Manufacturing Process Manager

Overview

Manufacturing Process Manager – Blue Ash, OH

The Process Manager is responsible for maintaining efficient and consistent manufacturing operations across all value stream production areas, shifts and buildings. In this role you will lead a team of supervisors to ensure safety, schedules, quality and efficiency are maintained while resolving roadblocks that may impede the team’s manufacturing goals. Provide strong leadership, promoting a culture of learning, accountability and continuous improvement while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement to ensure we are meeting our high standards of excellence.

• Lead the Value Stream across all shifts, manage production processes, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to optimize productivity, process improvement and minimize downtime. Resolve daily production problems with both short and long-term solutions.
• Facilitate effective communication channels within the plant, ensuring information flow between different departments and shifts.
• Lead the development and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maintain consistent quality and safety standards.
• Represent a balanced, customer centric, quality focused, service-to-others mindset
• Provide accountability and ownership for Supervisors and production team members
• Analyze production data to guide headcount needs, estimate work requirements: develop staffing levels; adjust personnel to meet production requirements. Manage staffing needs required for production, includes forecasting and communicating needs
• Coordinate with multiple shift supervisors and managers to ensure seamless flow of projects on all shifts
• Collaborate with the leadership team to provide operational status and challenges
• Maintain appropriate production records: work with buyers and planners, schedulers and others to ensure availability and flow.
• Analyze data and identify production and process improvement opportunities and resolve workflow problems quickly and efficiently
• Manage and lead Production Supervisors in motivating a diverse team of production team members, including training, performance evaluations, and development plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as engineering, quality assurance, project managers, and maintenance, to identify opportunities for enhancing product quality, reducing costs, and improving overall plant efficiency with goal of improving productivity and margin
• Overseeing capacity planning within the Value Stream for the control of planned outputs
• Creating best practices within all areas of functional responsibility
• Contribute to regular plant meetings, providing updates on production status, performance targets, and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure reports are prepared on KPIs, production metrics, and operational efficiency for MDI.
• Developing a qualified, well-trained and motivated staff
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, Operations Management or Engineering preferred
• 5+ years of demonstrated people leadership experience in a manufacturing setting
• Demonstrated Organizational and Time Management skills
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage operations within the manufacturing industry
• Demonstrated ability to develop high-performance teams to drive positive business results
• Proficient with MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point
• Proficient with ERP/MRP systems
• Previous experience with P&L responsibility is a plus

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace…