Operations Manager

US Farathane•Riverside, MO

27d•Onsite

About The Position

US Farathane is seeking an experienced Operations Manager who is responsible for leading all day-to-day manufacturing operations with an automotive plastic injection molding facility, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met. This role provides strategic and hand-on leadership across production, maintenance, quality, and materials to support customer requirements and continuous improvement initiatives in compliance with IATF 16949 standards. US Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 40 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE’s and TPO’s as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years of progressive leadership experience in an automotive plastic injection molding environment.
Strong knowledge of injection molding processes, tooling materials (resins), and automation.
Experience working with IATF 16949 certified facilities.
Proven leadership of high-volume, multi-shift operations.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains manufacturing operations business plans to include all program requirements, labor hours, cycle, production costs, and image.
Provides input to the development of product strategy and research and development of new and emerging products.
Establishes production and quality control standards, develops budget and cost controls, and obtains data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
Partner with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Materials, and HR to support plant objectives.
Provides guidance to the development of a manufacturing process plan, including personnel requirements, material needs, subcontract requirements, facility needs, and tooling and equipment needs.
Ensuring all established costs, quality, and delivery commitments are met.
Ensure adherence to standardized work, work instructions, and process controls.
Coordinates manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
Reviews production and operating reports and directs the resolution of operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
Perform administrative activities associated with the effective management of shop operations, including compiling, storing, and retrieving production data for reports.
Determines responsibilities of assigned organization and staff positions to accomplish business objectives.
Trains and ensures all assigned employees are aware of and comply with company, government, and customer policies, procedures, and regulations.
Ensures compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality systems.
Support APQP, PPAP, control plans, PFMEA, and layered process audits.
Partner with Quality to reduce scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
Collaborate with Maintenance to ensure optimal uptime of injection molding machines, robots, and auxiliary equipment.
Participate in capital planning for tooling, presses, automation, and auxiliary equipment.
Support Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 6S, and OEE improvement projects.
Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA and environmental regulations.
Other duties as assigned.