Operations Manager

Continue Your Career as an Operations Manager in a Growing Company

At ProMach, we’re looking for people who want to shine. You’ll have opportunities to take your career in the direction you desire. You can be creative. Strategic. Persuasive. Influential. A mechanical marvel. A customer service authority. Meticulous. A closer. A futurist.

You’ll be challenged and rewarded. Make friends and have fun. Improve our customers’ processing performance and efficiency every day. Help build the future of liquid processing automation. We’re proud of that and hope you will be too.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

TechniBlend is seeking an Operations Manager to join their team. Reporting to the Vice President/General Manager, the Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the manufacturing processes, including materials management, planning, production control, mechanical & electrical assembly, and inventory management.  This position is also responsible for managing plant safety and facility maintenance.

The Operations Manager oversees all manufacturing activities while balancing tactical and strategic business directives. He/she must also be ready to demonstrate their skill and experience in a manufacturing environment delivering continuous improvement and driving professional development of the people. The primary goal of the of this role is to ensure that all manufacturing processes and related activities operate at the highest levels of Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost performance.

Reporting to the position will be: procurement, production control, planning, manufacturing supervisors and managers.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operations

• Maintain and enforce safety protocols and compliance guidelines.
• Monitor budget and utilize operational resources. Manage the selection, training, and development of production staff.
• Develop and guide team to accomplish goals established for 5S and Lean projects. Identify and lead process improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate effectively across all functions on business initiatives and daily order execution.
• Enforce system and company policies and procedures. Actively participate with the management team to support and implement strategic objectives.
• Develop and drive key performance indicators to the highest standards of performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Provide support to other functions in determining manufacturing capabilities, product lead times, and cost estimates.
• Participate and lead projects aimed at improving on time delivery and inventory turns; reducing cost of quality and obsolescence risk; and increasing productivity and efficiencies.

Materials Management

• Oversee the management of procurement, planning, production control, inventory, warehouse/shipping & receiving.
• Drive material savings to achieve strategic objectives.
• Leverage systems to optimize planning, procurement, and warehouse management.
• Oversee the management of inventory planning & controls, including but not limited to: Developing stocking & replenishment strategies, setting safety stock, min/max and re-order point parameters, and define and establish inventory classifications.
• Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement to improve planning process.

Quality

• Implement business process standard operating procedures (SOP’s).
• Drive problem-solving, lessons learned and corrective actions.
• Develop and implement quality control procedures and protocols.
• Work collaboratively with functional leaders to implement new procedures and corrective actions to improve quality.
• Work closely with Engineering to improve existing products.
• Identifying and resolving workflow and production issues

REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 8-10 years’ experience in manufacturing operations, which could include engineering, quality, materials, planning, manufacturing, or production in a design-to-build environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably industrial, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in engineered to order manufacturing processes/timelines.
• Ability to analyze and appropriately determine schedule priorities and how they relate to the engineering