AlloyWorks Operations Manager, Salisbury, NC

This position is responsible for managing all aspects of Alloy Works manufacturing operations, including safety, quality, engineering, purchasing, scheduling, human resources, finance, budget planning, and sales.

• Lead and manage the organization to a sustaining safety culture
• Lead and manage the organization to a zero-defect quality system
• Ability to work with and manage through coaching people at all levels of the organization to achieve operational results
• Manage and identify continuous improvement of manufacturing systems
• Manage raw material demand and purchasing
• Manage production planning to achieve most efficient and productive melting schedule and balance customer demand requirements
• Build and lead a multifunctional manufacturing team
• Implement and facilitate the establishment of company policies, goals, objectives and procedures
• Ensure that staffing levels are adequate to meet current and projected business forecasts
• Manage exempt and non-exempt salaries to achieve operational and budget goals
• Manage all aspects of Alloy Works finances – variable, fixed, raw materials, sga, and capital planning to achieve operational and budget goals
• Failure mode analysis and root cause preventative action implementation
• Evaluate and improve on processes in plasma cold hearth and raw material support manufacturing systems
• Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yield, costs and changeovers
• Develop and implement innovative solutions to manufacturing problems/issues
• Manage/coordinate manufacturing equipment preventative maintenance, fabrication and repair
• All other duties as required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar required
• Master’s in Business Management preferred
• Minimum 5 years or more leadership experience in manufacturing operations
• 7 yrs. + engineering/manufacturing experience
• Technical skills in Lean Manufacturing techniques, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Process Improvement, freight and distribution, and production scheduling;
  Black Belt Certification preferred
• Must be able to prioritize multiple requests/projects
• Possess ability to provide leadership, communication, organizational, analytical & problem solving
• 25% travel required
• Must be able to support a 24/7 operation