Operations Manager

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains operations business plans to include all program requirements, labor requirements, cycle times & production costs, and infrastructure.
• Develops monthly production sales forecast, identifying all risks and opportunities, to achieve meeting the Annual Plan.
• Ensures all OEM production deliveries are met through the on-time execution of the ERP schedule for manufactured jobs.
• Drives a continuous improvement/lean mindset throughout the production floor, participating in lean events, Kaizens, etc.
• Ability to assimilate ERP data, develop predictive trends, and provide guidance to internal/external customers as to “as demonstrated” production, future rate loads, and capacity planning.
• Major data contributor to the monthly Sales, Inventory, & Operational Planning (SIOP) process.
• Coordinates manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Actively work with the machine shop, maintenance, manufacturing engineering/CNC programming team, and assembly & test to drive effective problem-solving and conflict resolutions to minimize costs and prevent operational delays.
• Works with the Engineering team to transition development products into full-rate production through the “Operations Launch” process and ensures “design for manufacturing” input is an integral part of new product development.
• Works with Program Management teams/Product Managers/Directors to help manage customer demands in all regards, from normal “on-purchase order” programs to ensuring production’s participation in recovery of “Red to Green” programs.
• Determines responsibilities of assigned organizational and staff positions to accomplish business objectives.
• Achieve and maintain a thorough understanding of site product lines and all the constituent processes required to manufacture them.
• Written process owner for operational process documents utilized in the AS9100 system
• Provide reports as necessary to the Site Leader.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering, or other related field
• Six Sigma or successful Lean experience
• 10+ Years working in a management position with a strong, demonstrated background in shop floor operations, product flow, & data analytics
• Thorough knowledge of CNC Machining and Assembly processes in an aerospace environment.
• Previous managerial supervisory experience.