Operations Manager 1
Dana
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Overall management of the Production Team Members, budget, expenses, processes & procedures.
- Provide leadership & manage the activities of the Production area to ensure that safety, quality, costs & delivery targets are attained or exceeded.
- Manage the activities of the Front Line Production Supervisors & Maintenance Supervisor
- Monitor quality of department incoming & outgoing work
- Analyze workflow, yields, manpower requirements, production restraints & quality issues. Identify problems & develop solutions to continually improve the operations.
- Build & maintain productive employee relationships, driving employee satisfaction. Provide direction, training & development as needed. Provide coaching, counseling, or discipline as needed. Recommend disciplinary action & reviews disciplinary action by supervisors for effectiveness & consistency. Work with HR to address employee concerns & issues including responses to grievances at step 2 of the grievance process.
- Monitors forecasts & assigns priorities on customer need & production availability
- Uses various tools, including MRP system to conduct capacity planning to determine production plan, & identify potential customer corrective actions such as scheduling OT, hire, layoff, outsourcing or expediting.
- Achieve target customer service levels & inventory turn levels based on forecast error & bias trends, manufacturing capacity / flexibility; customer service & inventory turn goals. Reviews monthly.
- Present summary of key information at weekly management meetings
- Foster & lead the continuous improvement or lean manufacturing concepts
- Develop trend analysis; identify methods of improvement to raise the level of accuracy & data entry efficiency.
- Support to engineering for changes & product launches.
- 7-10 years of experience in supervision in a manufacturing environment required.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or a related field is required.
- Willingness to relocate will be important as this is a developmental position intended to lead to promotion to Plant Manager role within a Dana Facility.
- Proficient computer skills with ERP/MRP applications & Microsoft Office
- Ability to work in a team environment & independently
- A proven track record of cross-functional interaction
- Demonstrated success in problem solving
- Must possess strong analytical skills in forecasting & anticipating production needs & capabilities
- Ability to solve practical problems & deal with a variety of changing situations under stress
- Automotive manufacturing experience preferred
- Must be able to prioritize multiple tasks & manage time efficiently. Must have the ability to effectively manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously, planning & scheduling work & activities to routinely meet cost & schedule parameters.
- Knowledge of the principles & techniques of Lean
- Demonstrated ability to drive work & achieve results.