Job Title: Manufacturing Operations Manager

Open to relocation

Reports To: VP

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: 90k to 110k

Benefits Available

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicates the strategic vision to the Branch Management team.
• Directs branch operations for production, sales, maintenance, quality, and shipping and receiving.
• Has P&L responsibility for branch and ensures that financial goals are met.
• Implements cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, workforce, wages, and effective use of labor.
• Directs and monitors overall plant performance for production and quality standards through branch leadership team.
• Controls and minimizes labor overtime, premium freight, and repair expenses.
• Directs the maintenance of existing plant facilities and equipment; replace or make adjustments to plant facilities and equipment when necessary.
• Provides leadership and training to accomplish the company goals and objectives.
• Provides direction, development and leadership to plant manager, sales manager, and other leadership positions.
• Directs the appropriate safety conditions to ensure full OSHA compliance and to reduce the incidence of work-related injury to employees.
• Communicates regularly with senior management and support functions.
• Other duties as required.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; plus 10 years general plant management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Must understand financial statements and be skilled in making business decisions based on financial data. Background with manufacturing methods, process improvement programs and procedures including Lean manufacturing techniques required.
• Must have the demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a diverse work force to meet aggressive financial and cultural expectations.
• Must have excellent follow through and communication skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple assignments.
• Excellent communication skills required both verbally and in writing.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of general Manufacturing software, ERP software and core Microsoft office suite software, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Advanced excel knowledge preferred.
• Must have strong leadership, mentoring and employee development skills.
• Must have results proven experience with plant recovery processes and continuous improvement processes.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.