Operations Manager | Essex County, MA

This is a multi-function role responsible for: Capacity planning, Cycle time, Resource Staffing recommendations & Inventory management and levels

Client Details

Our client is a global power technology company, focused on advancing power delivery with modular power components.

Description

Communication:
- Attend daily production meetings to understand all upstream and downstream WIP planning
- Be responsible for communicating plating status
- Any planned down time/maintenance, shutdowns etc.
- Plan all down time with all other areas of the factory
- Communicate overall factory demand and needs to the plating operation
- Lead a daily production meeting with the plating group

Liaison between planning and the plating department:

- Identify short term volume forecast and business needs to ensure proper staffing across all shifts
- Identify long term business demands to model and ensure sufficient equipment capacity and staffing to maintain consistent cycle times
- Manage daily production meetings to communicate critical customer or engineering jobs. Actively work with shift supervisors to ensure critical jobs are prioritized to meet required time schedules

Oversee a team of shift supervisors and logistics/operations employees:

- Communicate and track daily WIP movement/priorities
- Triage and address any gap in requirements to daily performance
- Manage supervisor staffing/personnel
- Fill in and support (hands on) any gaps in coverage
- Support all critical end of quarter WIP movement
- May require occasional second shift and weekend support

Establish metrics for all process areas:
- Through put as a function of cycle time
- Cost metrics
- Machine utilization etc
- Publish all metrics on a daily/weekly roll up
- Use the metrics to drive material flow resource planning, etc.

Cost:

- Develop a cost model for the plating department
- Use to help track efficiency and make recommendations for change.

Profile

* BS in Engineering, Business, Operations or Management.
* 8+ year's of experience working in high-tech manufacturing production.
* Experience working in both new production introduction and high volume environment
* Working knowledge of ERP systems
* Proven record of attracting, selecting, training, developing and managing staff
* Demonstrated experience utilizing world class manufacturing techniques such as SPC, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, 8D, etc.

Job Offer

Salary Range: $125,000 - $160,000

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