The Operations Manager leads a cross-functional operations team in a process manufacturing environment driving operational improvements focused on throughput and capacity. This position plays a critical role in ensuring efficiency, productivity and strategic alignment to the organization's plans and expectations by providing coordination and support with operations, quality, sales and human resources with employee supervision, leadership and training. This position is not an office-based role.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and support direct reports.
- Coordinate with production supervisors daily manufacturing assignments and issuance of Run Sheets.
- Develop, implement and support all operational policies and procedures.
- Monitor supervisors and shift leaders in completing prompt and correct production paperwork and related documentation.
- Make recommendations of manpower levels, shift configuration, and actions about individual personnel issues.
- Track and manage key performance indicators (KPI's) including downtime hours/ratios.
- Attend weekly Production Works Group meetings.
- Participate in performance appraisal procedure on Production Supervisors, Shift Leaders, Production Technicians, and Machine Operators.
- Coordinate experimental and R&D work needed to support new business development.
- Lead operations in a process manufacturing environment.
- Direct and support a cross-functional operations team.
- Drive improvements in throughput and production capacity.
- Assist shipping & receiving on an as need basis.
- Establish manpower requirements to support plan projections.
- Establish manufacturing, maintenance and productivity plan to support company goals and sales forecasts.
- Assist Supervisors and Shift Leaders with weekly workflow schedules to meet customer' sales orders.
- Monitor and control status of inventory control, including raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods.
- Lead Operations activities to define procedures and work instructions to provide solid everyday support to total Quality for ISO-9001: 2015 Quality Program, Internal Safety Program and Housekeeping Plan.
- Aid in training operators across shifts to ensure comprehension and safety to meet production and quality standards, including machine line set-ups, changeovers, equipment repairs and/or modifications.
- Oversee R&D projects to support new business development.
- Enforce housekeeping by maintaining established general good housekeeping rules and procedures.
- Participate and conduct annual performance evaluations for all direct reports.
- Travel when necessary.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5 years of progressive manufacturing management experience.
- Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- Knowledge about the rubber and plastics industries, a plus.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and OSHA compliance.
- Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, cross-functional collaboration skills, and well organized.
- Working knowledge of computer entry/retrieval.
- Valid driver's license and be able to safely operator a forklift and various motorized equipment.
Physical Requirements of Job
- Sit in a chair at least 4-5 hours per day.
- Stand or be on feet at least 4-5 hours per day.
- Climb up and down stairs and platform ladders.
- Lift 55-pound bags of material from ground level and stack
- Roll or handle 55-gallon drums of material.
- Bend to ground level to pick up fallen material off floor.
Midwest Elastomers Inc. is an ISO-9001:2015 custom grinder of select industrial scrap rubber, virgin color rubber, semi-cured polymers, high value plastics, performing size reduction of material to industry specified sizing and customer specified sizing up to 100 mesh powder for products utilized by the sports surfacing, automotive tire and interior, friction brake, roofing, housing and appliance markets worldwide.
