Production Manager, Valves

About the role

The Senior Production Manager at CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is responsible for delivering products through their assigned area and is a champion of the site-wide Operations Strategy. They partner with all functions within the business to develop, drive, and implement improvements to the manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the safety of your team by enforcing established safety and health policies and procedures, contributing to promoting employee safety and wellbeing, and preventing accidents.
• Direct and manage daily manufacturing activities, coordinate and lead plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Create daily production schedules, determine manpower needs required to meet production throughput demands.
• Establish and monitor measurements for assigned areas: plant performance for quality, delivery, and cost.
• Effectively and efficiently use Lean Manufacturing and associated tools in all areas of the organization.
• Provide leadership and training on CIRCOR Operating System (COS) tools to accomplish company goals and objectives.
• Fully support Manufacturing Excellence / Lean Conversion Roadmap resulting in revolutionizing the shop floor and creating an Operator-Led Process Control environment.
• Communicate frequently and effectively to associates throughout the organization. Establish and maintain effective communication vehicles such as toolbox meetings, employee meetings, roundtable discussions, and one-on-one meetings.
• Encourage and promote operating in a continuous improvement environment.
• Remove production constraints; allocate human and equipment resources and direct production employees to attain all established goals.
• Support, as necessary, research and development as well as product management personnel to develop new product strategies.
• Maintain and support a superior 6S program, including all timely communication.
• Work closely with quality personnel to review product consistency while monitoring scrap rates to determine trends and areas of improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• At minimum a Bachelor's Degree in Business / Finance / Management / Operations or another related field (5 years of Manufacturing leadership experience will be considered in lieu of a degree).
• MBA is Preferred.
• 3+ years progressive experience in a key leadership/management role at a manufacturing facility.

Skills

• Previous experience / broad understanding of safety systems and enforcement of safety rules and policies.
• Strong computer skills including the ability to prepare spreadsheets and use Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Power Point and/or Access) to analyze data and trends.
• Previous experience and knowledge of best practices when implementing and using continuous improvement / lean tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc. to drive improvement.
• Demonstrated strong leadership, team building and advanced coaching skills.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate people, assess and develop employee skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles and applications associated with manufacturing operations, maintenance and engineering.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to balance production and maintenance needs.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and listening ability.
• A strong ability to be adaptable and flexible.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
• Highly motivated, results oriented, driven.
• Demonstrated strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

Benefits

CIRCOR offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Generous paid time off policy.
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance available first day.
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• 401k with company match.
• Employee Referral Bonus Program.