Manager DC/Plant

Dana Incorporated • Crossville, TN

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About The Position

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.Job Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for achieving customer satisfaction goals of order fill and backlog.
Determine proper manning requirements based on sales forecasts and production rates.
Responsible for achieving productivity and efficiency goals through lean practices
Ensure plant quality requirements and goals are achieved.
Responsible for supporting the empowerment of people through the Dana style with ideas, motivation, education, communication, recognition, involvement, and safety consciousness.
Maintain daily and monthly performance measurements for production department and recommend/implement initiatives to improve in overall performance.
Provide leadership to first line supervisors in production departments including establishing objectives, setting goals, and managing accountability for attaining deliverables required of supervisory team.
Actively work with the materials department and customers to assure that changes in schedules are handled in an efficient manner that meets customer expectations.
Supervise and develop Production Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Team Members.
Responsible for production, assembly and warehouse areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in related field or 10 years of manufacturing experience
• Minimum 5 years hands-on management experience in manufacturing operation
• Extensive knowledge and demonstrated accomplishment with Lean Manufacturing
• Experience in management in a warehouse distribution environment
• Union experience
• Proficient in Microsoft application
• Proficient in SAP system
• Familiarity in a technical manufacturing environment preferred
• Able to comprehend technical issues and solutions
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload and ability to meet deadlines
• Proven success in teambuilding and motivating a team through to reaching established goals
• Must be a change agent able to lead continuous improvement effort

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity in a technical manufacturing environment preferred

Responsibilities

• Achieving customer satisfaction goals of order fill and backlog.
• Determine proper manning requirements based on sales forecasts and production rates.
• Achieving productivity and efficiency goals through lean practices
• Ensure plant quality requirements and goals are achieved.
• Supporting the empowerment of people through the Dana style with ideas, motivation, education, communication, recognition, involvement, and safety consciousness.
• Maintain daily and monthly performance measurements for production department and recommend/implement initiatives to improve in overall performance.
• Provide leadership to first line supervisors in production departments including establishing objectives, setting goals, and managing accountability for attaining deliverables required of supervisory team.
• Actively work with the materials department and customers to assure that changes in schedules are handled in an efficient manner that meets customer expectations.
• Supervise and develop Production Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Team Members.
• Responsible for production, assembly and warehouse areas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager