2nd Shift Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager - Senior

Cummins•Plainfield, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Cummins is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager for its Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems (CDBS) facility in Plainfield, Indiana. The role leads manufacturing shop operations on second shift, building and developing teams, coordinating across functions and shifts, and making timely operational decisions to support business continuity and performance. The manager is responsible for improving safety, quality, productivity, and cost through lean practices, continuous improvement, and waste reduction. The role also supports inventory accuracy and safer, more efficient material flow, including efforts to reduce dependence on powered industrial vehicles (PIVs). The manager promotes effective shift handoffs, employee engagement, inclusion, and development, while addressing operational barriers, risks, and customer priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent college or university degree.
At least three years of experience supervising or leading others, including coaching and managing employee performance.
Intermediate-level supervisory experience.
Required lean management background.
Ability to drive continuous improvement, eliminate waste, optimize workflows, and improve operational efficiency.
Experience supporting inventory accuracy through material transactions, cycle counting, location control, and discrepancy resolution.
Ability to support safer, more efficient material-flow processes and reduce PIV dependency.
Ability to foster a strong safety culture, including attention to PIV operations, pedestrian interactions, material staging and storage, and operational risks.
Ability to facilitate effective shift-to-shift communication and address customer priorities.

Responsibilities

Build a strong team culture by encouraging collaboration, diverse perspectives, and alignment around shared goals and operational priorities.
Develop effective partnerships across functions and shifts and deliver clear, timely, audience-appropriate communications.
Evaluate information and risks and make timely, sound operational decisions that support efficient operations and business continuity.
Coach, mentor, and develop employees through performance management, career development, cross-training, and succession planning.
Set clear expectations, delegate responsibilities, and remove barriers affecting productivity, quality, safety, and delivery.
Promote employee engagement and inclusion, helping employees feel valued, motivated, and empowered.
Lead continuous improvement and waste-reduction efforts to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
Promote an injury-free workplace through proactive safety leadership, conflict management, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and sustainable corrective actions.
Support and drive site initiatives to reduce PIV-dependent material movement by identifying opportunities and implementing safer, more efficient material-flow solutions.
Promote safe PIV operations and safe pedestrian interactions, material staging, stacking, storage, and load-handling practices.
Maintain inventory accuracy through disciplined material transactions, location management, cycle-count support, and investigation of discrepancies.
Ensure shift-to-shift communication of shortages, operational risks, staffing concerns, customer priorities, and unresolved issues.