Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develops a strategic manufacturing/capability plan to meet the market needs and organization’s overall business plan and agreed objectives of sales, profit, cash, on time delivery, quality and other performance targets.
• Establish operating budgets; monitor the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards.
• Ensure facility goals are established and driven to support Corporate Goals and Objectives
• Motivates team to generate sales revenue and profits to meet or exceed budget expectations
• Collaborates with Quality team to ensure SOPs are followed, corrective actions are implemented and repeated occurrences are resolved timely
• Partner with Human Resources to determine talent needs, improve employee engagement, performance management and overall alignment to the business unit’s organizational structure
• Works with direct reports to communicate and update goals and/or metrics, illustrating objective evidence of improvement

• Allocate labor and capital resources to maximize productivity.
• Set, and monitor the performance of the plant against, standards and targets in areas such as manufacturing and administration efficiency, cost control, sales revenue, legal compliance, and human resource management.
• Provides monthly reports to communicate the financial, KPI and overall management performance
• Research, evaluate, and recommend investments in technology, capital, equipment, systems, or other assets that will enhance the plant’s production capabilities.
• Develop and implement a variety of operating policies and procedures (in conjunction with corporate subject matter experts) to ensure that the plant meets it current and future production targets and quality standards.
• Drives key metrics regarding quality and continuous improvement
• Ensures CapEx projects are completed on time and in budget
• Performs process audits to monitor procedure and policy conformance
• Collaborates across functional areas to implement needed improvements (tools, equipment, procedures, forms, training materials, etc.)
• Actively promotes/builds a culture of continuous improvement
• Establish and champion a 5s protocol for the site
• Champion and help drive a top safety culture and clean working environment for all employees, achievement of all environmental and health and safety requirements.

Education and Experience:

• 4-year degree in Engineering, Operations Management or any related field
• 8 years of operations experience 
• Injection Molding experience preferred
• 5 years experience leading a team
• Previous P&L responsibilities
• Experience with Lean Sigma methodologies

Competencies:

• Ability to communicate clearly by conveying and receiving ideas, information and direction effectively
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language
• Ability to demonstrate adequate job knowledge to deliver a world class performance
• Ability to challenge oneself to consistently meet all goals and deadlines
• Willingness to strive for excellence by producing work that is free of errors and mistakes
• Desire to delight both customers and coworkers by offering encouragement, fostering teamwork and addressing conflict appropriately
• Commitment to making improvements company wide
• Demonstrated competence using Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to successfully present thoughts, ideas and information to large groups of people
• Ability to maintain a professional and respectful relationship with coworkers and company in a leadership capacity
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams, coordinate supplier/customer meetings
• Problem solving; Ability to overcome obstacles
• Ability to influence for impact

Travel:

• Minimum travel as required

Benefits:

401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

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