manufacturing strategy, Finance, Human Resources, and Legal elements of the business. Skilled at collaborating with business unit and corporate-level executive teams. Strategic thinker with a history of introducing and improving business processes that positively impact sales performance, performance measurement, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and risk management.

• Maintain, sustain, and develop the overall manufacturing strategy for the business. Ensure the alignment of the manufacturing organization with the company mission statement and strategic plans.
• Define and manage the organization strategy for the factory by working with Quality, Engineering Facilities, and Purchasing.
• Overseeing and directing manufacturing operations ensuring key performance targets are met or exceeded across operational efficiency, quality, delivery, and safety.
• Manufacturing forecast responsibility. Define capacity and ability to deliver. Work with financial leads to predict monthly, quarterly, and annual sales.
• Execute manufacturing production schedules and engineering defined
• Lead continuous improvement projects relating to manufacturing cost, quality, and increased throughput.
• Provide front-line supervision to the manufacturing workforce and perform objective and fact-based performance appraisals for all direct
• Manage shop capacity by assessing manufacturing operations staffing and skill requirements, machine capabilities, and efficiency. Develop plans to address needs.
• Track the competencies of manufacturing employees and direct reports. Provide leadership, and training to achieve key business and learning
• Oversee the payroll and labor elements for manufacturing employees within the ERP system.
• Identify, research, and implement effective root cause and corrective action plans that result in reduced cost of poor quality.
• Manage short and long-term capital planning processes across facilities, maintenance, and upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory agency
• Manage implementation and execution of LEAN techniques.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum of 5 years in a plant or operations management role preferably in a machining or sheet metal fabrication organization.
• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, logistics, or related field.
• Working knowledge of business financial tools (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow statement)
• Practical knowledge of cost accounting.
• Lean Manufacturing experience.

What We Value

• MBA preferred.
• Experience in a union manufacturing environment is preferred but not essential.
• Innovative, strategic mindset with fact-based, analytical decision-making and problem-solving ability.
• Able to communicate clear expectations and company values
• Integrated EH&S best practices into production
• 1Sustained 5S
• Job safety analysis/risk assessments
• Visual operations/factory management
• Accountability/communication strategies
• Department optimization strategy and process and change implementation.
• RCCM utilizing the 8-discipline problem-solving methodology
• Transformation planning
• Employee engagement
• Proficient with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.