Director of Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

The Director of Manufacturing will lead, manage, and improve the operations of the business with an emphasis on manufacturing and production. This position holds a seat on our Senior Leadership Team and they will run the day-to-day operations with direct responsibility for these functions : Manufacturing (Production), Facilities, and Lean Enterprise. This role will utilize lean to drive continuous improvement, and leverage our investments in precision machining, grinding, and forming technology. This key manager will lead the effort to execute the operations plan and meet our customers’ requirements.

Major Areas of Responsibility :

• Manage, coach / mentor, integrate, and align a team of functional managers and supervisors. Resolve conflicts, prioritize top priorities, make decisions, and create accountability. Serve as subject matter expert when needed.
• Establish and report to Senior Leadership Team meaningful daily, weekly, and monthly metrics such as quality performance, production efficiency, labor efficiencies, job costs, operating expenses, inventory, scheduling performance, budgets, and delivery.
• Work with senior leadership team to sustain building maintenance, equipment maintenance, and state of the art factory.
• Leverage lean principles, 5S, training of our workforce and visual management systems for optimal job flow and work standards.
• Make recommendations to implement new manufacturing technology and processes to drive innovation and waste reduction.
• Communicates directives, polices, and change management. Serve as a hands-on initiative-taker working with a sense of urgency while ensuring the workforce builds trust in common goals and objectives.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of data within our ERP system including employee clocking, job tracking, job costing, and run time. Partner with the Finance & Accounting Team to drive out unwanted job variances and maintain all costs within budget.
• Partner with Human Resources to recruit, develop, train, and retain our production workforce. Responsible for keeping the employee skills matrix up to date, hiring plans, forecasting, performance management.
• Proactively ensure the safety of the entire workforce through robust protocols and training. Responsible for maintaining and implementing updated OSHA standards at the organization.

Requirements :

Physical Requirements :

Physical Demands : Legend

N (Not applicable)

Activity is not applicable to this position

O (Occasionally)

Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0-2.5 hours / day)

F (Frequently)

Position requires this activity up to 66% of the time (2.5-5.5 hours / day)

C (Constantly)

Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours / day)

Lift / Carry 10-50lbs

Stand

Walk

Manually manipulate

Squat or kneel

Bend

Reach above shoulder