Are you ready to be a part of a competitive, expanding company? Our 1,300-employee faculty continues to grow along with our facility investments.

Are you ready to make a difference? You will lead performance and set objectives of the Business Center Staff to ensure safety, quality, production, and delivery goals are being met.

Are you ready to enhance your skills? Your ability to effectively multitask in a high pace and active environment will further develop as you grow in this position.

Interested in joining our growing team? If this sounds like the beginning of your next chapter, wait until you read more on the position!

As a Business Center Manager, you will assure the manufacturing process within specified Business Center meets objectives related to safety, quality, cost, and delivery. Develop and execute strategies that align with key plant/business objectives and drive the Business Center operation to metric attainment securing a positive trend forward.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Leadership & management role in larger manufacturing business center environment.
• Lead team of two salaried direct reports and total seven-member salaried team plus 180 manufacturing associates to achieve company goals.
• Ensure day to day operations are meeting company requirements and objectives in a 24/7 multi-shift operation setting.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement to promote lean and efficient processes. Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the Business Center with a sense of urgency.
• Review and evaluate Business Center budget requirements for cost management, capital expenditures, labor, production/operations, etc. Assure budget objectives are met.
• Drive initiatives that promote the continuous development of associates. Develop Workforce Planning to ensure ongoing succession planning within the Business Center.
• Create and implement long-term vision strategies for the operation that support plant and corporate objectives.
• Ensure alignment and adherence for deliverables to agreed expansion plans for department.
• Lead performance and set objectives of the Business Center Staff to ensure safety, quality, production, and delivery goals are being met.
• Create an environment promoting the growth and development of Business Center staff by assuring ongoing training, development, and compliance.
• Provide development and coaching of Area Managers, Specialists & Process Managers within the Business Center.
• Monitor and control costs & KPI’s related to the plant including labor, materials, and equipment.

Requirements:

• BS Degree in Business, Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years in a management role within a manufacturing environment. Experience in driving strategy with day-to-day operations to the team.
• Hands on, roll up your sleeves up style leadership approach.
• Ability to effectively multitask in a high pace and active environment.
• Experience managing in a Union environment helpful.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP or inventory management systems preferred.
• Scheduling and planning experience preferred.
• Prefer rubber/elastomer product manufacturing experience.
• Rubber mixing, calendaring, or extruding product experience a plus.
• High volume manufacturing of complex products in an Industrial or automotive industry experience a plus.
• Requires the ability to direct cross-functional work groups to achieve goals and objectives.
• Strong communication, business, technical, analytical, and planning skills.
• Project management skills experience a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills.
• Able to role model desired leadership behaviors and deliver on commitments.
• Able to design rapid solutions that create meaningful and impactful leadership behaviors.
• Adaptable and able to lead the team through ambiguous work demands successfully
• Receptive to feedback.
• Strong interpersonal skills; inclusive and compassionate.
• Able to create an open team environment where team’s voices are respected and heard.
• Deadline-oriented and efficient; strong time management skills.

Successful candidates will also demonstrate these additional qualifications:

• Possesses strong strategic thinking skills.
• Effective decision-making skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented; carefully reviews work at all stages.
• Proactive in communicating and documenting project progress, status, and workload.
• Up to date with emerging design trends and technologies, eager to learn, and share with the team.
• Excellent Computer skills including the use of Microsoft Word & Excel software applications.
• Must be living or willing to relocate to the greater Buffalo, NY area in Western New York.

Sumitomo Rubber, USA offers competitive compensation and benefits packages. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply at SumitomoRubberUSA.com.

EOE M/F/Disabled/Veterans, Sumitomo Rubber, USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.