Manager, Operations

The Operations Manager is a leadership role that will be focused on ensuring a safe work environment for all team members, while maintaining continuous operational execution and production of quality products that are delivered on-time to customers within established cost targets. The Operations Manager will focus on eliminating waste developed in the manufacturing and maintenance processes, identifying process improvement opportunities, understand the importance of customer value created by the company, maximize capacity to grow sales and driving lean continuous improvement. Strategically focused and leading/driving Value Stream Managers and other team members in Kaizen events, problem solving activities, owning and responsible for multiple value streams.

* Lead Southwire's Culture of Zero by demonstrating safe and quality conscious work habits throughout all value streams and ensure that all policies and processes are deployed uniformly throughout the value streams.
* Ensures accident investigation activities are completed in a timely manner and that safety actions/ investigation results are deployed and effective within operations.
* Provide hands-on assistance and strategic support of day-to-day operations within manufacturing, maintenance and engineering.
* Create a standard for manufacturing, maintenance and engineering and ensure entire teams are properly trained, resourced, supplied, and managed to attain established objectives.
* Prioritize and drive overall production effectiveness between Value Streams to achieve overall customer demand,
* Provides leadership and development to Value Stream Managers and other functional leads within organization
* Drives overall Team Member Engagement for Operation and ensures improvement plans are in place and acted upon.
* Participate as needed in Lean activities, such as Kaizen events, problem solving events, SMED, GEMBA walks, VSM and others.
* Lead Lean Daily Management (Daily Huddle Process - DHP) processes for VSM and functional leaders.
* Lead productivity improvement teams and projects to eliminate losses and improve manufacturing, engineering and maintenance processes.

Bachelors degree
5 years related supervisory experience in heavy industrial manufactruing environment or equivalent combination of above level of education and experience.

Bachelor's degree, preferred in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or field.

7 years supervisory experience in heavy industrial manufactruing environment.