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.

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.