Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, at the company’s manufacturing plant in Saint Clair, Michigan. The Operations Manager will have direct responsibility for the plant operations, safety, quality, and direct labor personnel at the Saint Clair facility. As an integral part of the plant leadership team, the Operations Manager will provide daily visible leadership and be accountable for contributing to the development of long term and tactical goals for the Saint Clair facility. The Operations Manager will be mandated with optimizing the Saint Clair plant operational performance, ensuring delivery of annual commitments and achievement of both short and long term financial goals.
Position Specific Requirements (PSR):
Ensure a safe, clean and comfortable work environment that complies with alloccupational health, safety and environmental laws.
Develop and foster and environment that creates high employee motivation throughpositive communication and excellent leadership.
Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives at all levels across theorganization.
Develop and implement plans to achieve plant goals and financial targets.
Achieve and maintain product quality and delivery service levels equal to or exceedingcustomer expectations.
Create and manage operational plans that deliver productivity gains through processimprovement across all elements of the business
Participate in budgeting and monthly forecasting process for the plant. Develop plans toachieve the forecasted labor amounts.
Manage the plant OEE tracking and work with the Engineering department to prioritizeand improve OEE’s throughout the plant.
Support launch process by participating in the planning process, reviews and preproduction builds.
Maintain effective relationships with key business/operational contacts
Ensure high level of operational quality
Perform all aspects of performance management. Initiate appropriate action using inhouse performance management procedures
Assist and manage the delivery of key projects that have an impact on operations
Determine and monitor performance and service levels. Ensure that services are deliveredwithin agreed resources
Implement continuous improvement activities within departments
Create a work environment that drives continuous improvement and employeeengagement
Ensure effective coordination across all operations functions
RequirementsEducation:
Bachelors Degree in Business or Engineering is required
MBA is preferredExperience:
Requires 5-7 years of relevant experience as a leader in a manufacturing environment
A minimum of 3 years experience as an Operations Manager in a manufacturingenvironment is preferred