Operations Manager - Hiring ASAP

O&K American Corp.•Seymour, IN

2h•$100,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Manager oversees the day-to-day manufacturing of products, measuring both the quality and quantity of production. This role reports to the Chief Manufacturing Officer and is responsible for overseeing all manufacturing operations and property management. The ideal candidate will implement strategies to reduce costs and improve production quality and quantity, while managing budgets, labor efficiency, material usage, engineering, safety, and environmental standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Management required, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
Strong managerial and interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and presentation; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of staff, management, and vendors, persuade and collaborate with team and peers.
Several years of manufacturing management experience, preferably steel wire manufacturing.
Effective computer skills, MS Suite (Word, Excel)
IATF 16949 knowledge and implementation skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead an organization
Team oriented individual
Ability to think strategically
Passing background check, Drug/ physical test, and E-Verify.

Responsibilities

Oversee all manufacturing operations and property management.
Implement strategies to reduce cost and improve quality and quantity of production.
Implement and monitor budgets, labor efficiency, material usage, engineering, safety and environmental, utility usage, and delivery standards.
Manage a staff of individuals directly responsible for manufacturing.
Implement actions to resolve problems.
Provide leadership and promote communications among all team members.
Interact with scheduler, sales, and QA team to ensure orders are being produced to be delivered on time.
Monitor hours of productivity and rejects to discuss on weekly KPI meetings.
Monitor and enter downtime and scrap data. Print charts for distribution of department boards.
Complete 90 days and annual performance reviews, prepare data for supervisors.
Develop, recruit, train, promote cross-training, and maintain staffing needs.
Enter and complete weekly schedules for entire plant.
Approve all purchase orders and invoices for accounting to process.
Develop and monitor preventive maintenance program.
Develop and coordinate maintenance shutdown plans and schedule.
Assist with team member training programs.
Schedule for scrap and waste compactor pick up and log onto server.
Assure that plant is kept clean and organized, maintaining a safe and orderly workplace.
Implement 6S program.
Other duties as assigned.