Manager, Manufacturing Operations – Door Line

GE Appliances, a Haier company • Louisville, KY

8d • Onsite

About The Position

At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we believe great manufacturing starts with great leadership. As a Manager, Manufacturing Operations, you'll play a critical role in leading daily production, developing teams, and driving operational excellence within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This is an opportunity for a hands-on leader who thrives on solving problems, improving processes, and creating a culture where safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance are achieved through teamwork and accountability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, including supplier management and project implementation, with demonstrated technical acumen across supply chain functions such as manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, materials, quality, procurement, and fulfillment and/or be a GE Appliances Supply Chain Development Program or GearUp graduate.
• Demonstrated accomplishments showing results-driven methodology, analytical methods, schedule achievement, teamwork.
• Prior Lean Manufacturing implementation experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to influence and engage others effectively.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Supports the Business Leader by overseeing daily operations and driving continuous improvement across an assigned production area.
• Directly manages hourly production team members, including Team Leaders.
• Owns operational performance for safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Aligns area goals with plant-wide objectives.
• Leads daily start-up of production area.
• Ensure proper staffing, adjusts for absenteeism and reviews daily production plans with Team Leaders.
• Ensures production line boards are completed accurately and used for performance tracking, issue identification and shift-to-shift communication.
• Maintains strong technical understanding of operations and follows escalation protocols to address abnormalities and corrective actions.
• Acts as first responder for production issues, facilitating proper escalation and resolution.
• Enforces Lean Manufacturing principles and escalation processes under the Appliance Production System.
• Participates in daily production meetings, communicating key issues to leadership and cascades necessary information to Team Leaders.
• Oversees implementation of standardized work and coaches Team Leaders to ensure process stability and adherence.
• Ensures Job Instruction methods and cross-training matrices are followed to maintain skill depth and consistency.
• Maintains 5S standards to ensure a safe, organized and efficient work environment.
• Leads teams in aggressive response to inefficiencies.
• Drives root cause analysis and sustainable countermeasures.
• Supports the Business Leader in managing cross-functional teams (PIEs, Team Leaders, KPOs and other lean resources) to identify and reduce waste.
• Serves as first responder within the escalation process to resolve operational issues.
• Participates in department reviews, helps prioritize open items and ensures timely closure with accountability.
• Leads and champions Kaizen Events; ensure countermeasures are implemented effectively.
• Uses tools such as Yamazumi charts to plan and execute work area rebalancing.
• Partners with HR to ensure fair, consistent and timely administration of all employee relations matters.
• Manages staffing levels, job postings, timecards and pay accuracy.
• Oversees overtime needs, compliance with overtime guidelines and posting of overtime schedules.
• Issues timely, well-documented discipline and supports HR in completing prompt, thorough investigations when needed.
• Communicates company updates, process changes and other written communications promptly and clearly.
• Enforces all quality standards and processes.
• Monitors daily quality performance leads to problem-solving and escalates unresolved issues.
• Ensures Team Leaders embed quality standards into Standardized Work.
• Partners cross-functionally with engineering and quality teams to resolve and prevent issues.
• Tracks and reduces scrap through analysis and preventive action.
• Drives improvement in First Pass Yield and Service Call Rate (SCR) through proactive problem-solving and collaboration.
• Promotes a proactive safety culture and ensures compliance with all PPE, safety rules and procedures.
• Leads and owns accident investigations within 24 hours, identifies root causes and implements corrective actions.
• Maintains the department safety action list and ensures timely closure of corrective actions from incidents and ergonomic assessments.
• Drives accountability for safe behaviors through daily engagement and visible leadership presence on the floor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed