Manufacturing Operations Manager

Position Summary

The Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day safe and efficient operation of the Floyd Plant 2 location, by providing operational leadership to drive a continuous improvement culture that delivers results in the key areas of EHS (Environmental, health and safety), delivery, quality, productivity, and cost to achieve business objectives and goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for safety leadership, culture and results for Floyd Plant 2.
• Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities optimizing operational efficiencies, service levels, and cost.
• Manages the work of all production employees, provides leadership ensuring the required competencies are in place to promote safety, quality, and productivity of production employees, and manages performance of all production employees.
• Identifies critical bottlenecks, actions for resolution, and resource requirements.
• Prioritizes and manages the work of employees managing processes to effectively drive improvements in process capability and plant performance.
• Manages the work of all employees scheduling Plant 2 production assets and oversees production schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control to obtain optimum production and utilization of employees, machines, and equipment.
• Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications, operating or production problems, and product quality.
• Consults with maintenance and engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment to improve safety, production and quality of products.
• Ensures compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant.
• Maintains all quality requirements and works closely with the Quality Department in promoting quality and efficiency improvements.
• Implements and manages continuous improvement activities to effectively eliminate waste.
• Produces weekly or monthly production reports and analysis.
• Leads / supports capital planning, spending justification, equipment installation, and startup processes for Plant 2.
• Ensures adherence to safety and environmental regulations, company policy, rules of conduct, governmental regulations, and good housekeeping procedures.
• Supports Operations Leadership in establishing priorities for the day and assists the Operating Crews (when required) to implement action plans to address those priorities.
• Partners with Research & Development to review and approve development work on production assets and provides appropriate operations support throughout new product development life cycle to schedule trials, evaluate safety and product / process capability, commercialize products, and implement process improvements.

Education / Experience

Leadership Specific Competency Requirements

Physical Requirements and Environments

Physical Demands : While performing duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, talk, use hands to lift, carry, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance, stoop. The employee is often required to lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Occasionally required to climb stairs, kneel or crouch, balance.

Work Environment : Regularly exposed to hot and / or humid conditions in warmer months; wet and / or slippery areas, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. Work near moving and / or vibrating mechanical parts. The noise level ranges from quiet conditions to very loud noise requiring hearing PPE in some areas.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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