Area Manager (Production-3rd Shift)

Majestic Steel•Blytheville, AR

About The Position

The Area Manager provides direction and leadership for service center associates and activities to achieve safety, people, quality, service and cost goals. This role is a business partner for the Plant Manager that manages available resources and leads associates to perform all area tasks in the most cost effective manner while ensuring a quality product is processed according to schedule. The Area Manager is also a critical leader within the organization that drives continuous improvement and instills the Majestic values and operating principles within the organization. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Safety: Ensures the safety and wellbeing of area associates and visitors by communicating, promoting and enforcing all safety policies, procedures and protocols. Promotes a clean and safe working environment for all associates, emphasizing prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions, and support the safety programs. Maintains 6S process and audits to improve and sustain safety and housekeeping. People: Maintains staffing by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training associates. Executes performance management process and other required documentation. Professionally develops through additional training, continued education, and benchmarking opportunities. Supports associate engagement, involvement and development efforts within the organization; delivers messages and communication that inspires staff. Quality/Continuous Improvement: Manages quality plan adherence, layered process audits and adhering to standard work. Engages with associates and promotes hands-on, high involvement approaches to problem solving. Drives Majestic Production System (MPS) to achieve operational excellence (cell boards, Vorne data, Kaizen, SMED) – win the hour, win the day, win the year. Service: Utilizes ERP/MRP system for running production lines efficiently to meet customer requirements. Optimizes shipping/receiving process to meet customer requirements. Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs and working within maintenance/engineering teams to optimize equipment performance. Contributes to Majestic Steel success by helping other areas accomplish job results. Cost: Utilizes Vorne board, cell board and other continuous improvement tools to optimize operational cost. Analyzes data and trends to increase business acumen and decrease cost. Manages overtime, headcount and utilization of all resources. Ensures the area/team achieves all goals and objectives. Other duties as assigned by the plant manager.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Three (3) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment or advanced degreed (Associate’s Bachelor’s or technical degree).
Computer proficiency with MS office or equivalent.
Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a team.
Demonstrated leadership competencies with emphasis on associate engagement, associate development and performance management.
Effective communication with coworkers, supervision and management.
Work with minimal supervision: ability to plan and prioritize workload effectively.
Willingness to own area of responsibility and drive improvement.
Strong attention to detail with the ability to follow processes and procedures.
Basic understanding of continuous improvement: 6-Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints.
Commitment to ensuring the safety of associates and visitors.
Must be able to walk; sit; stand; climb; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl up to 10 hours.
Must be able to work in both hot and cold atmospheres depending on weather conditions.
Must be able to work outside normal business hours/days, as needed, which includes weekdays and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s, Bachelor’s or technical degree.
Five (5) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of continuous improvement and other lean methodology.

Responsibilities

Ensures the safety and wellbeing of area associates and visitors by communicating, promoting and enforcing all safety policies, procedures and protocols.
Promotes a clean and safe working environment for all associates, emphasizing prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions, and support the safety programs.
Maintains 6S process and audits to improve and sustain safety and housekeeping.
Maintains staffing by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training associates.
Executes performance management process and other required documentation.
Professionally develops through additional training, continued education, and benchmarking opportunities.
Supports associate engagement, involvement and development efforts within the organization; delivers messages and communication that inspires staff.
Manages quality plan adherence, layered process audits and adhering to standard work.
Engages with associates and promotes hands-on, high involvement approaches to problem solving.
Drives Majestic Production System (MPS) to achieve operational excellence (cell boards, Vorne data, Kaizen, SMED) – win the hour, win the day, win the year.
Utilizes ERP/MRP system for running production lines efficiently to meet customer requirements.
Optimizes shipping/receiving process to meet customer requirements.
Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs and working within maintenance/engineering teams to optimize equipment performance.
Contributes to Majestic Steel success by helping other areas accomplish job results.
Utilizes Vorne board, cell board and other continuous improvement tools to optimize operational cost.
Analyzes data and trends to increase business acumen and decrease cost.
Manages overtime, headcount and utilization of all resources.
Ensures the area/team achieves all goals and objectives.
Other duties as assigned by the plant manager.