Manufacturing Operations Manager

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision‑making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics.

As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

At KIK, we are seeking a driven Operations Manager with a passion for safety, quality, people leadership, and continuous improvement. In this role, you’ll lead day‑to‑day manufacturing operations across production, warehouse, and inventory functions while developing a strong team and driving accountability, productivity, and operational performance. You’ll partner cross‑functionally to solve challenges, improve processes, and ensure the operation consistently meets safety, quality, delivery, and production goals.

• Drive key departmental metrics related to safety, quality, cost, delivery, production, and reliability to ensure operational and budget goals are met or exceeded
• Lead day‑to‑day filling and packaging operations, including production planning, line performance, changeovers, center lining, operational cleaning, and operator‑level preventive maintenance activities
• Lead key productivity and process improvement initiatives, partnering with cross‑functional teams and departments to support plant operating and strategic goals
• Oversee warehouse and inventory operations, ensuring material and finished goods availability aligns with production schedules, order requirements, and customer demand
• Provide operational oversight of Blow Mold production, ensuring adequate staffing and bottle availability while partnering with technical leadership to address downtime, equipment losses, and production needs
• Communicate and collaborate with Production Planning, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Customer Service, Order Management, Logistics, and HR regarding safety, quality, scheduling, delivery, capacity, staffing, inventory, and operational priorities
• Monitor production and equipment performance, identify operational losses and improvement opportunities, and drive rapid problem‑solving and root cause analysis from the production floor
• Lead, coach, and develop employees while managing performance related to standard work, attendance, safety, quality, code of conduct, productivity, and overall job performance
• Support employee relations activities, including performance documentation, corrective action, employee counseling, investigations, and 30/60/90‑day new‑hire performance reviews, in partnership with HR
• Drive continuous improvement through waste and cost reduction, productivity improvement, standardized work, 5S, center lining, cleaning standards, and good manufacturing practices
• Ensure required daily, weekly, and end‑of‑shift operational reporting is completed accurately, including production, reliability, and inventory‑related metrics
• Understand and identify EHS hazards, risks, and controls associated with site operations and activities while reinforcing a strong safety culture
• Develop employee capabilities through…