Operations Manager

Company Description

ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with revenues totaling $16.1 billion in 2023. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s approximately 46,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in the company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.

Hi-Cone, a division of ITW, is a leading global supplier of ring carrier multi-packaging systems for the Alcohol & Non-Alcoholic Ready to Drink (NARTD) beverage markets, providing sustainable secondary packaging solutions to major Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. Hi-Cone is looking to change the way the world sees secondary multi-packaging for the beverage industry. If you would like to lead the development of our next generation of innovative multi-packaging solutions, then you might be the perfect candidate for this role.

As Operations Manager for the Itasca, Illinois manufacturing facility you will have an opportunity to lead production and leverage the ITW Business Model as the division pursues our full potential journey. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the production team, coordinating, tracking and maintaining the daily, weekly, monthly, and annual objectives and contribute to short- and long-term priorities.

Lead while committed to developing the operations team through talent management and leadership development leveraging the ITW leadership attributes. Participate in the development and attainment of the Annual Plan and Long Range Plan process to achieve the divisions objectives.

This role oversees all functions of the manufacturing process, safety, quality, production, logistics, maintenance, and engineering. The Operations Manager has seven direct reports.

• Analyze key performance indicators for the manufacturing facility and adjust/implement lean manufacturing, quality processes and systems utilizing the ITW Business Model and Toolbox to drive exceptional customer facing metrics and P&L improvements.
• Lead, direct and manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the manufacturing facility.
• Implement strategic initiatives, aligning team-based processes to drive operational performance and continuous improvement.
• Ensure utilization of human resource talent within the organization structure and champion employee career growth and development. Identify and develop key leaders for future roles.
• Analyze and manage the facility’s financial performance, implementing policies and procedures that support and drive annual plan and long range plans.
• Proactively direct the resolution of operational, quality and maintenance issues to ensure effective management of cost and prevention of operational delays.
• Must be able to foster, communicate and exemplify the values of ITW; act with integrity, trust, have a commitment to simplification while treating everyone with respect and embracing a shared risk decision making style.
• Actively analyze productivity and capacity utilization, including outside processing.
• Maximize the conditions for safety within the manufacturing operations.

• Bachelor’s degree required;
  Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or technical field preferred.
• Minimum of five years in a leadership position within a manufacturing environment
• Previous experience in plastics manufacturing is a plus
• Proven experience delivering strong results in areas of safety, quality, productivity, OTIF (on time in full), and people leadership.
• Proven ability to be a problem solver and strategic thinker
• Experience managing budgets of at least $3 million
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Strong success record in being a change agent

• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to sit and walk.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,…