Senior Manager, Manufacturing

Textron•New Orleans, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Manufacturing provides leadership and direction to a team of exempt Production Supervisors. This role oversees the execution of manufacturing operations across multiple work centers and shifts, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and supports talent development to ensure operational excellence and organizational growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required in Business, Manufacturing Technology, Engineering or related field.
8–12+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing or operations leadership.
4+ years of supervisory experience preferred.
Demonstrated success improving safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment, and production workflows.
Proficiency with Lean, Six Sigma, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience with ERP/MRP systems, production scheduling, and operational KPI management.
Solid understanding of quality management systems (QMS), MIL-STD specifications and ISO 9001compliance requirements.
Proven ability to build, coach, and develop high‑performing teams.
Data‑driven decision maker with strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
Demonstrated leadership in driving cultural change, employee engagement, and process discipline.
Ability to prioritize in a fast‑paced environment and manage competing operational demands.
Strong communication skills—written, verbal, and presentation— to effectively convey information to diverse audiences, across all levels of the organization.
Experience with capacity planning, labor optimization, equipment utilization, and production line balancing.
Demonstrated analytical abilities, including budgeting, developing project estimates, and tracking actual performance (i.e. labor hours and schedule).
Ability to lead complex cross‑functional projects, including updating technology introductions and capital initiatives.
Track record of delivering measurable improvements in first pass yield, cost per unit, throughput, and waste reduction.
Strong commitment to safety and operational excellence.
Comfortable working on site in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to work flexible hours or support multiple shifts when needed.
Must demonstrate tact and strong interpersonal skills to effectively address and resolve internal and external conflicts.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Must have the ability to move extremities and spine throughout an enough range of motion that will permit the employee to work in a variety of postures involving a range from floor to overhead level. Flexing and twisting of the trunk and other awkward postures are occasionally required.
Must have a good dexterity and frequently use one and two hands throughout the work period for hand tools and handling materials.
Must have enough cardiorespiratory fitness to be able to perform medium work involving constant standing and walking, material handling and performing work in a hot, humid environment.
Include standing, walking, sitting, stooping, kneeling, squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, seeing distant/reading, reaching, hearing, depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, climbing stairs and balancing.
Must be able to perform medium physical labor as classified by the United States Department of Labor. Physical demands typically involve lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling not to exceed 60 lbs.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and day‑to‑day leadership for all manufacturing operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable production that meets or exceeds quality, cost, and delivery targets.
Manage complex operations across multiple shifts and stations; balances labor, material, and tooling challenges; resolves cross-functional disruptions; ensures program milestone achievement through prioritization and sequencing.
Lead and develop a team of production supervisors and hourly employees by building a high‑performance culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and engagement, while developing supervisors and team leads through coaching, mentoring, effective delegation, and consistent feedback to strengthen the leadership pipeline.
Champion a proactive safety culture by ensuring all processes, equipment, and personnel comply with OSHA requirements, company policies, and program standards.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem‑solving to improve efficiency, reduce waste, optimize workflows, enhance product quality, achieve cost and schedule savings, pilot and integrate new technologies or processes, and promote a culture of safety, quality, and innovation that advances organizational maturity.
Partner with Quality to ensure products are manufactured to specification, root‑cause issues are resolved quickly, and corrective/preventive actions are sustained.
Work closely with Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, Quality, and Finance to align operational priorities and support program fulfillment, process changes, and business objectives.
Leads cross‑functional status meetings; escalates issues to functional leaders for timely resolution; and drives operational performance to meet line‑move and milestone deadlines.
Own key manufacturing KPIs (yield, throughput, labor cost, efficiency, downtime, etc.). Analyze performance trends and implement data‑driven action plans.
Leads efforts to improve KPI development and fidelity.