What are the responsibilities and job description for the Aerospace Operations Manager position at PPG?
PPG's Aerospace Business has an exciting opportunity for an Operations Manager at our transparency manufacturing site in Huntsville, AL! As an Operations Manager, you will provide leadership, direction and guidance to production supervisors and the leads managing manufacturing operations.
This will be an onsite position working in our Huntsville, AL facility and reporting to the Sr. Operations Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Promotes a culture of safety and ensures a safe working environment for all employees while ensuring that stringent housekeeping, 5S standards and safety procedures and practices are followed.
Promotes quality policies and procedures; drives adherence and accountability to the quality system and ensure manufacturing process control are followed.
Uses a critical metric driven method to monitor and drive actions towards operational excellence.
Formulates and implements strategic and tactical objectives to achieve operations goals.
Lead critical daily/weekly rhythms including Tier3, Gemba walks, safety reviews, 5S, Production meetings, planning meetings, etc.
Responsible for the cost-effective use of resources in the production process, including overtime.
Build a flexible workforce to manage forecast and budgets effectively.
Motivates, encourages, and maintain high level of employee morale and engagement to support continuous improvement and problem-solving culture.
Recruit, coach and mentor staff to develop a strong performing team.
Qualifications
Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.
Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3 years of proven successful work experience as an Operations Manager or similar role.
Excel and mathematical skills sufficient to analyze production needs for resources, budget, planning, etc.
Familiarity with business and financial principles like budgeting and forecasting.
Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.
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