Manufacturing Operations Manager; Lean​/Six Sigma)

Position: Manufacturing Operations Manager (Lean / Six Sigma)
Manufacturing Operations Manager   Salary Range: $ To $ Annually
 MANAGER, OPERATIONS   
 Inovar Packaging Group LLC company, is one of North America’s premier flexographic and digital printing companies, dedicated to the success of our employees and customers. We invest in the latest equipment and technology, continually seeking the best strategies and solutions to deliver cutting-edge, top-quality products.
Our Oceanside location is an industry leader in producing high quality complex regulatory, extended content, and booklet labels. Our culture is customer-driven, team-oriented, and built on win-win partnerships.

 Competitive pay and a performance-based bonus program
~ Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long-term disability)
~401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous company match
~ Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding company

Operations Manager   
Lead the people, systems, and daily execution behind a complex pressure-sensitive label and shrink-sleeve operation.
This is a true site-operations leadership role—not simply a production scheduling position.
You will lead the Oceanside, California operation across Flexographic and Digital Hybrid Printing, Finishing, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving, and Facilities. The right leader will bring discipline to daily execution, develop strong front-line leaders, and improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and team engagement at the same time.
 Inovar Packaging Group is one of North America's premier printing and packaging companies. Our Oceanside team produces pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeves using flexographic and digital-hybrid printing. We invest in modern equipment and technology and build lasting customer relationships through our core values:
Customer Focus, Partnership Driven, and Team Engagement.
We are looking for an Operations Manager who can see the entire operation, translate business priorities into a practical operating plan, and create an accountable culture in which supervisors and teams know what good looks like every day.
End-to-end site execution.  Direct daily operations across flexographic and Digital Hybrid printing, converting and finishing of pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeves, purchasing, shipping and receiving, and facilities;
Set a visible safety standard, ensure regulatory and company requirements are met, address hazards promptly, and build safety ownership into routine leader work.
Convert demand into staffing, equipment, and shift plans; manage constraints and priorities; and partner with Customer Service to protect customer commitments.
Quality in pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeves.  Reinforce process discipline across print and converting specifications, color and registration, material control, traceability, change control, root-cause problem solving, and corrective action.
Operating performance.  Establish a clear daily-management cadence and use meaningful measures such as schedule attainment/OTIF, throughput, uptime, scrap and rework, labor efficiency, overtime, inventory accuracy, quality performance, and safety results.
Lead through multiple supervisors, set clear expectations, coach performance, strengthen succession and cross-training, and build a respectful, engaged, high-accountability workplace.
and build sound business cases for equipment, technology, facility, and process investments.
Cross-functional partnership.  Work closely with Quality, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, HR, IT, and corporate resources to solve problems at the right level and keep the site aligned with business goals.
 This role manages multiple supervisors responsible for Flexographic and Digital Hybrid Printing and Finishing; the role also directly oversees Purchasing, Shipping, and Receiving. It is accountable for hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, employee development, policy compliance, and building leadership capability throughout the operation.
Eight or more years of progressive manufacturing operations experience, including significant responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance.
Demonstrated success leading supervisors or managers across multiple departments, shifts, or value streams—not only managing individual contributors.
A track record of improving operational results through daily management, standard work, structured problem solving, and disciplined follow-through.
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