Senior Operations Leader - LVDT in Clifton Springs, New York at GW Lisk Company Inc

General Responsibilities:

Responsible for the efficient management of assigned operations to meet present and future goals for Safety, Customer Service, Inventory Turns, Shipment dollars, Productivity savings, Employee Relations, and Continuous Improvement through the implementation of Lean Processes. The Operations Leader will do this by building a team of supervisors and asst supervisors that are dedicated to meeting the annual goals and projected growth for LVDT.

Specific Duties:

• Direct and guide the production of operations
• Provide Cross-functional leadership for the entire team (operations, planning, quality, manufacturing engineering, etc).
• Foster a positive relationship and open communication between Design Engineering, Product Operations, Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Engineering by promoting teamwork with common operational objectives.
• Responsible for developing general operating plans and manufacturing policy
• Complete budget responsibility for operations
• Lead Safety efforts to include administering safety procedures, safety inspections, safety training, safety awareness and maintenance of records.
• Responsible for overtime planning and manpower requirements
• Resolve safety, production, quality, scrap, incentive and maintenance problems by communicating with subordinates, supervisors, and support functions.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing throughout areas of responsibility to improve factory velocity and customer lead-time
• Continuously improve customer service levels
• Meet annual operating plan objectives for shipment dollars, productivity savings, inventory turns, customer service targets, quality, absorption/spending and Lean Transformation.
• Support all applicable New Product Development Projects (NPDP) projects and Engineering Change Requests.
• Responsible for Inventory levels
• Establish cross training and development plans for direct reports by supporting the levels program.

Qualifications:

Education:

4 year degree desired and or at least 10 years of operations/manufacturing/materials management required

Experience:

Supervisory experience in a manufacturing organization required

Other Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience implementing Lean manufacturing principles
• Green or Black Belt Certified preferred.
• Strong understanding of Financial Accounting for a manufacturing environment is very important.
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal.
• Team oriented
• Emotionally Intelligent
• Ability to lead and manage in a matrix org structure
• Strong understanding of assembly operations
• Customer Centric

Compensation: $99,000.00 - $150,000.00 annual base salary based experience

GW Lisk is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.