Manufacturing Operations Manager

Arrowhead Talent Solutions is helping a manufacturing company find a Manufacturing Operations Manager in the Brea, CA area. A general overview of the role can be found below.

Duties:


Run a safe, injury/accident-free workplace.
Responsible for daily management and leadership of all resources assigned. Typical responsibilities include:
Schedule adherence, productivity, personnel development, time and attendance, training and establishing/monitoring departmental goals.
Creates a departmental cross training matrix and mentors assigned personnel.
Deploys team members to both strategically and tactically engage in cross functional problem solving to improve production efficiencies and product quality.
Ensures the organization accomplishes Safety, Quality, Schedule, and Cost performance objectives. When misses occur, develops a credible recovery plan with team.
Review daily demand, production capacity and constraints, optimize production schedules, and manage the workflow through shop.
Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and other reporting on daily basis to drive performance in all assigned areas.
Champion and initiate Continuous Improvement (CI) projects to increase efficiency, productivity and machine utilization while reducing overall cost.
Direct and coordinate manufacturing activities based on policies, company objectives and programs spanning multiple manufacturing functions.
Coordinate with Supply Chain for procurement or required tools and MRO, and planning delivery schedules to meet delivery schedules, quality standards while reducing overall lead time and cost.
Coordinate with Engineering and Quality Control to determine cause of rejected product and to resolve discrepancies in manufacture process.
Qualifications:


Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, or a combination of appropriate related work experience and education/training.
Extensive experience with CNC equipment, programming, tooling and fixturing.
6+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience and responsibility. Aerospace and/or Automotive experience preferred.
Proven track record of driving results in a high volume, high mix Machining environment.
Expert ability to read and interpret blueprints, methods of manufacturing, machine code, tabular data and other related technical documentation.