Job Description

Operations Manager

Greater Champaign Area, IL

Competitive Pay and Benefits

Operations Manager will serve as part of the leadership team to develop, plan, and optimize the organization to hit targets at all levels. The Operations Manager will also contribute to the execution of the overall business strategy and achievement of plant and business objectives

Operations Manager Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all control plans, work instructions, and other procedures related to the technical operation of the production lines ensure the safety of employees
• Leads primary employee involvement and engagement in safety teams and safety initiative
• Engages in any incident investigation, Near-miss reporting, or environmental upset
• Engages with all operations team members, on days and on nights
• Set clear and measurable performance expectations in line with plant goals
• Ensures understanding of roles and performance review process to drive progressive results
• Rewards and celebrates achievements, talent progression, and other engagement activity participation
• Effective with coaching, one on one’s, and accountability for themselves and department members
• Ensures the quality systems are utilized to provide a consistent product that meets manufacturing specifications and customer expectations
• Develops and administers training programs and standard work to ensure repeatability and manufacturing excellence throughout operations
• Provides data analytics to identify gaps and opportunities in performance metrics in order to make improvements to efficiencies, quality and cost
• Partners with the Process Engineer and Maintenance manager to effectively lead Cost Deployment activities and Policy Deployment
• Effectively engage maintenance, warehouse and all other functional areas of the plant as partners/ team members
• Leads, coaches and teaches employees to reinforce High Performance values of engagement, empowerment, conflict resolution, and ownership of safety, plant processes and performance
• Works with all shift coordinators to complete and deliver mid-year and year-end reviews for all employees on the production shift

Operations Manager Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience leading people in a complex environment
• Academic and practical knowledge of materials science and manufacturing processes
• Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives
• TPM implementation, lean manufacturing, and/or six sigma certification
• Must be able to travel up to 20%

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