International Manufacturing Manager

Position: International Manufacturing Manager
Location: Mayfield OH
Type: Full-time On-site

Job Summary:

Drive global manufacturing performance improvement through equipment process engineering and product engineering collaboration. Essential Functions:

• Manufacturing Process Leadership -
  • Lead technical process improvement and troubleshooting support on metal and plastic fabrication processes.
  • Increase productivity as measured by process KPIs.
  • Refine and drive alignment on manufacturing process standards (GOS)
  • Coach manufacturing engineering teams for development.
• Production Equipment Strategy -
  • Manage fleet of manufacturing equipment and drive improvement plans.
  • Maintain and update the global proprietary machine design drawing catalog.
  • Lead global machine maintenance strategy with systems to improve asset availability.
  • Review and support new capital equipment business case development.
• Product Engineering Collaboration -
  • Provide recommendations for product development engineers (Design for Manufacturability).
• Operations support and technical expertise -
  • Introduce new advances in manufacturing equipment and tooling.
  • Assess overall operations performance and drive improvement actions.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Maintains knowledge of shop floor operations product mix and characteristics and general business processing requirements.
• Accommodate occasional requests for support outside of essential functions listed above as required to support business objectives.

Education:

• B.S. Degree in Engineering.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of ten years of experience in manufacturing process engineering.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing technology and processing methods.
• Minimum of five years of project management experience.
• Experience in at least 2 of the following skillsets: Stamping Forging CNC Machining Casting or Plastic Injection Molding.

Computer Skills:

• Ability to use a computer and applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Maintain familiarity with manufacturing inventory control and costing software applications.

Travel Requirements:

• 30% (ability to travel internationally to all of our locations is required)