The Manufacturing Manager will ensure the safe and efficient delivery of quality product to internal and external customers throughout the world.
Primary Responsibilities
Safety
Maintain and improve a safety culture that always provides a work environment free from hazards and the employee commitment to behave in a safe manner.
Ensure that all OSHA and local regulatory requirements are met for training, documentation and reporting.
Ensure all local and state environmental regulations and requirements are fulfilled.
Quality
Deliver Six Sigma levels of quality to internal and external customers. Enthusiastically drive the company’s quality standards to comply with cGMP and ISO 13485.
Work closely with the technical team to support specific validation efforts.
Leverage the company standards for work instructions, document management, and training.
Ensure quality problems are quickly identified, contained, eliminated, and prevented from recurring.
Respond to customer complaints through the disciplined application of the company’s CAPA procedure. Contain potential problems, investigate causes, implement solutions and prevent the problem from recurring.
Delivery
Achieve OTIF performance of 97% to ensure customer lead time expectations and promise dates are fulfilled.
Work with planning, scheduling and purchasing to insure the efficient and effective scheduling of production.
Balance the need to reduce inventories, meet customer promises, and optimize the productivity of the operation.
Productivity
Coordinate the efficient and effective installation of plant upgrades and new equipment with suppliers and sub-contractors.
Drive Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to best-in-class levels through targeted improvement and process control efforts, including work standards, robust training, statistical process control, error-proofing, rapid changeover methods, and thoughtful scheduling.
Work cross functionally to provide the information needed to maintain accurate Engineering Masters and Quality Documentation.
Morale / Leadership
Model the company values to create an open, engaging culture.
Communicate and share business reality with the workforce and prepare people for change. Use Key Performance Indicators to communicate goals and progress.
Develop the workforce’s technical, and communication skills to ensure operational performance can be sustained over time and disruptions to customer needs are prevented.
Insure the consistent and thoughtful application of company policies and programs by working closely with human resources.
Management
Prepare thoughtful operational plans, key performance indicator (KPI) targets, and budgets.
Drive continuous improvement efforts to eliminate waste and improve operational performance.
Basic Qualifications
Education
B.S. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Operations or closely related field.
Experience
5 years of manufacturing leadership experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong speaking and writing skills.
Knowledge of lean manufacturing and history of optimizing manufacturing processes.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate a continuous improvement culture.
Skilled at technical writing.
Personality traits – self-starter, results oriented, initiative, sense of urgency, good communications skills, and ability to work with details.Possesses strong tendencies to work in partnership with both colleagues and customers.
Working Conditions
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to lift up to 10lbs.
Daily exposure to Manufacturing environment
Special Requirements
Ability to travel (US and internationally)
Ability to work evenings and/or weekends
Basic Qualifications
Education
B.S. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Operations or closely related field.
Experience
5 years of manufacturing leadership experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong speaking and writing skills.
Knowledge of lean manufacturing and history of optimizing manufacturing processes.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate a continuous improvement culture.
Skilled at technical writing.
Personality traits – self-starter, results oriented, initiative, sense of urgency, good communications skills, and ability to work with details. Possesses strong tendencies to work in partnership with both colleagues and customers.