Overall Responsibilities:

Provide leadership, direction and coordination of manufacturing, production control, maintenance, quality, materials and process engineering activities in a function area.  Provide leadership and accountability for safety, quality, delivery and cost by meeting corporate and departmental goals and initiatives.  Must actively participate in 5s, continuous improvement, employee involvement and equal employment opportunities.   Must be able to utilize lean concepts, strategies and get operator buy in and support.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide Leadership and direction of the workforce.
• Safety first in everything we do.
• Change Agent.
• Drive accountability to meet targets and deliverables with the operations workforce.
• Participation in the organization and execution of all systems and processes required to reduce cost, improve quality, and deliver throughout the company.
• 5s driven work areas and ability to sustain efforts.
• Monitor process and product quality for compliance with standards that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Present proposals to peers and management.
• Develop cost savings proposals.
• Perform Corrective and Preventative Problem Analysis.
• Analyze and recommend future requirements related to manpower, machinery, tooling, equipment and floor space.
• Implementation of new methods and processes.
• Maintain clean, organized, and safe worksite following PPS 5s guidelines.
• Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate training for all employees with emphasis on quality, safety, and cross-functional team training.
• Research and implement "Best Manufacturing Practices” in conjunction with TAG Quality and Engineering standards.
• Participation in appropriate cross functional teams.
• Participate in planning and budget preparation.
• Use of financial and non-financial data to measure performance.
• Assist in implementing employee involvement in HR request and continuous improvement.
•  Ensure weekly standard work is completed to allow for successful support of the value stream.
• Deliver production units and customer service work orders within established organizational timelines to internal as well as external customers.
• Attend daily meetings and be prepared.
• Assist and maintain the optimum inventory levels.
• Coordinate the implementation of Engineering Change Notices and Sales Change Orders.
• Assist other departments to resolve all product issues to protect the manufacturing floor.
• Backup and perform additional duties, as assigned.

Characteristics and skills:

• Proven expertise as a Supervisor or Manager
• Ability to operate related office equipment, such as computers and copiers.
• Ability to work independently and in a demanding environment.
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Educational and other requirements:

• Good administrative, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals.
• Familiar with quality systems and quality requirements
• Six Sigma experience highly desirable
• Experience with lean principles (5S, kaizen, value stream mapping, demand flow etc.)
• Good mechanical, analytical, and technical skills.
• A true “collaborative” leader that embraces the idea that he/she is the “go-to” person.

• Six Sigma experience highly desirable
• Experience with lean principles (5S, kaizen, value stream mapping, demand flow etc.)
• Good mechanical, analytical, and technical skills.
• Must be an initiative-taker capable of working both independently, as well as part of a team.

Required Education: Associate Degree

Travel Percentage: 10.0

Travel Required: Yes

Virtual Job: false