Manufacturing Site Leader

Role Purpose

Manage manufacturing and engineering operations, plant-level operational improvement projects, capital investments and continuous improvement efforts. Achieve safety, cost, quality, asset effectiveness, inventory, service and growth targets while developing organizational capability and supporting business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion process control and change management efforts to adapt to upstream and downstream operational changes, improve process capability and reduce variation.
• Provide leadership to team leaders, Supply Chain, technicians, engineers and support functions, including effective resource management and talent development.
• Lead Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities and Technical Support functions to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operations.
• Communicate and report department progress to plant staff and division leadership.
• Build strong relationships with support groups including Engineering, IT, Supply Chain, Quality and EHS to optimize and continually improve production performance.
• Approve process and equipment changes, experimental plans, process improvements, new product trial runs, equipment/tooling redesigns and material, batch or component changes.
• Drive engineering and manufacturing improvements focused on productivity, quality, reliability, automation, cost reduction and process stability.
• Sponsor and oversee capital projects, equipment upgrades, facility improvements and new technology implementation.
• Promote organizational effectiveness through innovation and improvements in manufacturing and business processes using defined processes and tools.
• Deploy a positive employee relations strategy and communicate openly and honestly with employees at all levels.
• Coordinate and integrate the work of multiple functional groups and systems to produce goods and services while achieving manufacturing targets.
• Ensure production operations are efficient and effective, while understanding and driving improvement in manufacturing and support processes.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field required with a minimum 4–5 years of successful supervisory, team leader and/or section supervisor experience in manufacturing plant environment.
• Experience developing, implementing and driving results for MBOs and manufacturing line metrics.
• Proven capability to manage, coach, direct and develop salaried exempt and nonexempt employees.
• Training or demonstrated competence in employee effectiveness, conflict resolution, coaching, listening skills and supervisory effectiveness.
• Training, understanding and demonstrated competence in cost accounting and managing for profitability.
• Trained and experienced in fundamentals of safety and health.
• Experience managing talent development strategy, including programs to attract, develop and retain key talent.

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Exposure to multiple manufacturing processes, corporate networks and resources.
• Experience leading or participating in cross-functional manufacturing teams responsible for key improvement initiatives or cost reduction programs.
• Experience supporting innovation, new product development and launch into manufacturing.
• Experience collaborating, interfacing and communicating upward and outward across Plant, Business and Division levels.
• Experience leading Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Maintenance or Technical organizations.
• Experience managing capital projects, equipment installations and operational excellence initiatives.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt, TPM or equivalent continuous improvement certification preferred.