Manager Operations

Mayville Engineering Co. Brand•Thomson, GA

About The Position

The Manager Operations develops and executes plans, policies, programs, and objectives for assigned facilities. The role oversees manufacturing operations, including developing the manufacturing plan and procedures to ensure products meet established customer and company quality standards. It manages staffing and operational costs to meet annual budgetary plans, and recommends manufacturing policies and programs to maintain and improve the operation’s competitive position and profitability. The manager directs department managers and staff, ensures regulatory compliance, and oversees initiatives to improve productivity, reduce costs and scrap, and maintain production standards. The role also coordinates programs related to training, safety, housekeeping, cost reduction, worker involvement, and security.

Requirements

Sound knowledge of manufacturing, distribution, inventory, and quality procedures, management programs, and systems.
Proficient computer skills, including familiarity with enterprise resource planning and business intelligence or analytics systems.
Good understanding of integrated supply chain management, including demand planning, forecasting, and procurement.
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to interact with diverse groups inside and outside the corporation.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing and executing long- and short-range plans, policies, programs, and objectives for assigned facilities.
Develop the manufacturing plan and establish procedures to maintain high manufacturing standards and ensure products conform to customer and company quality standards.
Achieve appropriate employee levels while minimizing overhead and raw material costs to meet the annual budgetary plan.
Formulate and recommend manufacturing policies and programs to maintain and improve the operation’s competitive position and profitability.
Direct and monitor department managers in accomplishing manufacturing-plan goals consistent with manufacturing and safety procedures.
Hire, train, develop, and evaluate staff; take timely corrective action in accordance with company policy.
Ensure compliance with current federal, state, and local regulations.
Identify, recommend, and implement changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap; monitor scrap and rework data.
Direct the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of production standards.
Direct and coordinate programs essential to manufacturing procedures, including training, safety, housekeeping, cost reduction, worker involvement, and security.
Complete other projects as assigned.