Director of Manufacturing

About the role

This position is 100% on-site and located in Stratford, CT (USA).

Responsibilities

• Manage total direct labor resources to ensure all customer delivery requirements are met and business efficiency targets are met.
• Manage OTD goals for all business units and ensure OTD% is met and lead times are at market competitive levels.
• Add focus on customer, quality.
• Manage efficiency goals for all business units and ensure targets are met or exceeded.
• Analyze and correct (if required) monthly direct labor headcount levels based on backlog levels, OTD requirements, efficiency targets and booking forecasts.
• Analyze and provide monthly shipping forecast based on backlog goals and booking forecasts.
• Analyze and provide ongoing reviews during each month of how we will perform to forecast.
• Actively update and enforce all company policy and procedures through all Manufacturing Supervisors.
• Quality, safety, training, work instructions
• Proactively review and analyze progress to OTD, efficiency and quality goals for all business units.
• Coach, mentor, train and implement standard methods in order to meet/exceed customer and business expectations.
• Actively identify and/or participate in manufacturing and cross-functional business improvement activities using lean and six sigma tools.
• Implement standardized reports and metrics across all business units.
• Create an overall atmosphere with Production Cell Managers and direct labor personnel for open honest and constant communication and feedback.
• Coach, mentor, train and develop Production Cell Managers so that they are acting in a proactive and standardized method to continuously improve results including OTD, quality, efficiencies, costs, customer satisfaction employee relations, safety and communication.
• Work closely with all union members and union leadership and communicate often.
• Seek to resolve issues in a professional, timely and constructive manner within the framework of overall company objectives and labor contracts.
• Regularly evaluate Production Cell Managers performance.
• Select, train, promote, coach, mentor and recommend employment of persons in any position within Manufacturing without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
• Manage departmental budgets to plan/forecast levels.
• Review and analyze monthly

Requirements

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology or Business required.
• Ten or more years’ experience in a complex high volume, high mix manufacturing environment.
• Excellent human relations and leadership skills and experience managing employees.
• Able to maintain positive relationships and constructively resolve conflicts.
• Excellent communication, follow through, interpersonal skills.
• Strong presentation, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Takes responsibility for actions and results.
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and relationships.