The Director of Manufacturing will oversee the Manufacturing and assembly of the operation with a staff of 250, including 5 Managers, and ensuring effective and efficient use of facilities and staff while achieving operational goals and objectives, while utilizing Lean Manufacturing tools.
Leadership Responsibilities :
- Oversees and participates in the recruitment, hiring, and training of manufacturing employees, including management or 5 Managers with P&L ownership.
- Oversees schedules and assignments for the location.
- Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.
- Provides a servant leadership environment for operational team and individual contributors.
Duties / Responsibilities :
- Oversees the manufacture of products, ensuring production, performance, and quality standards are consistently met.
- Work with manufacturing concepts to improve overall operation including Design for Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, Production Process development and validation.
- Work to optimize high product mix, mid volume manufacturing and assembly operation, utilizing Lean Manufacturing methods and tools.
- Advise the team on status of supplier management and procurement principles through supply agreements to ensure continuity of material supplier to support manufacturing output.
- Reviews production reports to ensure safety, quality, financial, and delivery goals and standards are met.
- Work across functional groups to understand key metrics that affect the overall business needs (output and financial) at the plant level, down to the work-cell level.
- Develop meaningful manufacturing metrics that are aligned to the overall business needs for the goals and the plant, from Management to Work-Cell level.
- Hold Managers and Supervisors accountable to developed metrics (output, Quality, Financials, throughput, etc.)
- Ensures a healthy and safe working environment, and compliance with federal and state regulations, through collaboration with environmental, health, and safety staff.
- Assists chief operating officer with long-range operating goals, expansion efforts, and implementation of new and advanced technology.
- Identifies and shares training opportunities for staff to build and improve skills.
- Organizes departmental management structure and teams for optimal, efficient operations.
- Works with chief financial officer to develop operating budget.
- Delivers progress and production reports to executive team members as requested.
- Supervises equipment purchase, maintenance, and layout.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Skills / Abilities :
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- High product mix, low volume manufacturing
- Diverse Manufacturing experience.
- Working knowledge of supplier management and procurement principles to ensure continuity and support manufacturing output.
- Assembly and job shop type manufacturing and assembly.
- Experience with manufacturing and engineering concepts including Lean-
- Manufacturing, Design for Excellence (DFX), DFMA
- Experience leading and directing others (team of 5 Managers)
Managers) and 250 employees including Engineering, Product Assembly, and Production Planning.
- Demonstrated success in developing a team, not just managing the team, and implementing a vision to support and achieve goals.
- Experience with Production Process Development and Validation.
- Ability to implement apply and implement best practices.
- Experience with machining, electronic or electrical assembly.
- Experience with workflow optimization and improvements.
- Excellent organizational and managerial skills.
- Thorough understanding of the policies and practices used in the manufacturing division.
- Ability to set long-term goals and communicate them to others.
- Ability to motivate and organize multiple efforts to accomplish goals.
Education and Experience :
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field required; Masters degree preferred.
- At least ten years of experience in industrial management required, within a high mix low volume manufacturing and assembly operation.
- Experience Directing a Manufacturing and Assembly operation with direct manager reports, in a high product mix, mid to low volume manufacturing operation.
- Demonstrated servant leader with measurable achievements in improving manufacturing operations.
30+ days ago