New Ulm Operations Sr. Manager*

About the role

The New Ulm Operations Senior Manager role involves collaborating with plant personnel to set strategic and operating plans, working with Manufacturing Engineering Managers and Product Divisions to drive customer-first initiatives, developing and maintaining annual operating budgets, directing and facilitating Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement teams, and clearly communicating facility priorities and results to employees.

Responsibilities

• Tap into curiosity and collaborate with innovative 3Mers around the world.
• Collaborate with plant personnel to set short- and long-term strategic plans as well as operating plans for departments.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering Managers and Product Divisions to drive Customer First initiatives in service, quality, and cost improvements.
• Develop, establish, and maintain annual operating budgets.
• Direct and facilitate Lean, Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement teams both within and outside of the operations organization to improve customer satisfaction and reduce total costs.
• Clearly communicate to all employees within the focus factory the priorities, expectations, and results of the facility.
• Provide direction and supervision of direct reports using principal-based leadership strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Eight (8) combined years of manufacturing, engineering, quality, and/or environmental health and safety experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Five (5) years of direct supervision experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Experience leading and implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma methodology for sustained continuous improvement.
• Experience leading high performing cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with multiple Divisions, balancing multiple priorities.
• Experience communicating at all levels on cultural change initiatives.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience in manufacturing, engineering, quality, and/or environmental health and safety.
• Experience in supervising and leading teams.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience in cross-functional team leadership.
• Experience in managing budgets and planning.
• Experience in communication and stakeholder management.

Benefits

Details on benefits are available at https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $221,591 - $270,834, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.

Schedule

May include up to 10% domestic/international travel.

Benefits

Additional information on benefits is available at https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

3M is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in compliance with applicable laws. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability during the application or interview process, please let us know.