Operations Manager

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Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values;

we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description

In this role, you will lead manufacturing operations, engineering, test engineering, and possibly maintenance. You will collaborate with other staff functions (facilities, quality, planning, supply chain, logistics, etc.,) to achieve plant target output, cost, quality, yield and service objectives while meeting all safety, health, and environmental requirements. You will work with planning and the BU on scheduling/loading and capacity planning. As Operations Leader, you will be looked to for guidance and direction by all operations personnel in your assigned facility.

Your job is to lead, coach, mentor, influence your team to attain operational factory goals, BU goals, Systems Operations goals, and ultimately Microchip Corporate goals while aligning to the Microchip Guiding values.

As The Operations Leader, You Are Expected To

• Manage staffing, scheduling and factory efficiency to meet operational goals.
• Establish and maintain continuous improvement activities to improve safety, quality, yield and cost.
• Assure manufacturing capability and performance improvement in support of business unit, corporate, and manufacturing strategies.
• Identify and implement capital equipment needs.
• Maintain and assure the efficient operation of all plant assets and equipment.
• Provide focus and direction to plant personnel to assure knowledge and support of plant manufacturing priorities and requirements.
• Follow and drive ISO: 9001 controls and processes
• Create and maintain a safe working environment for all employees.
• Assure growth in talent and capability of the plant operations staff.
• Build effective relationships within the business, functional support groups, corporate support organizations, and with key customers and suppliers where required.
• Support Focus Factory, Factory Certification, BPMS, 6S, lean 100, and other corporate System Operations manufacturing initiatives as required.

• Progressive responsibilities in operations and/or engineering leadership, including operations or engineering department supervisor experience.
• Experience in leading teams and departments in meeting continuous improvement goals through system RCCA methodologies and tools, step-change performance improvements, innovation, expanding technical capability, work redesign or other change efforts.
• Experience coordinating activities within functional responsibility and collaborating with other groups to achieve results.
• Experience with multiple manufacturing processes for assembly, test, and integration of electromechanical…