• Manage the plant workforce, establish priorities, and provide strategic direction for the manufacturing and assembly operations.
• Deliver business results focused on meeting the cost, quality and delivery targets while increasing operational efficiency to achieve operation excellence.
• Advocates for safety and provides leadership to the assembly and manufacturing organization.
• Leads, organizes, develops, motivates, and manages the assembly and manufacturing departments to set and attain goals and objectives consistent with Mark Andy’s business plan.
• Provides direction and support to managers, supervisors, and foreman within the assembly and manufacturing departments.
• Assists foreman and supervisors in the preparation of performance reviews and in the disciplinary process.
• Assists in the development of business plans for assembly and manufacturing. This includes creation of the operations strategy, workforce planning, and operations budget.
• Leads lean initiatives within manufacturing and enhances employee lean knowledge to empower employees to implement improvements. Educates employees on lean tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 5-S, and SMED.
• Works closely with other functional support groups to facilitate necessary changes for improvement.
• Ensures compliance with ISO procedures. Directs activities required to resolve quality issues.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives and implements changes to improve productivity and reduce scrap. Monitors scrap and rework data.
• Directs the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of production standards.

• Provides direction and support to foremen and supervisors.
• Identifies resources and/or courses of action required to meet customer demands.

• Implements value stream org structure and daily accountability processes to increase team effectiveness and flexibility.
• Links internal processes to gain better visibility of material requirements to support OTTR.
• Establishes standardized work for module assemblies.
• Establishes standard practices and process discipline.
• OPF (One Piece Flow): Produces a press at a time per the established Takt Time.

• Directs the activities of the maintenance department, including equipment repairs and facility maintenance.
• Prepares and manages the budget for all maintenance expenditures.
• Manages contracted services, such as cleaning/janitorial, lawn care, and lot maintenance.

• Excellent people skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively manage multiple projects/initiatives within budget and time constraints.
• Extensive knowledge of lean and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Mastery of SQCDM metrics and PDCA format.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to motivate and develop employees.

• Bachelor’s degree is related field is required; MBA preferred.
• 8 years of management experience in a progressive manufacturing environment.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification a plus.
• Significant experience in Microsoft Office Suite. Oracle experience strongly preferred.

• 100% onsite
• Climate controlled environment. May have limited exposure to manufacturing areas that require the usage of PPE.
• Frequently required to sit, walk, stand, stoop, and kneel. Frequently lifts or moves up to 25 pounds.

Mark Andy Inc. is an equal employment employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other factor which is prohibited by applicable law.