Manufacturing Programs Leader: NPI, Capacity & Lean

FTI; Menasha (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Faith Technologies, Inc. in Wisconsin seeks a Manufacturing Programs Manager to govern and execute cross-plant manufacturing projects.

You will lead NPIs, capacity expansions, line launches, and process improvements, while guiding a multi-site team to ensure operational readiness and adherence to enterprise goals. The role emphasizes governance, metrics, and reporting, with heavy collaboration across Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, and Business Technology to deliver on strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in related field; Master's preferred.
• 7+ years of manufacturing, operations, industrialized construction, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain manufacturing program governance frameworks, performance metrics, and reporting standards across assigned manufacturing portfolios.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic manufacturing initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and quality outcomes across multiple plants, product lines, and operational disciplines.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks across manufacturing programs, maintaining RAID logs, driving corrective actions, and escalating when necessary.
• Provide regular executive-level reporting on manufacturing program status, risks, financials, benefits, and key decisions.
• Lead and develop a team of Managers, Manufacturing Projects and Associate Managers, Manufacturing Projects responsible for NPIs, capacity expansions, new operations, line launches, and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Program governance

Performance metrics

Reporting

Lean principles

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

ADKAR

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Job description

Faith Technologies, Inc. in Wisconsin seeks a Manufacturing Programs Manager to govern and execute cross-plant manufacturing projects.

You will lead NPIs, capacity expansions, line launches, and process improvements, while guiding a multi-site team to ensure operational readiness and adherence to enterprise goals. The role emphasizes governance, metrics, and reporting, with heavy collaboration across Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, and Business Technology to deliver on strategic