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Trulite is GROWING! Currently we have an opening within our Indianapolis, IN manufacturing facility for an Operations Manager. The Operations Manager is responsible for managing direct and indirect subordinates in the facility and must carry management responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. The Operations Manager has overall P&L responsibility for the branch location.
Who You Are:
Able to effectively prioritize workload and managing projects concurrently
Highly adaptable in the ever-changing business environment
Customer-focused leader who understands employee engagement
What You Will Be Doing:
- Communicates the Trulite 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.
Skills You Bring:
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; plus 10 years general 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.
- Bilingual a plus (Spanish & English)
Why Trulite:
Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees immediate access to health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, as well as provide short/long-term disability coverage to protect you financially if injured outside of work.
We are pleased to offer a comprehensive wellness initiative that includes access to a percentage of your pay daily, if needed, and a progressive financial training program.
Stay with us for a year and your 401k employer match is 100% vested and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their Health Savings Account. We match on both employee and family coverage to help cover out-of-pocket expenses and if unused continues to grow until needed. The employer match for your HSA, if you choose to participate, is also vested immediately at 100% improving your financial health.
Trulite bears most of the cost of your benefits. We structured these benefits because we care not only about your physical well-being but your financial health and welfare too. Let us show you why Trulite values you as an employee and how we will help you achieve financial independence.
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.