Manager, Manufacturing Operations

Stanley Black & Decker • Brea, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Manager, Manufacturing Operations - Onsite Brea, CA, United States Come make the world and accelerate your success. Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) is the primary division of Stanley Black & Decker Aerospace. We are a leading innovator and strategic partner in the manufacturing of fasteners, fittings, and engineered products for the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. You’ll be part of our Ops CAM team located in Brea, CA. The Job: As a Manufacturing Manager, you’ll be part of our Industrial Global Supply Chain Aerospace team working as an on-site employee. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for daily production of gang channels, anchor nuts, and washers, along with driving efficiencies for the heat treat and special processing functions. You’ll get to: Ensures to run a safe, injury/accident-free workplace. Responsible for daily management and leadership of all resources assigned. Typical responsibilities include but are not limited to: Schedule adherence, productivity, personnel development, time and attendance, training and establishing/monitoring departmental goals. Enhance the operational procedures, processes and systems to improve operational efficiencies. Work independently and within a team while coordinating with other Departmental Leaders and/or Managers to achieve Daily/Weekly/Monthly goals and objectives. Interprets company policies to workers, leads by example and enforces all Federal, State and local regulations. Creates a departmental cross training matrix and mentors assigned personnel. Deploys team members to both strategically and tactically engage in cross functional problem solving to improve production efficiency and product quality. Execute the production schedule, manage people, assets, tooling and materials in running the production in most productive fashion; engage actively in potential schedule or requirement changes; ensure and enhance production schedule adherence. Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and other reporting daily to drive performance in all assigned areas; and ensure all production data accuracies. Ensure employees are trained on post manufacturing processing procedures and practices. Review variable costs, productivity, earned standard hours and throughput daily and implement effective recovery or corrective actions when targets are not achieved. Actively participate Continuous Improvement (CI) projects to increase efficiency, productivity and machine utilization while reducing overall cost. Provide manufacturing expertise when problems arise. Formulates and maintains the highest standards of housekeeping (6S) in all areas assigned. Support and improve upon quality initiatives designed to meet plant goals. Manage preventative maintenance performed by production employees. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree, Mechanical engineering or manufacturing preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Must have at least 7+ years of experience as an operations manager or similar role in Aerospace, Medical Device, Automotive or similar industry.
• Hardening, tempering, annealing, and other heat-treating processes.
• Applying coatings and plating to aerospace parts using automated equipment or manual techniques.
• Understanding of stamping processes, including blanking, forming, and piercing.
• Analytical skills; Understand techniques to meet coating and thickness desired.
• Supervisory experience leading teams of 40+ people; Performance management skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with all levels of organization, especially with direct employees.
• Intermediate use of ERP (JDE), MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook; other PowerBI and productivity tools.
• Quality focused & production driven.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with chemistry, metallurgy, material science or related field / equivalent would be a plus.
• Experience with chemistry, metallurgy, material science or related field / equivalent would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensures to run a safe, injury/accident-free workplace.
• Responsible for daily management and leadership of all resources assigned.
• Schedule adherence, productivity, personnel development, time and attendance, training and establishing/monitoring departmental goals.
• Enhance the operational procedures, processes and systems to improve operational efficiencies.
• Work independently and within a team while coordinating with other Departmental Leaders and/or Managers to achieve Daily/Weekly/Monthly goals and objectives.
• Interprets company policies to workers, leads by example and enforces all Federal, State and local regulations.
• Creates a departmental cross training matrix and mentors assigned personnel.
• Deploys team members to both strategically and tactically engage in cross functional problem solving to improve production efficiency and product quality.
• Execute the production schedule, manage people, assets, tooling and materials in running the production in most productive fashion; engage actively in potential schedule or requirement changes; ensure and enhance production schedule adherence.
• Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and other reporting daily to drive performance in all assigned areas; and ensure all production data accuracies.
• Ensure employees are trained on post manufacturing processing procedures and practices.
• Review variable costs, productivity, earned standard hours and throughput daily and implement effective recovery or corrective actions when targets are not achieved.
• Actively participate Continuous Improvement (CI) projects to increase efficiency, productivity and machine utilization while reducing overall cost.
• Provide manufacturing expertise when problems arise.
• Formulates and maintains the highest standards of housekeeping (6S) in all areas assigned.
• Support and improve upon quality initiatives designed to meet plant goals.
• Manage preventative maintenance performed by production employees.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

What This Job Offers

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