Operations Manager

Objective of the Position: Ensures that operations meet or exceed efficiency and corporate quality and environmental standards by participating in and directing activities of the Supervisor, Production.

Essential Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that

• Champions safety improvement projects in the department to meet all company, state, and federal health, safety, and environmental policies and standards
• Leads the department's emergency action plan and provides input to the plant emergency action plan
• Creates a safety culture to prevent all accidents in the department
• Reviews incident reports and ensure completion of short- and long-term corrective actions
• Prepares and presents performance data, business cases, and project plans and updates to internal and external stakeholders
• Recommends training to improve the department's adherence to the company quality management policy
• Coaches supervisors and team leaders to conduct effective quarantine of nonconforming or suspect material
• Leads level 2 red box review
• Participates in level 3 red box review
• Reviews, coordinates, and approves rework processes to prevent the delivery of nonconforming material
• Reviews customer scorecard and implements effective corrective actions
• Creates a culture of engaged employees to encourage innovation and product and process improvement
• Leads daily level 2 Top 5 meeting to identify issues, create corrective actions, and validate desired outcomes
• Attends daily level 3 Top 5 meeting to report constraints and secure additional support to achieve Top 5 goals
• Validates production plans against manpower, material, and maintenance resources
• Tracks, analyzes, and creates improvement plans for delivery metrics
• Communicates delivery and quality risks with internal customers
• Creates and manages continuous improvement projects to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of the department
• Creates and manages the department headcount plan to achieve direct labor efficiency and delivery goals
• Provides input, manages, and controls the annual budget for the department
• Manages and approves employee timecards and time off requests daily
• Ensures timely response for employee relations and escalates to Human Resources as needed
• Communicates shift changes, mandatory overtime, and other information affecting employee well-being
• Creates a culture that exemplifies the Management Policy, Code of Conduct, Core Values, and Core Competencies
• Sets and monitors developmental and leadership goals for supervisors and team leaders
• Performs periodic and annual performance and development feedback with supervisors
• Identifies talent and performance gaps and creates performance improvement plans and learning opportunities
• Conducts regular performance coaching with supervisors to empower individual improvement actions
• Empowers select supervisors to assume some duties in the absence of the manager
• Provides on-call support for escalation from employees on all shifts
• Escalates serious issues and other problems in a timely manner according to established procedures
• Collects and analyzes end of shift reports to identify and correct negative trends
• Leads weekly focus team meeting to create and execute long-term actions that reduce scrap and increase efficiency

Secondary Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that

• Conduct all business-related activities for, and on the behalf of, Purem within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements
• Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Purem Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all Purem polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality
• Performs some supervisor duties as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirement Profile:

Professional Background / Basic Qualification / Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Engineering, Management or closely related field
• Minimum five years automotive manufacturing experience in operational discipline
• Minimum three years leading/managing multiple teams in a manufacturing environment
• Leadership experience in the automotive industry and in a robotic welding environment preferred
• Ability to travel domestically by car or plane

Technical Expertise:

• Ability to create reports, charts, and presentations with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to use SAP transactions for purchasing, production planning, material planning, and maintenance planning
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections
• Ability to analyze statistical data and charts to recognize in and out of control processes
• Ability to create clear and concise instructions, email correspondence, reports, and memos
• Familiarity with the principles of lean manufacturing and their application to identify and remove waste
• Familiarity with engineering fundamentals, mechanical systems, techniques for product manufacturability and continuous improvement
• Ability to develop project plans, manage project teams, and complete projects on time and budget