Manager, Operations

Responsibilities

• Provide direct leadership for manufacturing teams ensuring alignment with production, quality, safety and operational objectives.
• Develop and mentor supervisors, team leads, and frontline employees, to strengthen leadership capability and succession readiness.
• Foster a culture of Safety, accountability, teamwork, cross functional department engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a key liaison between functions and site leaders to ensure alignment and execution on priorities.
• Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve production targets, optimize labor utilization, and maximize operational efficiencies.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with maintenance, quality, supply chain, engineering, chemists, and shipping to eliminate bottlenecks to improve throughput.
• Monitor and analyze key performance metrics (KPIs), including throughput, downtime, first-pass yield (FPY), and cost efficiency.
• Champion Lean Manufacturing and lead Kaizen events focused on waste reduction, process optimization, and productivity improvement.
• Utilize and promote data-driven decision-making and problem-solving methodologies to identify inefficiencies and drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Implement and sustain 6S principles and standardized work practices.
• Identify waste, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities in processes and workflows.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Lead by example in promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with all company safety policies, OSHA regulations, and environmental standards.
• Collaborate with the Quality Engineer to improve product consistency, reduce defects, and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Ensure timely investigation and resolution of safety, quality, and operational incidents through root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory, operational, and quality system requirements.

Strategic Planning & Execution

• Support all cross functional teams in executing strategic initiatives and operational goals.
• Contribute to budgeting, labor planning, capital investment projects, and operational resource strategies.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives to strengthen culture, performance and organizational capabilities.
• Lead operational execution against financial and productivity targets while supporting continuous business growth.