Operations Manager

MCC • Winona, MN

13d

About The Position

The Operations Manager is responsible for overall site production operations and plant production performance. The role creates a work environment that promotes safety, quality, delivery, and cost-effectiveness, develops teams to achieve corporate improvement objectives, and drives best practices and process improvement across the organization. The position is accountable for attaining production objectives in a cost-effective manner.

The Operations Manager coordinates plant activities and staffing, monitors performance, identifies root causes of variance, and executes corrective actions using Lean and structured problem-solving approaches. The role also directs plant supervision, supports team-member development, and recommends capital investments to improve production efficiency and use of resources.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Business, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of staff-level leadership experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in Operations Management and/or Lean Management.
• Experience serving as a change agent in complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience implementing Lean principles in manufacturing operations.
• Ability to apply structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and provide effective countermeasures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Hands-on leadership, high integrity, positive influence, and strong business acumen.
• Embraces change and change management, has a continuous-improvement mindset, and is passionate about exceeding customer and company expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Printing industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities, directly and through delegation, to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are met.
• Ensure compliance with behavior-based safety initiatives and continuously improve safety performance.
• Execute quality control plans to meet standards and reduce process variation.
• Assess on-time delivery performance and develop actions to improve and sustain performance.
• Manage costs through effective oversight of labor, overtime, and expenditures.
• Determine weekly staffing requirements and redeploy resources as staffing needs, priorities, or schedules change.
• Review and analyze production reports, identify causes of budget variances, and develop and execute corrective actions using structured root cause analysis and Lean Policy Deployment methodologies.
• Use Lean principles to form teams and improve productivity, decrease lead times, reduce waste, and meet customer quality requirements.
• Recommend and initiate cost-reduction programs, including capital improvements with favorable return-on-investment and payback criteria.
• Promote, prepare for, and participate in kaizen activities, and sustain their results.
• Facilitate daily Gemba walks by ensuring effective use of hour-by-hour, SQDC boards, and War Room tools.
• Coordinate required-to-operate and required-on-roles staffing levels with the Human Resource Manager.
• Direct plant supervisors to ensure consistent application of human resource policies, procedures, and plant rules.
• Ensure adherence to safety accountability guidelines.
• Coach and mentor team members to support their ongoing development.
• Stay informed about trends and developments in production methods, techniques, equipment, tools, materials, and supplies that could improve efficiency or resource use.
• Research and recommend capital equipment purchases.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

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