OpEx Specialist

Champion Homes

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking to hire an OpEx Specialist to join their team in the Pembroke, NC facility. This role involves implementing and leading projects aimed at improving efficiency, productivity, eliminating waste, and enhancing safety, quality, and service within the plant operations. The specialist will work closely with plant management to identify opportunities for improvement, monitor performance, and coordinate operational excellence initiatives. Responsibilities include conducting plant assessments, identifying quality issues, developing and implementing operational excellence plans, ensuring production workforce training, and assisting management with problem-solving and training solutions. The role also involves designing and implementing training programs for safety, quality, and productivity, and maintaining training records. The OpEx Specialist will collaborate with the Quality Department, Human Resources, and Production Supervision to ensure training meets all requirements and will identify and address inefficiencies in the manufacturing process.

Requirements

Close attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.
Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities.
Excellent organizational and planning skills.
Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Strong commitment to high performance
Familiar with a manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

Some college or university coursework; knowledge of building and construction (manufactured housing as a plus)

Responsibilities

In conjunction with plant management, identify opportunities for plant operations improvements, including all aspects of quality, productivity, safety, inventory, turnover, etc.
Monitor, review and communicate performance statistics and observations with management.
Function as the local leader for implementing and coordinating operational excellence
Perform periodic plant assessments with plant management, identify high warranty or service quality issues, review top "problems per home "and identify corrective actions.
Identify and share with GM and plant management, Champion "Best Practice "activities.
Publish standards and process requirements in designated plant stations.
Maintain and update standard work processes.
Develop and implement quarterly and periodic operational excellence plans with GM and plant management, track and report results.
Ensure the production workforce is properly trained in process and manufacturing methods.
Assist plant management with requests to address manufacturing productivity problems.
Assist management in problem-solving and training solutions in all departments.
Design, develop, and implement training for operational excellence of safety performance, quality performance, and productivity throughout the plant location.
Maintain records and statistics to support training history by employee and by topic.
Work with Quality Department, Human Resources Department, and Production Supervision to assure training meets all requirements.
Identify inefficiencies in the manufacturing process and work with plant management to improve efficiency.