MGR, Operations

**FLSA Status:** Exempt **Salary Range: $95,000.00-$145,000.00** **Summary** Manufacturing Manager plans, schedules, and manages one or more manufacturing production processes. Assists with planning and directing an efficient layout of equipment and the flow of materials and production. The Manufacturing Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs and oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization’s manufacturing facilities, planning, coordinating, and directing the activities (processes) that result in products. Their job description entails supervising and directing the technical personnel responsible for every stage of production to ensure manufacture of high quality and cost-effective product. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** *include the following with other duties as assigned:* **** Manufacturing - Ensure the department continuously strives to be a World Class Manufacturing operation; pursuing being the best, the fastest, and lowest cost producer. - Plan and determine optimal utilization of manufacturing workers and equipment to meet manufacturing goals. - Determine if new manufacturing machines, methods are needed. - Capacity/resource planning to ensure that manufacturing stays on schedule and within budget. - Analyze manufacturing data and identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement - Identify and utilize methods of making manufacturing processes more efficient and effective (reducing waste, using lean, etc.). - Help ensure that customer, statutory, industry standards, and internal requirements are met or exceeded. Coordination - Coordinate manufacturing with Planning, Procurement, Inventory, shipping and other departments to ensure smooth and timely adherence to schedule. - Understand, prepare and execute departmental FY operational & controllable budgets. - Support/prepare cost estimates and budget required for manufacturing proposals. - Prepare manufacturing metrics & reports and present to management. Employees - Responsible for employee growth and creation/embodiment of a positive culture. - Hire, train, coach, and evaluate manufacturing workers - Monitor and mentor workers to ensure they meet performance and safety requirements. - Lead and motivate team to fulfill schedules, control costs and ensure quality. - Exemplify and promote an atmosphere that supports the team to use the best of their skills. - Employ, interview, monitor and conduct congratulatory and disciplinary actions. - Ensure team maintains proper training on relevant manufacturing and quality procedure, processes and equipment. - Mentor team and develop employee career growth plans. - Establish training programs to enhance personnel job skill and knowledge and ensure quality manufacturing. Quality/Safety - Comply with entire QA manual to assure manufacturing of high-quality products. - Direct corrective action of any manufacturing problems that may arise - Work with Quality Manager in development and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). - Ensure safety of all employees working in manufacturing department. - Ensure manufacturing and production personnel comply with health and safety policies when carrying out job duties. **Supervisory Responsibilities** Depending on the size of the department the manager may or may not have a supervisor. In situations with a supervisor the manager may have one or more supervisors who directly supervises the team. In this case the manager has supervisory responsibilities over the supervisor who, in turn, has potential supervisory responsibilities over lead(s) and a team of up to 40 individuals in the production process(es)/unit(s). In situations without a supervisor the manager will also have the responsibilities outlined in the supervisor job description. in this case the manager has supervisory responsibilities over the lead(s), and a team of up to 40 individuals in the production process(es)/unit(s). **Requirements** Educa…