Manufacturing Manager

Ballymore; Northern (KY); Ibrido; USD 80.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

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Ballymore in Kentucky is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to run daily plant operations, own safety performance, and lead the production and supervisor teams to hit throughput, efficiency, and on-time delivery targets.

You will coordinate with Supply Chain, Planning, Engineering, and Maintenance to keep production ready, drive continuous improvement through Lean tools, and report KPI performance including OEE and scrap.

Competenze

• Experience leading hourly production teams and supervisors.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts (5S, standard work, visual management).
• Strong knowledge of workplace safety requirements and enforcing them on the floor.
• Ability to track and report production measures such as OEE, scrap, and on-time delivery.

Mansioni

• Own daily plant safety performance by conducting floor audits, correcting hazards, and enforcing safety procedures.
• Lead daily production meetings to review schedule attainment, labor allocation, equipment status, quality issues, and shipment priorities.
• Manage hourly production and supervisor teams to achieve daily throughput, efficiency, and on-time delivery targets.
• Monitor and coordinate workflow through fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly to eliminate bottlenecks.
• Ensure adequate staffing, cross-training, and labor balancing across shifts to meet changing production demands.
• Drive immediate resolution of quality concerns, scrap, rework, welding defects, and customer-related issues through root cause analysis.
• Partner with maintenance to prioritize downtime, preventive maintenance, and rapid recovery of critical assets.
• Track and report daily KPIs including Safety, Labor Efficiency, Schedule Attainment, OEE, Scrap, Rework, On-Time Delivery.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Planning, and Engineering to ensure material availability and production readiness.
• Lead continuous improvement on the shop floor using Lean principles, standard work, 5S, visual management, and waste reduction initiatives.

Conoscenze

Manufacturing leadership

Lean tools

Safety enforcement

OEE tracking

Production planning

Cross-functional collaboration

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Description

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Manager runs daily plant operations. This role owns safety performance, leads the production meeting, and manages the production and supervisor teams to hit daily throughput, efficiency, and on-time delivery targets. It also works across fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly to keep work flowing, and coordinates with Supply Chain, Planning, Engineering, and Maintenance to keep production ready and running.

Responsibilities

1. Own daily plant safety performance by conducting floor audits, correcting hazards, and enforcing compliance with all safety procedures.

2. Lead daily production meetings to review schedule attainment, labor allocation, equipment status, quality issues, and shipment priorities.

3. Manage hourly production and supervisor teams to achieve daily throughput, efficiency, and on-time delivery targets.

4. Monitor and coordinate workflow through fabrication, forming, welding, finishing, and assembly operations to eliminate bottlenecks.

5. Ensure adequate staffing, cross-training, and labor balancing across shifts to meet changing production demands.

6. Drive immediate resolution of quality concerns, scrap, rework, welding defects, and customer-related issues through root cause analysis.

7. Partner with maintenance to prioritize equipment downtime, preventive maintenance activities, and rapid recovery of critical production assets.

8. Track and report daily KPIs including Safety, Labor Efficiency, Schedule Attainment, OEE, Scrap, Rework, and On-Time Delivery.

9. Coordinate with Supply Chain, Planning, and Engineering to ensure material availability, production readiness, and execution of customer requirements.

10. Lead continuous improvement activities on the shop floor using Lean principles, standard work, 5S, visual management, and waste reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing leadership experience, preferably in metal fabrication or sheet metal.
• Experience managing hourly production teams and supervisors.
• Working knowledge of workplace safety requirements and how to enforce them on the floor.
• Working knowledge of Lean tools: standard work, 5S, visual management, and root cause analysis.
• Comfortable tracking and reporting production measures such as OEE, scrap, and on-time delivery.
• Clear, direct communication with leadership, supervisors, and the floor.