What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager position at The Partners Alliance?
Manufacturing Operations Manager
The Operations Manager is a proactive leader responsible for driving performance, efficiency, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced repair and remanufacturing environment. This role requires a self-driven individual who thrives in a heavy-industrial setting, moves with a strong sense of urgency, and leads teams to achieve results in safety, quality delivery, and cost.
Essential duties & responsibilities include:
- Identifying, implementing, and supporting process improvements in the areas of safety, environmental, quality, and Lean Manufacturing
- Building collaborative relationships with other departments within the organization including HR, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Operations at other locations
- Demonstrating urgency in production challenge resolution without compromising safety, quality, or delivery on customer commitments
- Support overall facility strategy, including capacity planning, establishment of targets, and technical process development
- Proactive disposition and initiative to implement solutions to issues before they arise
- Achieve performance goals in safety, quality, delivery, and cost through team leadership
- “Good faith bargaining” in labor/management negotiations: ability and determination to arrive at mutually agreeable solutions
- Allocation of resources (labor, capacity, materials) to optimize productivity
- Participation in team meetings for strategic planning and to help improve product line performance
- Adaptability to a shifting reality, ability to adjust initiatives and priorities accordingly
- Knowledge of budgeting processes, ability to assess company’s earnings and spending to find areas for improvement
- Compliance with all company policies and procedures
- Pursuing professional growth through participation in continuing education programs, workshops, meetings & reading current literature
- Performing related duties as assigned by the COO while fostering an environment of accountability and collaboration
Requirements & Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 10 years of experience in manufacturing and operations
- Proven experience implementing operational improvements that reducing lead time, improving efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction
- Knowledge of ISO 9001: 2015
- Continuous improvement and lean experience
- Union experience; negotiating; working within
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and other computer skills
- Organizational skills & the flexibility to jump from priority to priority: this is essential to a role that juggles a variety of functions and projects