Manager, Manufacturing Operations

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Brea, CA

2d • 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. The Person: You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: Bachelors degree, Mechanical engineering or manufacturing preferred or equivalent work experience. Experience with chemistry, metallurgy, material science or related field / equivalent would be a plus. Must have at least 7+ years of experience as an operations manager or similar role in Aerospace, Medical Device, Automotive or similar industry. Experience with chemistry, metallurgy, material science or related field / equivalent would be a plus. 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. The Details: You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including: 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. And More: We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to: Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal. Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices. #LI-Onsite #LI-MB1 We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights. Who We Are We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. Benefits & Perks You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners. What You’ll Also Get Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities). Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too. Purpose-Driven Company: You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices. EEO Statement: All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at [phone] or at [email protected]. Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password. Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov) For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843. Looking for your dream job? Upload your resume and contact info, and we’ll send you exciting job opportunities that align with your skills, goals, and experience! If you are a current employee, please navigate to the internal career site to apply.

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.
• Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
• We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
• You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

What This Job Offers

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