Manager, Manufacturing Operations - 2nd Shift

GE Appliances, a Haier company•Decatur, AL

20h•Onsite

About The Position

GE Appliances, a Haier company, is hiring a frontline manufacturing leader to oversee a production area within a value stream. The manager leads, coaches, and develops Team Leaders and hourly production team members, and is accountable for performance and continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale. The role supports the value stream Business Leader by directing daily operations and improvement activities, maintaining staffing and production plans, resolving issues through the escalation process, and ensuring Lean manufacturing practices and standardized work are followed. The manager drives continuous improvement by leading problem-solving and root-cause analysis, reducing waste, championing kaizen events, and supporting work-area rebalancing. The role also provides day-to-day employee leadership and administration, including staffing, timecards, overtime, attendance, communications, and disciplinary matters in partnership with Human Resources. In addition, the manager oversees quality processes and defect resolution, and is responsible for safety performance, investigations, and corrective actions in the production area. The position is based in Decatur, Alabama, and is identified as a second-shift role. Working conditions include both office and manufacturing environments. The job may involve lifting materials and products up to 25 pounds, and manufacturing work requires safety equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, and work shoes or boots. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at hire and maintain that authorization without employer or school sponsorship.

Requirements

Leadership experience and/or technical acumen in a supply chain or related functional area, such as manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, materials, quality, procurement, or fulfillment.
Five years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, supplier management, and project implementation.
Demonstrated accomplishments using results-driven methods, analytical methods, schedule achievement, and teamwork.
Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing.
Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and leadership-influencing skills.

Nice To Haves

A BS/BA degree, ideally in engineering, supply chain management, or business.
Six Sigma certification.
Strong knowledge of Lean, DMAIC, workout, and other change mechanisms.

Responsibilities

Lead operational and improvement activities for an assigned production area within a value stream in support of the Business Leader.
Manage performance and improvement of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale metrics, aligning area goals with department and value stream objectives.
Oversee daily production start-up, staffing, absenteeism management, and review of the daily plan with Team Leaders.
Ensure production line boards are completed and used to collect performance information, identify issues, support problem resolution, and communicate information to the following shift and management.
Maintain technical knowledge of operations, respond to abnormalities through the escalation process, and recommend corrective actions.
Serve as a first responder to Team Leaders and production team members, delegating issues to the appropriate escalation level.
Ensure Lean manufacturing practices and the Appliance Production System escalation process are followed.
Attend daily production meetings, lead Team Leader and escalation meetings, cascade information, and communicate key issues to leadership.
Oversee standardized work, coach employees on its implementation and adherence, and support process stability.
Review Job Instruction forms and cross-training matrices, and verify Team Leaders deliver the four-step instruction method accurately.
Ensure 5S standards are met in the assigned area.
Promote and teach the Appliance Production System philosophy and drive continuous improvement.
Lead the work team in responding to factory inefficiencies and identifying root causes, engaging appropriate escalation-team members to resolve problems.
Support cross-functional efforts to identify and reduce waste through short- and long-term improvement initiatives.
Participate in department issue reviews, prioritize and assign ownership of open items, track them to closure, and follow up with stakeholders.
Champion kaizen events and ensure countermeasures are implemented on manufacturing lines.
Participate in planning and executing work-area rebalancing using Yamazumi charts.
Provide daily leadership, work direction, and support to the manufacturing team.
Partner with Human Resources to administer policies, work rules, and processes fairly and consistently.
Allocate employees to cover absenteeism, complete job postings as needed, and manage daily timecards, pay coding, leave types, and overtime calculations.
Identify overtime needs, obtain overtime coverage when applicable, apply overtime guidelines, and keep overtime lists current.
Conduct employee disciplinary investigations and actions as appropriate, partnering with HR and maintaining accurate supporting records.
Issue attendance discipline promptly and consistently with the Attendance Policy, and distribute written communications in a timely manner.
Ensure products are defect-free and produced to specification, and ensure quality processes and standards are followed.
Monitor quality issues and drive their resolution or escalation; ensure quality standards are included in standardized work.
Work with Team Leaders, engineering, quality, and other stakeholders to resolve production-line quality issues.
Monitor scrap data and reports, resolve scrap issues, and pursue projects to prevent future scrap.
Partner with Plant Quality and Engineering to improve First Pass Yield and Service Call Rate metrics.
Own safety performance and metrics for the production area, promote a safety culture, and ensure compliance with safety procedures.
Lead accident investigations, identify root causes, drive corrective actions, and log and close investigations promptly.
Manage the department safety action item list, including actions from near misses, accident reports, and ergonomic assessments.