Plant Mgt - Area Manager

About the role

Oversee both direct and indirect labor employees within a specific manufacturing process area. Manage company resources—personnel, equipment, and materials—while collaborating with Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance teams to meet work schedules and fulfill customer requirements efficiently and cost-effectively. The Area Manager is fully responsible for S, Q, D, I, P metrics across multiple departments and shifts.

Responsibilities

• Uphold Viant Values and comply with all safety, regulatory, and quality requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Provide direction to resolve technical and production-related issues, ensuring weekly schedules meet or exceed Company and Customer expectations.
• Maintain appropriate staffing levels to achieve budgeted performance.
• Monitor product or line alignment with the master production schedule and material planning to meet production goals.
• Track departmental performance measures, ensure goals are met, and develop/implement corrective or preventive actions as needed.
• Ensure work orders are closed in Oracle with accurate data.
• Supervise associates to foster a safe work environment and a self-directed team approach, including setting and executing strategic safety initiatives annually.
• Continuously communicate with Plant management regarding production, facility, and associate achievements or concerns.
• Identify, arrange, and/or provide training to ensure a safe, efficient, quality work environment, focusing on continuous improvement through Lean manufacturing principles.
• Facilitate communication, coordination, and conflict resolution within and among work groups.
• Provide leadership to Associates in all areas, including hiring, performance management, coaching, counseling, and corrective actions.
• Lead continuous improvement activities within the area, including approving and sponsoring projects, managing CAPEX requirements and CER submissions, and overseeing a productivity pipeline of projects.
• Promote an atmosphere of diversity, open communication, and trust, offering opportunities for training and growth.
• Remain flexible to business needs and perform other functions as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technical or business-related field or comparable manufacturing experience.
• 3-5 years manufacturing experience with progressive responsibilities and leadership experience.
• Experience in medical device industry preferred.

Skills

• Experience in management of production schedules, reading technical documents and blueprints preferred.
• Lean Six/Sigma Green/Black Belt or Lean Master Certification strongly preferred.
• Leadership, problem solving, strong interpersonal skills, delivers results, sense of urgency and bias for taking action.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits—effective date of hire.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability benefits.
• Generous Paid time off and 10 paid Holidays.
• 401k Plan with Company Match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Voluntary Universal Life and Long-Term Care.
• Voluntary Legal Plan.
• Pet Insurance.
• Home Ownership Program.