Manufacturing Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Sr. Director of Manufacturing to execute short‑and long-term operational strategies and translate organizational goals into actionable plans.
• Lead supervisors across all shifts, providing coaching, performance management, and development to build leadership and workforce capability.
• Drive daily production operations to meet Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP) targets while ensuring adherence to budgets and timelines.
• Champion a strong safety culture through proactive risk identification, audits, incident investigations, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee quality performance by partnering with Quality Assurance, resolving product issues, and ensuring adherence to specifications.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and root‑cause problem‑solving to eliminate waste and improve flow, efficiency, and throughput.
• Maintain and enforce standard work, monitor KPIs, and implement countermeasures when performance trends decline.
• Optimize workforce planning, labor utilization, shift scheduling, and resource allocation to support efficient 24/7 operations.
• Manage hiring, onboarding, training, and cross‑training programs to ensure a skilled and flexible workforce.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams—including Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, Engineering, Finance, and EHS—to support operational improvements and business objectives.
• Resolve production challenges and customer-impacting issues quickly to ensure continuity, satisfaction, and operational reliability.
• Draft and present operational performance updates, risks, and improvement plans to leadership, fostering transparency and alignment.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success driving Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People performance.
• Strong background in continuous improvement, including leading Kaizen events, root‑cause analysis, waste elimination, and implementation of Lean tools.
• Experience managing production planning, scheduling, labor allocation, and resource optimization in a 24/7 or complex operational setting.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change, implement standard work, and build operational discipline.
• Experience collaborating cross‑functionally with Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, Engineering, Finance, and EHS.
• Demonstrated results improving production efficiency, throughput, equipment reliability, and/or minimizing downtime.
• Experience developing leaders and frontline employees, including coaching, corrective action, performance management, and hiring.
• Strong skills in KPI management, data‑driven decision‑making, and presenting operational performance to senior leadership.
• Experience managing departmental budgets and contributing to cost‑reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field, desired
• 7–10+ years of progressive manufacturing or operations leadership experience, preferably in a high‑volume, multi‑shift production environment.
• 3–5+ years managing supervisors or frontline leaders, with proven experience leading teams across multiple shifts.