Manufacturing Department Manager
Manufacturing Department Manager
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Job Description
AFL manufactures industryleading fiber optic cable connectivity and accessories and provides engineering and installation services for some of the largest telecom customers in the world. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and today we manufacture thousands of products generate an excess of $1B in revenue and employ more than 7000 associates worldwide. At AFL we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We hire and train everyone investing in them to ensure success in their careers. With a commitment to professional development and growth let us connect you to your next career opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Manage daily production operations to include ensuring a safe working environment workschedule management staffing to meet demand; ensuring adherence to the production schedule; investigating and resolving quality issues; and the initiation of corrective and preventative actions as appropriate.
- Sustain and improve plant housekeeping safety productivity and material flow by applying lean manufacturing principles and conducting continuous improvement activities such as kaizen events to eliminate waste.
- Ensure compliance with all safety rules and EHS permits at all times.
- Monitor and routinely report performance on key operating metrics which may include items such as material yield (s) labor efficiency and capacity utilization; identify trends and launch improvement activities to capture opportunities.
- Provide leadership and direction to assigned production associates through routine individual assessments and team performance reviews.
- Cultivate positive working relationships with internal support groups including Engineering HR EHS Maintenance/Mechatronics Scheduling Shipping and Supply Chain.
- Promote a safe and productive work environment built upon teamwork accountability integrity and mutual respect where associates proactively engage in continuous improvement.
- Develop associates to expand their contribution and allow them to grow into positions of increasing responsibility through the of crosstraining and development plans.
- Support AFLs Mission Vision and Core Values.
- Responsible for upholding a zerodefect culture in support continuous improvement of quality performance and morale leveraging our AFL Manufacturing Excellence (AME) initiative.
- Complete routine administrative tasks as assigned including the review and approval of associate time records; the monitoring of attendance; and the application of attendance and other policies.
- Support the building and of the annual business plan including the capacity investment materials budget and staffing plans to meet forecast demand; and the setting and achievement of objectives to improve operational performance.
- Control operating expenses to meet approved budget including materials consumables labor overtime and other operating expenses.
- Actively participate in the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to align resources (capacity staffing expenses materials etc. with customer orders and financial results.
- Lead participate and support crossfunctional project teams to achieve objectives.
- Adhere to inventory management and control procedures to ensure accuracy and minimize variances. Function as the approver for the routine cycle counting process.
Personal Qualities:
- Strong leadership skills
- Handson team player with welldeveloped interpersonal skills that is comfortable leading in a cross functional multicultural environment. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries and build strong business partnerships.
- Wellhoned and balanced people skills with experience in a performance driven operation.
- Resultsoriented
- Self motivated
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree required. Engineering Degree preferred.
- Three plus years of experience as a leader/supervisor/manager in a lean/JIT/processdriven industrial or automotive manufacturing environment.
- Resultsoriented professional with experience solving manufacturing problems using methodologies such as Kaizen six sigma and/or DMAIC. Greenbelt CQE or equivalent certification is a plus.
- Experience building and executing an annual operational business plan to include capacity investment materials budget and staffing plans.
- Solid understanding of EHS and quality management systems including current ISO 9001 & 14001 standard.
- Handson experience applying workplace 6/5S and lean manufacturing principles is required.
- Able to support offshift and/or weekend operations with limited prior notice.
- User of manufacturing related modules in Oracle R12 or another ERP system.
- Intermediate or higher user of MS Office.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
