What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager position at Heiche US Surface Technologies (AL) LLC?
1. Job Description
The Operations Manager is responsible for all operations, logistic and maintenance activities ensuring effective and efficient use of facilities and staff. Allocating labor resources, tracking production schedules and cost adjustments to ensure production, receiving raw materials and shipping final goods happen as efficiently as possible and outputs meet quality standards. The Operations Manager shall supervise and evaluate performance of production, operations, logistic, maintenance and enforce health and safety precautions as well as helping to implement corrective actions and continuous improvement processes.
2. Tasks, duties and Responsibilities.
The Operations Manager is responsible for all operations, logistic and maintenance activities ensuring effective and efficient use of facilities and staff. Allocating labor resources, tracking production schedules and cost adjustments to ensure production, receiving raw materials and shipping final goods happen as efficiently as possible and outputs meet quality standards. The Operations Manager shall supervise and evaluate performance of production, operations, logistic, maintenance and enforce health and safety precautions as well as helping to implement corrective actions and continuous improvement processes.
2. Tasks, duties and Responsibilities.
- Motivating, supporting, and providing guidance to production and logistic staff
- Ensuring all safety and health standards are met to keep an organization accident-free
- Communicating regularly with upper management regarding problems or issues impacting production
- Evaluating machine resources to ensure continued production and minimal downtime
- Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations
- Setting productivity goals for each manufacturing team, logistic and Maintenance
- Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality
- Ensuring adequate scheduling of staff and other resources.
- Tracking relevant KPI’s daily, such as attendance, OEE, production numbers and truck turnaround
- Determine and Implement Corrective Actions in based on Kaizen and 5 Why’s
- Develop clear communication with his/her direct reports and indirect reports to ensure all Company Guidelines and Rules are adhered to by the Team
- Ensure job expectations for all direct and indirect reports are clearly communicated
- Develop root cause analysis for areas of responsibility
- Ability to solve problems as they arise in areas of responsibility. Ensures continuous improvement, housekeeping and 5S standards are adhered to in his/her areas of responsibility
- Oversees and participates in the hiring and training of direct and indirect reports
- Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive
- Identify and share training opportunities for staff to build and improve skills
- Conduct coaching, counseling and disciplining of employees
- Meet internal and external timelines
- Performs other duties as directed
3. Additional area of responsibility
- In addition to the tasks described above, the employee is responsible for contributing to the continuous improvement process. The job holder actively promotes and supports the further development of the management systems according to IATF 16949, DIN EN ISO 14001 and DIN EN ISO 50001 as well as the implementation of the goals from the target agreement.
4. Personal competences, authority and powers of attorney under commercial law | ·
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and managerial skills
- Proven record in training employees about safety and production
- Strong working knowledge of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations
- Ability to coach and motivate employees
- Ability to set long-term goals and communicate them to others
- Ability to motivate and organize multiple efforts to accomplish goals
5. Required education, work experience, knowledge and PC skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or sufficient and relevant practical experience
- At least 5 years or more experience in Management of an Automotive facilit
- Strong manufacturing management and employee relations experience
- Successful in leadership/interpersonal communication principles to achieve organizational/customer expectations
- Proven track record for excellent project management as well as employee training in productivity and safety
- Experienced with Automotive CoreTools such as 8D
- Advanced Business English knowledge, verbal and written
- PC knowledge, basic data processing knowledge
- MS-Excel MS-PowerPoint, MS-Project
To apply please send your resume to "HR@us.heichegroup.com"