Manufacturing Manager

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The Manufacturing Manager is a versatile position responsible for the production areas located in the Otis Florence factory. This energetic person will possess the ability to be both strategic and tactical in the adherence of Safety Quality Delivery Cost and Developing People. They will demonstrate a strong continuous improvement mindsetconstantly identifying opportunities to streamline processes enhance performance and elevate team capability. They will have the innate ability to lead a team of supervisors and collaborate with support functions to ensure business KPIs are met while supporting the Sr. Director of Manufacturing in the implementation of shortterm and longrange objectives for the Production Department.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Sr. Director of Manufacturing to execute short and longterm operational strategies and translate organizational goals into actionable plans.

• Lead supervisors across all shifts providing coaching performance management and development to build leadership and workforce capability.

• Drive daily production operations to meet Safety Quality Delivery Cost and People (SQDCP) targets while ensuring adherence to budgets and timelines.

• Champion a strong safety culture through proactive risk identification audits incident investigations and regulatory compliance.

• Oversee quality performance by partnering with Quality Assurance resolving product issues and ensuring adherence to specifications.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma and rootcause problemsolving to eliminate waste and improve flow efficiency and throughput.

• Maintain and enforce standard work monitor KPIs and implement countermeasures when performance trends decline.

• Optimize workforce planning labor utilization shift scheduling and resource allocation to support efficient 24/7 operations.

• Manage hiring onboarding training and crosstraining programs to ensure a skilled and flexible workforce.

• Collaborate with crossfunctional teamsincluding Maintenance Quality Supply Chain HR Engineering Finance and EHSto support operational improvements and business objectives.

• Resolve production challenges and customer-impacting issues quickly to ensure continuity satisfaction and operational reliability.

• Draft and present operational performance updates risks and improvement plans to leadership fostering transparency and alignment.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated success driving Safety Quality Delivery Cost and People performance.

• Strong background in continuous improvement including leading Kaizen events rootcause analysis waste elimination and implementation of Lean tools.

• Experience managing production planning scheduling labor allocation and resource optimization in a 24/7 or complex operational setting.

• Proven ability to lead organizational change implement standard work and build operational discipline.

• Experience collaborating crossfunctionally with Maintenance Quality Supply Chain HR Engineering Finance and EHS.

• Demonstrated results improving production efficiency throughput equipment reliability and/or minimizing downtime.

• Experience developing leaders and frontline employees including coaching corrective action performance management and hiring.

• Strong skills in KPI management datadriven decisionmaking and presenting operational performance to senior leadership.

• Background in safety incident investigation risk mitigation and compliance with OSHA or other regulatory standards.

• Experience managing departmental budgets and contributing to costreduction initiatives

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in related field desired

• 710 years of progressive manufacturing or operations leadership experience preferably in a highvolume multishift production environment.

• 35 years managing supervisors or frontline leaders with proven experience leading teams across multiple shifts.

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