Manager, Manufacturing Operations – Door Line

About the role

The Manager, Manufacturing Operations at GE Appliances, a Haier company, plays a critical role in leading daily production, developing teams, and driving operational excellence within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position is ideal for a hands-on leader who thrives on solving problems, improving processes, and creating a culture where safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance are achieved through teamwork and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Business Leader by overseeing daily operations and driving continuous improvement across an assigned production area.
• Directly manages hourly production team members, including Team Leaders.
• Owns operational performance for safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Aligns area goals with plant-wide objectives.
• Leads daily start-up of production area.
• Ensures proper staffing, adjusts for absenteeism and reviews daily production plans with Team Leaders.
• Maintains accurate production line boards for performance tracking, issue identification and shift-to-shift communication.
• Enforces Lean Manufacturing principles and escalates protocols to address abnormalities and corrective actions.
• Acts as first responder for production issues, facilitating proper escalation and resolution.
• Participates in daily production meetings, communicating key issues to leadership and cascading necessary information to Team Leaders.
• Oversees implementation of standardized work and coaches Team Leaders to ensure process stability and adherence.
• Maintains 5S standards to ensure a safe, organized and efficient work environment.
• Drives continuous improvement by leading teams in aggressive response to inefficiencies, driving root cause analysis and sustainable countermeasures.
• Serves as first responder within the escalation process to resolve operational issues.
• Participates in department reviews, helps prioritize open items and ensures timely closure with accountability.
• Champions Kaizen Events; ensures countermeasures are implemented effectively.
• Uses tools such as Yamazumi charts to plan and execute work area rebalancing.

Requirements

• 5+ years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, including supplier management and project implementation, with demonstrated technical acumen across supply chain functions such as manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, materials, quality, procurement, and fulfillment.
• BS/BA degree preferred, ideally in engineering, supply chain management or business.
• Six Sigma certification preferred, with strong knowledge of Lean, DMAIC, workout and other change mechanisms.
• Demonstrated accomplishments showing results-driven methodology, analytical methods, schedule achievement, teamwork.
• Prior Lean Manufacturing implementation experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to influence and engage others effectively.