Manager, Manufacturing

Avient • Berea, OH

4d

About The Position

Responsibilities

Safety and Environmental performance: Communicates expectations; conducts
audits, investigates and documents all incidents; conducts safety meetings;
authorizes work and signs permits; participates on the plant safety
committee.
Production: Determines requirements and assigns personnel to each line to
assure efficient operation; monitors operations including run rates,
changeovers and line cleans; coordinates with maintenance, lab and warehouse
personnel to meet line production expectations; troubleshoot process issues
and determine the appropriate course of action to resolve; participate in the
development/revision of operating procedures; identify and participate in
documentation of Management of Changes.
Quality: Reviews finished goods laboratory test results; reviews in process
test results; determines process running condition changes to be made;
solicits input from tech support as needed; participates in on-site customer
audits; participates in ISO audits; participates in customer trials/trial
reviews; participates in complaint investigations.
Staffing; Participates in plant staffing activities including interviewing
and selection. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports and ensures
performance reviews are conducted for all operations personnel; recommends
wage increases and promotions; identifies and prioritizes personnel
developmental needs; conducts disciplinary discussions; reviews staff
assignments; develops and communicates work schedules for production lines
and assigns staff as needed.
Maintenance: Supports the Avient Reliability Program by coordinating shift
maintenance activities and audits equipment checklists to verify proper
monitoring by operations. Ensures work orders are written and entered into
e-mail for scheduling; schedules line downtime as required for proactive
maintenance.
Learns and uses all appropriate systems which may include SAP, IQS, LRM, CCS,
CAID Charts, E-time, Ariba on Demand, Microsoft Office applications.
Financial: Must understand and manage financial performance from a cost to
manufacture standpoint for lines assigned to them.
LSS: Must drive Lean Six Sigma events to improve overall performance for
assigned lines.
Other projects/duties as assigned or needed.

Responsibilities

• Communicates expectations; conducts audits, investigates and documents all incidents; conducts safety meetings; authorizes work and signs permits; participates on the plant safety committee.
• Determines requirements and assigns personnel to each line to assure efficient operation; monitors operations including run rates, changeovers and line cleans; coordinates with maintenance, lab and warehouse personnel to meet line production expectations; troubleshoot process issues and determine the appropriate course of action to resolve; participate in the development/revision of operating procedures; identify and participate in documentation of Management of Changes.
• Reviews finished goods laboratory test results; reviews in process test results; determines process running condition changes to be made; solicits input from tech support as needed; participates in on-site customer audits; participates in ISO audits; participates in customer trials/trial reviews; participates in complaint investigations.
• Participates in plant staffing activities including interviewing and selection. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports and ensures performance reviews are conducted for all operations personnel; recommends wage increases and promotions; identifies and prioritizes personnel developmental needs; conducts disciplinary discussions; reviews staff assignments; develops and communicates work schedules for production lines and assigns staff as needed.
• Supports the Avient Reliability Program by coordinating shift maintenance activities and audits equipment checklists to verify proper monitoring by operations. Ensures work orders are written and entered into e-mail for scheduling; schedules line downtime as required for proactive maintenance.
• Learns and uses all appropriate systems which may include SAP, IQS, LRM, CCS, CAID Charts, E-time, Ariba on Demand, Microsoft Office applications.
• Must understand and manage financial performance from a cost to manufacture standpoint for lines assigned to them.
• Must drive Lean Six Sigma events to improve overall performance for assigned lines.
• Other projects/duties as assigned or needed.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed