Operations Manager

Join our diverse team at Crane Currency as a Operations Manager in Alpharetta GA and be a part of our journey towards innovation and excellence.

Crane Currency is a premier industrial technology company and a pioneer in currency manufacturing and advanced micro‑optics technology for securing physical products. Yes, chances are you have our product in your wallet right now! Our sophisticated equipment and software leverage proprietary core capabilities with detection and sensing technologies. Around the world, our customers trust us to anticipate their needs with innovative, reliable, and high‑quality currency & authentication solutions and services—just as they have for generations.

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The Operations Manager plays a critical role in driving efficiency, quality, and consistency across manufacturing operations. This leader translates production goals into executable plans, optimizing processes, resources, and workflows to meet safety, cost, delivery, and quality targets. By leveraging data, continuous improvement practices, and cross functional collaboration, the Operations Manager reduces waste, improves throughput, and strengthens operational discipline. They develop and empower frontline leaders, ensuring accountability and capability at every level of the operation.

Ultimately, the Operations Manager enables the business to scale reliably while delivering exceptional value to customers.

• Ensure a safe working environment and promote a safety‑first culture across all operational areas
• Execute production activities to meet customer requirements for quality, delivery, and inventory
• Establish a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and supporting systems to ensure product consistency and quality
• Prioritize and manage flow through the plant to reduce lead times and improve customer satisfaction
• Coordinate labor and schedule attainment in support of the Master Production Schedule
• Monitor operational performance using key performance indicators and drive corrective actions as needed
• Report operational metrics and escalating concerns with appropriate countermeasures to ensure alignment and awareness
• Evaluate, analyze, and implement actions to reduce production costs and improve efficiency
• Lead safety walks, safety meetings, and training activities to drive awareness and continuous improvement
• Serve as a leader in quality assurance activities, including participation in technical reviews and driving corrective and preventive actions to timely completion
• Establish performance expectations and measurable goals for supervisors and associates and provide regular feedback
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives, including Kaizen events, in support of the CI roadmap
• Oversee disciplinary actions to ensure consistency, fairness, and early resolution of performance issues
• Support strategy deployment activities and R&D projects, ensuring design for manufacturability and successful transition into manufacturing
• Ensure consistency in training and development of associates, including cross‑training to support operational flexibility

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7 years manufacturing experience or 3 years supervisor/manager experience
• Ability to be flexible and effective in a fast‑paced, high‑tech manufacturing environment
• Experience in lean manufacturing, 5S methods, CI leadership style
• Strong written communication skills, with emphasis on the ability to create high quality technical reports, test reports, specifications and procedures
• Possess superior skills in management of projects, time, self and other resources. Including prioritization, planning, goal setting and complex coordination of labor, daily activities and long‑term objectives defined by the business
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a lean manufacturing environment

Preferred:

• Master’s degree
• Six Sigma certification(s)
• Experience with mentoring and/or coaching
• Ability to write high‑quality procedures and operational documentation
• High attention for detail and pattern recognition (related to assessing metrics, trends and supporting…