Onsite Plant Operations Leader — Safety, Quality & Lean

Keller Executive Search; Montpelier (OH); Vor Ort; USD 81.000 - 99.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary: $90,000 base salary

Annual bonus linked to performance

Medical insurance

Retirement savings plan

Permanent, full-time, fully onsite: no

travel

Zusammenfassung

Keller Executive Search is recruiting an experienced operations leader for our client in the manufacturing sector. This permanent, fully onsite role drives safety, quality, output, and cost while developing frontline leaders and teams.

The successful candidate will manage day-to-day operations, align production planning with budgets, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reliability across the facility.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing or production operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead onsite production teams and deliver measurable operational results.
• Working knowledge of production planning, workplace safety, quality practices and performance management.
• Experience using operational data and KPIs to identify issues and improve results.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, solve problems and make sound decisions in a production environment.
• Effective communication, coaching and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, output, delivery and cost objectives.
• Set priorities for supervisors and production teams, monitor results and address operational issues promptly.
• Promote safe working practices and compliance with applicable workplace, environmental and quality requirements.
• Manage production planning, staffing, scheduling, workflow and resource allocation.
• Track operational metrics, analyze performance trends and implement corrective actions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, waste reduction, process reliability and product quality.
• Coordinate with maintenance, quality, supply chain and other functions to support reliable operations.
• Coach and develop supervisors and employees through clear expectations, feedback and performance management.
• Support operating budgets, labor planning and responsible use of materials and equipment.
• Communicate results, risks, priorities and improvement plans to senior leadership.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in operations management/engineering/business or related

Tools

Manufacturing information systems

Production reporting tools

Jobbeschreibung

Keller Executive Search is recruiting an experienced operations leader for our client in the manufacturing sector. This permanent, fully onsite role drives safety, quality, output, and cost while developing frontline leaders and teams.

The successful candidate will manage day-to-day operations, align production planning with budgets, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reliability across the facility.