Assistant Operations Lead — Quality & Lean Improvement

PPG Industries; Arkansas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG Industries in Cleveland, OH is seeking an Assistant Operations Manager responsible for the engineering and sub-standard product recovery across production teams. This on-site role reports to the Operations Manager.

Lead a team of ~20–25 across 24/7 shifts, drive quality improvements, root-cause analysis, and cost reduction. Requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry or equivalent, 5+ years' operations experience, and LEAN or Six Sigma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or equivalent is required.
• 5+ years of manufacturing operations management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with LEAN or Six Sigma.
• Ability to flex schedule to follow batches when customer impact is involved.

Responsibilities

• Own process quality and incident investigation and ensure root cause analysis and corrective actions are established.
• Manage a team of ~20-25 headcount across 24/7 shifts: Engineers (~8 HC), a small lab (~4 HC), and a scheduling team (~11 HC).
• Deliver year over year improvements in non-conforming product and formula/specification optimization.
• Work with technical, process engineering team, and production team to match output to standards. Establish criteria for bad actor production and drive for improvement on these metrics.
• Develop and implement long-term strategies for quality/cost improvement.
• Partner with Maintenance/Engineering for all expense and capital work required to maintain operations.
• Analyze data to provide inventive ideas and execute swiftly with minimal oversight

Skills

LEAN or Six Sigma

Flex schedule for batches

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/chemistry or equivalent

Job description

PPG Industries in Cleveland, OH is seeking an Assistant Operations Manager responsible for the engineering and sub-standard product recovery across production teams. This on-site role reports to the Operations Manager.

Lead a team of ~20–25 across 24/7 shifts, drive quality improvements, root-cause analysis, and cost reduction. Requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry or equivalent, 5+ years' operations experience, and LEAN or Six Sigma.