Operations Manager
Position Overview
The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.), we also offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
Key Responsibilities
Identify, prioritize, plan, and direct the execution of operationally related issues for assigned areas through Team Managers. Designs strategies, procedures, and people utilization for improving safety, reliability, and efficiency while maintaining product quality and operating expenses for assigned areas.
Create an empowered environment to ensure that the Operations organization and its people understand the goals and objectives (OGSM's) of the business and that they have the resources and support to accomplish them. Provide an environment which ensures and provides for open and healthy communication.
Create and maintain strong cross-functional relationships to ensure that new and existing products are manufactured on time and in specifications to meet customer demand. Ensures strong relationships are developed and maintained with key customers and vendors as they relate to the operations function to include fit for use materials and products.
With the support of Continuous Improvement (CI) resources, establish and maintain comprehensive continuous improvement processes that maximize safety, productivity, reliability, and quality.
Oversee development and performance planning for current employees, as well as implementing staffing strategies to ensure a robust and diverse succession plan. Ensure operations is appropriately staffed. Champions a thorough and consistent performance management approach for Operations employees.
Create operating budgets and capital budgets with other leadership team members. Manage department expense budgets with appropriate accounting information and support. Participate in the business planning and budgeting process. Develop short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies
Required Qualifications
- Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or relevant technical discipline required
- Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years functional/leadership
- Strong leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and people. The job requires a detailed understanding of how all areas of the plant interact to contribute to the business. Requires a general understanding of the industry. Requires basic commercial awareness as it relates to competition but only requires limited understanding of the latest developments in the industry.
- Interpersonal Skills: Leadership: This job has full management responsibility for the operations team, including management of people, defining roles and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide and influence others. Leadership of exempt staff to achieve common objectives. May interface with external parties as representative of the plant/facility. Strong cross-functional strategic leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear, concise, and professional manner. Ability to influence upwards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bi-lingual in English and Spanish
Benefits
As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
Micromark & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.