Job Responsibilities include:
- Prioritize, guide, and facilitate the activities of the manufacturing function to meet organizational goals, initiatives and requirements.
- Work with Operations, Engineering, Planning and Facilities to identify and remove bottlenecks in the manufacturing process.
- Lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives for safety, on-time delivery, production efficiency, and scrap reduction.
Establish and maintain manufacturing performance metrics throughout the departments.
Ensure operations metrics are well-known and tracked on a daily basis to achieve manufacturing and plant objectives.
Establish reporting systems for the different manufacturing metrics.
- Oversee the development of standard policies, procedures and practices to ensure customer requirements are embodied in manufacturing processes.
- Reaffirm existing production goals, or establish new goals, and lead the group effort to achieve those goals.
- Develop the capabilities of those in the department through teaching, coaching, establishing high standards, and ensuring accountability.
- Exhibit and promote an attitude on the plant floor that leads to an engaged and energized workforce.
- Drive improvements by developing and implementing systems and procedures based on data analysis.
- Utilize best practice methodologies and develop new technologies.
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
