Assistant Operations Manager
Listed on 2026-09-11
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Manufacturing / Production
Operations Management, Quality Engineering, Production QC/QA, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma
$As the Assistant Operations Manager, you will have managerial responsibility over the engineering and sub-standard product recovery function of the production teams at the Cleveland plant including safe and efficient operation of production systems. You will work onsite in Cleveland, OH and you will report to the Operations Manager.
Main responsibilities:- Own process quality and process incident investigation and ensure root cause analysis and corrective actions are established.
- Manage a team of ~20-25 headcount across 24/7 shifts:
Engineers (~8 HC), a small lab (~4 HC), and a scheduling team (~11 HC). - Deliver year over year improvements in non-conforming product and formula/specification optimization
- Work with technical, process engineering team, and production team to match output to standards. Establish criteria for bad actor production and drive for improvement on these metrics.
- Develop and implement long-term strategies for quality/cost improvement.
- Partner with Maintenance/Engineering for all expense and capital work required to maintain operations.
- Analyze data to provide inventive ideas and execute swiftly with minimal oversight
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or equivalent is required
- 5+ years of manufacturing operations management experience strongly preferred
- Experience with LEAN or Six Sigma
- Ability to flex schedule to follow batches when customer impact is involved
The salary for this position is $120,000 to $135,000.
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