Flow Team Manager

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.; Town of Saugerties (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth

Health & wellbeing

Innovation culture

Job summary

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. is seeking a Flow Team Manager to coordinate and optimize workflow processes at the Saugerties, NY site. You will lead the flow team and department shift leaders, drive performance goals, and deploy personnel by qualification to maximize productivity.

The role focuses on Lean implementation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration with planning, PM, and NPI to ensure high-quality, on-time production within cost constraints.

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.
• 5 years’ managerial experience.
• Knowledge of lean practices in manufacturing.
• Experience delivering quality products on-time.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the flow team and shift leaders to meet goals.
• Set and evaluate performance goals with the team.
• Deploy employees based on their qualifications.
• Monitor results and implement corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement and lean initiatives.
• Represent management in absence of the Operations Manager.
• Optimize work planning and material flows for Production.
• Collaborate with planning interfaces (PM, NPI).
• Manage quality, time, and costs for on-time delivery.
• Lead groups and projects, including change meetings.

Skills

Team leadership

Lean principles

Project management

MRP systems

Communication

Budget planning

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Manufacturing management or related

Tools

Encompix MRP

Job description

Manufacturing Ceres US – United States Saugerties, NY

The purpose of the Flow Team Manager is to coordinate and optimize workflow processes, ensure quality standards are met, solve problems, facilitate communication, and support the professional development of team members, all to achieve the team's objectives efficiently and effectively.

Main Responsiblities:

• Employee Management & Leadership: Lead and coordinate your assigned flow team and assembly/welding department shift leaders, fostering motivation and ensuring goal achievement through workflow coordination and employee development.
• Goal Setting & Performance Evaluation: Collaborate with your team to establish and evaluate performance goals regularly, aligning efforts with AC area objectives.
• Qualification-Based Deployment: Deploy employees based on their qualifications to leverage strengths and encourage growth.
• Monitoring & Corrective Action: Continuously monitor work results, discussing them with the team and implementing corrective measures for efficiency and quality.
• Development & Lean Principles: Drive ongoing improvements within the department, focusing on personnel development and alignment with Lean principles.
• Managerial Representation: Assume tasks and responsibilities in the absence of the Operations Manager.
• Independent Optimization: Independently lead and optimize work planning and material flows for Production Department.
• Operational Coordination: Collaborate closely with operational planning, including interfaces such as Project management and New Product Introduction.
• Quality, Time, & Cost Management: Ensure product delivery meets quality standards within specified time and cost constraints, maintaining alignment with manufacturing.
• Leadership of Groups & Projects: Lead work and project groups, including change meetings and special project discussions.
• Budget Planning & Monitoring: Independently plan and monitor the budget, coverage, and costs, initiating necessary corrections or optimizations.
• Capacity & Space Planning: Conduct capacity and space planning for manufacturing and assembly cost centers, deriving assembly sequences and modifying work plans as needed.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously improve work methods, processes, and workflows to reduce lead time, lower costs, and maintain quality.
• Order Sequencing & Resource Utilization: Sequence orders to ensure optimal resource utilization, performing value stream analyses for process improvement opportunities.
• Quality Monitoring & Support: Monitor and support the resolution of quality problems and the implementation of improvements, tracking scrap costs and excess inventory.
• Production Aid Management: Oversee costs and deadlines related to requested production aids, planning, and controlling special equipment costs.

To succeed, you will need

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing management or Business Administration or equivalent experience.

Relevant Previous Experience

• 10 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.
• 5 years‘ managerial experience.

Knowledge areas/Skills

• Experience in managing and motivating teams and in leading safety, quality and other improvment projects.
• Demonstrated skill and achievement in implementing lean practices in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated skill and achievement in successfully delivering quality products on-time.
• Solid experience with computerized MRP programs (Encompix preffered)

Other requirements

• Ability to work effectively with multiple groups to drive goals.
• Excellent writtten and verbal communication skills.

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Saugerties, NY 2:30pm-11pm.You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.

Contact information

Talent Acquisition Team: Kasey Griffin

Ceres Technologies, Inc.

Ceres Technologies offers gas and vapour delivery equipment. The brand mainly serves the semiconductor industry, but also provides engineering solutions for customers in solar energy, display technology and industrial applications. Since its founding in 2011, the brand has gained a reputation for exceeding customers’ expectations. Beyond branded products, it also offers engineer-to-order solutions, systems integration and engineering services. The competent team is ready to help. Whether it be with a complete system integration or designing and installing a customized solution. The goal is to strengthen businesses, by bridging the gap between ideas and breakthroughs in molecule delivery. Ceres Technologies is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.