(USA) Manager Reliability, Manufacturing
About The Position
This role involves managing multiple projects within Operations, focusing on equipment retrofits and other operational initiatives. The position requires coordinating project planning, tracking changes, managing budgets, and delivering presentations. A key aspect is developing processes and procedures to support reliable operations, assessing business components, and visiting distribution centers to evaluate performance and identify improvements. The role also involves partnering with maintenance associates to enhance areas like profit and loss, CMMS, equipment performance, and inventory management. Additionally, it requires revising processes, ensuring program clarity and execution, and collaborating with regional and cross-functional teams. The Manager Reliability will also focus on developing the skills of maintenance management through coaching and training, participating in recruiting, and soliciting suggestions for operational improvements. The role includes supervising and developing associates, ensuring compliance with company policies, and upholding the company's mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or related area and 1 year’s experience in maintenance, operations, or related area.
- 3 years’ supervisory experience in maintenance, operations, or related area.
Nice To Haves
- Leading cross-functional task forces or projects
- Lean, Six Sigma, or TPQ certification.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple projects within Operations by defining project scopes, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and timelines, including equipment retrofits and other operational initiatives.
- Coordinate project planning activities, including business requirements, risk assessments, target dates, and project management plans.
- Track project changes related to scope, schedule, and costs, ensuring the timely resolution of critical issues.
- Manage project governance and ensure adherence to established project plans.
- Identify and allocate the resources required for successful project completion.
- Monitor project budgets and costs to ensure financial objectives are met.
- Deliver presentations, status reports, and project documentation to internal stakeholders and external suppliers on a regular basis.
- Develop processes and procedures to support reliable operations by analyzing data, identifying standards, governance, workflows, and operational best practices.
- Assess key business components, including processes, workflows, key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and performance baselines.
- Visit distribution centers regularly to evaluate operational performance and identify improvement opportunities.
- Partner with maintenance associates to identify opportunities for improvement in areas such as profit and loss, CMMS, equipment performance, and inventory management.
- Revise existing processes and develop sustainable improvement solutions.
- Ensure program processes are clear, executable, and supported by manageable rollout plans.
- Partner with Regional and cross-functional teams to gain alignment on improvement initiatives and facilitate consistent communication with maintenance teams.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives to ensure business needs are met.
- Develop the skills and capabilities of maintenance management through coaching and training.
- Provide cross-training opportunities for maintenance management teams.
- Participate in internal and external recruiting initiatives to fill staffing needs.
- Collaborate with business partners, managers, associates, and other key stakeholders to achieve organizational objectives.
- Solicit, evaluate, and implement suggestions that improve operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Participate in and support community outreach events.
- Coordinate, complete, and oversee job-related activities by: Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, Supporting plans and initiatives that meet customer and business needs, Identifying and communicating goals and objectives, Building accountability and measuring progress toward results, Identifying and addressing continuous improvement opportunities, Demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
- Provide supervision and development opportunities for associates by: Hiring and training team members, Mentoring associates, Assigning responsibilities, Providing recognition and feedback, Promoting a culture of belonging and inclusion.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, ethics, and integrity standards by: Implementing action plans, Supporting the Open Door Policy, Providing guidance on business processes and best practices, Upholding the company's mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
