Operations Manager

Responsibilities

• Directs the efforts of plant supervision to ensure the consistent application of human resource policies, procedures, and plant rules.
• Assures adherence to safety accountability guidelines.
• Coaches and mentors team members to assure their ongoing development.
• Promotes, prepares, and participates in kaizen activities.
• Sustains results.
• Facilitates the execution of daily Gemba walks by assuring the proper utilization of hour-by-hour, SQDC boards and War Room tools.
• Reviews and analyzes production reports to determine root causes of variance from budget and develops and executes corrective actions.
• Drives best practices through the organization and leads process improvement.
• Executes quality control plans for compliance to standards and drives variation reduction within the process.
• Holds direct responsibility for managing cost by effective management of labor, overtime, and expenditures.
• Directs the efforts of plant supervision to ensure the consistent application of human resource policies, procedures, and plant rules.
• Reviews and analyzes production reports to determine root causes of variance from budget and develops and executes corrective actions.
• Drives best practices through the organization and leads process improvement.
• Executes quality control plans for compliance to standards and drives variation reduction within the process.
• Holds direct responsibility for managing cost by effective management of labor, overtime, and expenditures.
• Reviews and analyzes production reports to determine root causes of variance from budget and develops and executes corrective actions.
• Drives best practices through the organization and leads process improvement.
• Executes quality control plans for compliance to standards and drives variation reduction within the process.
• Holds direct responsibility for managing cost by effective management of labor, overtime, and expenditures.

Qualifications

• A hands-on leader that is a role model with high integrity, positive influence, and strong business acumen that embraces change, possesses a continuous improvement mindset, and has a passion for exceeding customer and company expectations.
• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or Business or equivalent 10 years of staff level leadership experience.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in Operations and/or Lean Management.
• Printing industry experience is preferred.
• Experience in being a change agent in complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience in implementation of Lean principals as they apply to manufacturing operations.
• Ability to apply structured problem-solving methodologies to determine root cause of problems and provide effective countermeasures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Advanced excel skills.