Operations Lead: Quality & Process Improvement

PPG; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG's Cleveland plant seeks an Assistant Operations Manager to oversee the engineering and sub-standard product recovery functions, ensuring safe and efficient operation of production systems. This onsite role reports to the Operations Manager in Cleveland, OH.

You will lead a ~20–25 person team across 24/7 shifts, drive continuous improvements in quality and cost, and partner with maintenance and engineering to sustain operations while meeting customer requirements and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of manufacturing operations management experience preferred.
• Experience with LEAN or Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Own process quality and process incident investigation and ensure root cause analysis and corrective actions are established.
• Manage a team of ~20-25 headcount across 24/7 shifts: Engineers (~8 HC), a small lab (~4 HC), and a scheduling team (~11 HC).
• Deliver year over year improvements in non-conforming product and formula/specification optimization
• Work with technical, process engineering team, and production team to match output to standards. Establish criteria for bad actor production and drive for improvement on these metrics.
• Develop and implement long-term strategies for quality/cost improvement.
• Partner with Maintenance/Engineering for all expense and capital work required to maintain operations.
• Analyze data to provide inventive ideas and execute swiftly with minimal oversight

Skills

Manufacturing operations management

LEAN/Six Sigma

Flex schedule

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, or equivalent

Job description

PPG's Cleveland plant seeks an Assistant Operations Manager to oversee the engineering and sub-standard product recovery functions, ensuring safe and efficient operation of production systems. This onsite role reports to the Operations Manager in Cleveland, OH.

You will lead a ~20–25 person team across 24/7 shifts, drive continuous improvements in quality and cost, and partner with maintenance and engineering to sustain operations while meeting customer requirements and standards.