Operations Manager

Hubbell Incorporated•Fairfield, OH

24d

About The Position

The Operations Manager coordinates and manages the manufacturing activities of several areas, ensuring to reach the manufacturing volume and quality standards within the approved operation budget. Every day at Hubbell is different and you’ll contribute in many ways. On any given day, you’ll make a difference by supervising production tasks, collaborating with quality and manufacturing engineering, providing advice, coaching, guidance, and mentoring employees on operations initiatives and necessary changes. You will also be responsible for planning, organizing, and managing activities to meet production schedules and cost objectives, selecting and maintaining qualified personnel, executing plans for additional equipment, improved processes, and facilities, and maintaining safety programs. Additionally, you will lead overall strategic planning, ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed industry and customer standards, facilitate a safe and healthy work environment, manage requirements for cost, quality, and responsiveness, prepare the organization for ongoing change, develop and manage the annual operating budget, lead managers to evaluate and take actions consistent with the company’s overall strategy, and monitor performance against goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Management, or a related field
8+ years of experience manufacturing management experience
8+ years of experience with Lean manufacturing and/or Six Sigma quality processes
Proficiency in Excel along with all other computer skills

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge of Financial Management
Experience in a growth-oriented sales and marketing organization
Bi-lingual (Spanish & English) preferred
SAP experience preferred

Responsibilities

Supervising the production tasks, collaborating with quality, and manufacturing engineering.
Providing advice, coaching, guidance, and mentoring employees on operations initiatives and necessary changes.
Planning, organizing, and managing the activities necessary to meet production schedules and cost objectives.
Selecting and maintaining qualified personnel in all positions reporting directly and supervising the hiring, development, evaluation, and termination, if necessary, of all other personnel responsible for direct reports.
Executing plans for additional equipment, improved processes, and facilities when required.
Maintaining safety programs to ensure conformance to company, corporate and government requirements.
Leading overall strategic planning to include production and productivity improvement activities and growth strategies.
Ensuring that manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed all industry and customer standards.
Facilitating a work environment that supports a safe and healthy culture.
Managing requirements for cost, quality, and responsiveness.
Preparing the organization for ongoing change.
Developing and managing the annual operating budget.
Leading managers to evaluate and take actions that are consistent with the company’s overall strategy.
Monitoring performance against performance goals to ensure progress is being made.