Manager, Hung Lines

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Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities.

We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and  providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

Manage and direct department to assure effectiveness and efficiency of resources to achieve critical performance goals defined for: quality, safety, delivery, service and productivity.

• Develop, implement, track, and visually report on daily, weekly, and monthly department KPIs (e.g. Efficiency, Scrap Rates, First-Pass Yield, and Downtime).
• Transition of the floor from basic compliance to a continuous improvement mindset using Lean Manufacturing tools (e.g. Gemba walks and Root-Cause Analysis).
• Partner with Industrial Engineering to optimize workflow, eliminate bottlenecks, establish and balance Line cycle times, and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Own the department’s annual operating budget. Monitor and manage labor costs, material variances, overhead, and scrap expenses to ensure alignment with plant financial targets.
• Partner with Plant Finance to conduct monthly variance analysis, forecasting future operational costs and adjusting labor/resource allocation based on fluctuating production volumes.
• Identify opportunities for automation or equipment upgrades; build financial justifications and ROI analyses for Capital Expenditure (Cap Ex) requests.
• Manage plant personnel, determine work procedures, and coordinate flexible schedules/workflows to meet fluctuating production demands.
• Design and execute cross-training matrices for line operators to reduce production vulnerabilities, increase employee skill sets, and create clear pathways for internal advancement.
• Transform safety from a compliance metric into a core value where every associate feels empowered to speak up.
• Conduct regular safety audits, job safety analyses (JSAs), and incident investigations. Implement immediate corrective actions to prevent ergonomic injuries, strains, or lacerations inherent to window assembly.
• Partner with Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) teams to ensure 100% compliance with OSHA and corporate environmental guidelines.
• Actively coach, mentor, and develop frontline Supervisors and Lead persons, equipping them with the leadership skills needed to manage and support their teams effectively.
• Support supervisors in structured daily huddles to cascade company updates, celebrate department wins, and address employee feedback directly.
• Build high-moral, supportive work culture rooted in fairness, transparency, and mutual respect.

• Directly manage 2 or more supervisors and indirectly manage all Line Associates.
• Carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Own talent development and acquisition process for the department, including interviewing, hiring, and training employees.
• Conduct objective and constructive reviews of the manufacturing team and processes including review of performance and use of company tools such as OPLs and JSAs.
• Manage employee relations,…