Operations Manager

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The Complex Leader is accountable for providing leadership for the production operations in the Pipe Plant at the Newark site. The successful candidate must have strong leadership skills, a passion for safety while driving a zero-accident culture, zero customer complaints, employee engagement, impeccable housekeeping and drive the change needed to meet business objectives.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Pipe Complex Leader will have the responsibility to:

Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities:

• Champion a scratch free & injury free work environment through strict adherence of the OC safety policies and procedures
• Drive continuous improvement in the areas of safety and housekeeping
• Upholds sustainability and environmental compliance/stewardship

Metrics:

• RIR/First Aids/MINT/SIF
• Corrective Actions
• Behavior Based Safety Program (Yellow Tags)
• Environmental Deviations

Competitively Drive Results:

• Accountable for employee safety, cost reduction programs, productivity, product quality, employee growth and development and sustainability.
• Ensure effective deployment & compliance of employee/labor relations practices
• Establish a World Class Housekeeping and 5S Environment for the Complex
• Partner with the Pipe Plant team to lead the Pipe Plant TPM journey
• Respond to unplanned downtime events with a sense of urgency with attention to safety and detail
• Identify and eliminate waste to improve productivity and cash flow through continuous improvement efforts and lean methodologies

Metrics:

• Productivity
• KPI & KAI

Know Our Customers:

• Raise the quality systems and service to provide a customer experience that fosters strong relations.
• Partner with peers, engineers, etc. to clearly understand customer’s FFU’s and constantly meet/exceed customer expectations

Metrics:

• Customer Fitness for use (FFU)
• On-time Delivery to Promise
• Order Fill Rate
• Quality Assurance
• Layered Process Audits

Lead and Develop Talent:

• Set clear and measurable performance expectations, in line with Plant, Site, Divisional and Corporate Goals
• Demonstrate commitment for building a work environment that nurtures and facilitates open communication, employee engagement and diversity
• Create and sustain a culture where talent is developed through effective performance management, talent evaluation and utilization of people
• Establishing clear and measurable expectations of performance and review commitments to ensure goals are achieved; completing Front Line Leader performance appraisals and coaching employees to develop and execute growth and development plans
• Effectively staff the organization, providing competent people and the appropriate mix of both internal and external talent to satisfy both near-term and long-term succession needs. Attract, develop and retain the very best talent
• Actively leading and building effective work teams and committees to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Metrics:

• Performance of Direct Reports
• Progress on Talent Development Plan
• Succession Talent Plan

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 7 years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering is required, Advanced degree preferred.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Able to engage and care for others starting with Safety
• Leadership skills and experience gained from on the job and formal training in: team leadership, facilitation, problem solving, diversity, safety, waste elimination and lean manufacturing
• Six Sigma Certification, Lean Manufacturing and/or TPM experience preferred
• Building strong teams
• Strong process, engineering and technical abilities
• Experience in dealing with union operations
• Business and financial acumen
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and turn strategy into action
• Able to achieve results fast both individually and through others

Personal Characteristics:

• Passion for safety
• Likes people and working in teams
• People focused leadership style
• Action oriented/Competitive and driven by goal achievement
• Demonstrates a strong self-awareness of one’s own strengths and development needs
• Positive and confident
• Analytical and Strategic, yet capable of simplifying the complex
• Open to new…