Operations Manager

Responsibilities

Summary:

Manages and directs all activities related to production operations and facility management by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate managers and their staff.

Major Accountabilities: 
    Develops and maintains operations business plans to include all program requirements, labor requirements, cycle times, and production costs and infrastructure.
    Develops monthly production sales forecast, identifying all risk and opportunities, to achieve meeting the Annual Plan.
    Ensures all OEM production deliveries are met through on-time execution of ERP schedule manufactured jobs.
    Drives a continuous improvement/lean mindset throughout the production floor, participating in lean events, Kaizens, etc.
    Ability to assimilate ERP data, develop predictive trends, and provide guidance to internal/external customers as to “as demonstrated” production, future rate loads, and capacity planning.
    Major data contributor to monthly Sales, Inventory, & Operational Planning (SIOP) process.
    Coordinates manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
    Actively work with machine shop, facility maintenance, manufacturing engineering/CNC programming team and assembly & test to drive effective problem-solving and conflict resolutions to minimize costs and prevent operational delays.
    Works with Engineering team to transition development products into full rate production through “Operations Launch” process and ensures “design for manufacturing” input is an integral part of new product development.
    Works with Program Management team to help manage customer demands in all regards from normal “on-purchase order” programs to ensuring production’s participation in recovery of “Red to Green” programs.
    Maintain a high state of operational readiness of the facility, preventative maintenance, and oversight of all facility and property upkeep.
    Determines responsibilities of assigned organizational and staff positions to accomplish business objectives.
    Achieve and maintain a thorough understanding of site product lines and all the constituent processes required to manufacture them.
    Written process owner for operational process documents utilized in AS9100 system
    Provide reports as necessary to the site leader. 

Qualifications

Education and Experience:
    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management or related field; Six Sigma or successful Lean Experience
    Minimum 10 years in a management position with a strong, demonstrated background in shop floor operations, product flow and data analytics.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
    Communication skills – Verbal & PowerPoint
    Data skills – via Excel, Power BI, SQL query, etc. 
    Motivating/Developing employees – hourly & salaried
    Training and presentation skills
    Self-directed
    Microsoft Office Products
    ERP system
    AS9100 and ISO9001 QMS 
    Policy and procedure development
    Lean/6s Leader

Position Pay Range: $103,400 - $155,200/Annual.  Hiring range and position pay range may differ, commensurate with education level, qualifications, and experience.