Basic function

Plan and direct heat treating operations to most effectively meet corporate objectives. Identify and drive consistent performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Alignment of resources, initiatives and operations to achieve business goals and objectives
• Safety – ensure compliance with safety policies and rules. Promote a safety culture.  Safety improvement –continuous reduction of workplace hazards, risks, employee accidents
• Manufacturing in compliance with quality systems and established process quality standards
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory standards (safety, environmental, etc.)
• Customer service (on time performance, cycle times)
• Forecast, plan, schedule and execute production operations according to priorities
• Management and coordination of third party outside processers & subcontract suppliers
• Identification and implementation of improvements
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action investigations into re-work and other quality issues
• Design 'waste' out of our operations
• Cultivation of effective employee relations based on mutual respect
• Effective communication and constructive cooperation between locations and functions
• Leadership, direction and management of salaried staff and hourly production and maintenance employees
• Team Based Culture, engage employees in continuous improvement initiatives
• Stewardship of facilities and equipment
• Establish and control budgets
• Recommend capital improvements

Skills

• Leadership & team facilitation
• Effective delegation and team building
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Planning & Coordination skills
• Problem solving ability
• Replenishment/”Kanban” operations
• Process improvement