Manager, Operations

Integer Holdings Corporation; Trenton (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Integer Holdings Corporation in Trenton, Georgia, is seeking a Strategic Leader to oversee manufacturing operations. You will manage production activities, ensuring quality and performance goals are met while promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

This role is pivotal in driving operational success, engaging with teams to maintain high standards of production and safety. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership experience and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems and processes.
• Experience in driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for multiple Production Supervisors and team members.
• Oversee manufacturing operations and drive performance against goals.
• Ensure compliance with quality and safety protocols.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Quality Management

Production Operations

Collaboration

Job description

By living according to a common set of values, we create a culture that unifies, embraces the uniqueness we all bring to the company, and positions Integer for long‑term success. At Integer, our values are embedded in everything we do.

Values

• Customer – We focus on our customers’ success.
• Innovation – We create better solutions.
• Collaboration – We create success together.
• Inclusion – We always interact with others respectfully.
• Candor – We are open and honest with one another.
• Integrity – We do the right things and do things right.

Who are we?

Integer is a global organization providing innovative, high‑quality technologies and manufacturing to Medical Device OEMs to enhance the lives of patients worldwide and high‑end niche batteries for specialized applications in the energy, military, and environmental markets. Guided by our six values, working at Integer means you are part of a team passionately pursuing excellence and constantly improving and developing yourself and those around you.

What You’ll Do In This Role

The primary purpose of this position is to provide leadership for multiple Production Supervisors and individual performers and be responsible for all aspects of the manufacturing operations for assigned product lines and processes at one of Integer’s manufacturing sites. You and your team are responsible for sustaining and optimizing ongoing production, building quality, driving continuous improvement projects, managing support team interfaces, and serving as receivers for new products and technologies released onto your product lines.

Be a Strategic Leader

• Assume responsibility for all production activities associated with a defined product line(s) at one of our manufacturing sites and accept accountability for delivering the Key Performance Goals/Targets established for that product line(s).
• Serve as a key leader and representative of the Operations’ Team and contribute to the development of the annual goals and objectives for Operations from which your Key Performance Goals/Targets are derived. You may represent the Operations’ Team to the Site Leadership Team.
• Lead your direct reports which include any combination of Production Supervisors and individual performers within the Operations Team.
• Understand and adhere to Integer’s values and all company policies, procedures, and work instructions defined in your training plan.
• Ensure compliance to the established Quality Management System and all Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security protocols.
• Provide inputs to and lead the execution of manufacturing-related imperatives reflected in the site Hoshin Plan.
• Develop and execute sustained Continuous Improvement processes.
• Define the goals and objectives for your direct reports with supporting Key Performance Indicators (metrics in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity).
• Promote talent by developing individual growth and development plans and organizational succession plans.
• Manage by walking around – go to the Gemba to observe, ask questions, and listen actively.
• Model an open and inclusive communication style at the daily production boards, weekly project updates, monthly KPI Board reviews, and Town Hall meetings.
• Engage with Associates at all levels and across all functions, finding time every week to join them for lunch, during breaks, and inviting them to your cross‑functional meetings.
• Ensure one‑on‑one time with direct reports regularly to monitor performance and check in on progress to Individual Development Plans.
• Interact, as appropriate, directly with your customers, internal and external; support customer business reviews and participate in site visits and audits by customers or other parties as needed.
• Partner with peers on the Operations’ Team to align strategies, tactics, and actions needed to achieve Operations objectives.
• Collaborate with R&D and Product Development teams to prioritize Operations’ resources for new product launches.
• Embed Quality within the Operations team – “I own Quality.” Be a standard bearer for Quality in everything we do by assuring adherence to the QMS, facilitating corrective and preventive actions, and contributing to successful attainment of quality KPIs and the journey to 5 Sigma.
• Perform other duties as needed and as directed.

Champion Manufacturing Excellence

• Be a site champion for deployment of systems and tools to optimize all production activities across the site.
• Embrace the Manufacturing Excellence culture based on the Integer Production System and its five focus areas:
• Strategy Alignment through Site Hoshin Plans, regular cadence of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning meetings, and updates to the value‑stream maps.
• Leadership of Sustained Change by ensuring production monitoring & improvement activities and deployment of Leader Standard Work.
• Standardization through workplace organization & visual controls (5S), Manufacturing Standard Work, and robust training & certification programs.
• Associate Engagement promoted through standardized problem‑solving methodologies, behavior‑based safety programs, and improvement idea and suggestion systems.
• Systems & Process Optimization through adoption of built‑in quality principles, optimized scheduling & material system designs, work‑cell design, and total productive maintenance.
• Participate in the development and vetting of production plans with representatives from other departments—Production, Planning, Continuous Improvement, Customer Service, Quality, and Materials—to ensure production performance meets customer requirements.
• Monitor status of actual daily and longer‑term performance against the production plan; drive actions to address off‑standard performance.
• Ensure change management and required customer notification are followed.

How You Will Be Measured

• Safety – Number of safety observations completed and improvement suggestions implemented.
• People – Associate engagement, voluntary turnover rate, days to fill open positions.
• Quality – Customer Direct Complaint Rate, NCR rate, Complaint Cycle Time, CAPA Cycle Time.
• Supplier Performance – Delivery, On‑time and fill delivery performance, schedule/takt attainment; Inventory – Days on hand, inventory turns; Productivity – First pass yield, labor efficiencies, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), throughput; and cost improvement – incremental savings recognized.

Total Rewards Program

Our total rewards program includes base salary, a cash‑based incentive program, a comprehensive benefits package with immediate eligibility—including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and adoption benefits—Parental leave after one year, optional employee‑paid supplemental life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance. Employees are immediately eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan with company matching contributions, and we provide 80 hours (10 days) of company‑designated holidays per year plus an annual allotment of paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer

U.S. Applicants: Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.