Operations Manager

Morrison Products, Inc.; Rochester (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Morrison Products, Inc. is seeking a manufacturing leader to supervise and coordinate plant floor activities, ensuring safety, quality, delivery and productivity standards are met.

The role involves overseeing Production Supervisors, collaborating with HR on staffing, and working with the Plant Manager on budgetary priorities. You will establish performance standards, monitor compliance, and drive continuous process improvements while maintaining inventory integrity and strong customer service

Qualifications

• Bachelor's level education or eight years of comparable management experience.
• Experience supervising multiple departments and coordinating with HR for staffing.
• Strong emphasis on safety, quality, delivery and productivity standards.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates activities of manufacturing departments through Supervisors or Lead People.
• Works with HR to recruit Full-time and Seasonal hourly employees.
• Makes recommendations for capital and operating budgets for plant priorities.
• Establishes performance standards and tools to monitor compliance.
• Ensures warehouse inventory levels and delivery schedules meet standards.
• Organizes warehouse resources to maximize efficiency of people, plant, and equipment.
• Develops internal resources for continuous process improvements and cost reduction.
• Coordinates with Customer Service to ensure proper customer service levels.
• Ensures compliance with safety, quality, delivery, productivity and housekeeping standards.
• Collaborates with Plant Manager and maintenance to ensure proper maintenance of machines, equipment, and facilities.
• Ensures tooling is in proper working condition and supports preventive maintenance.
• Maintains robust quality standards and controls to meet scrap goals.
• Manages staffing, safety committee participation, and employee relations.
• Completes performance reviews for direct reports and monitors training programs.
• Reviews hourly employee performance reviews to ensure fair evaluation.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Budgeting

Process improvement

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

Four-year college degree

Job description

Summary:

Supervises and coordinates manufacturing activities on the factory floor. Ensures that Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity levels meet the standards established by the Company. Supervises the activities of the Production Supervisors. Reports to the Plant Manager.

Primary Responsibilities:

• 1. Directs and coordinates activities of manufacturing departments through subordinate Supervisors or Lead People.


• 2. Works with Human Resources to recruit Full-time and Seasonal hourly employees.


• 3. Makes recommendations for Capital and Operating Budgets that result in the realization of plant manufacturing priorities, goals, and objectives.


• 4. Establishes standards of performance and develop measuring and monitoring tools to achieve compliance.


• 5. Ensures the warehouse maintains company standards of inventory levels and delivery schedules.


• 6. Organizes and manages warehouse resources to maximize the efficiency of the company’s investment in people, plant, and equipment resources.


• 7. Develops internal resources to attain continuous process improvements and cost reduction initiatives.


• 8. Coordinates with the Customer Service Representatives to ensure consistent achievement of proper customer service levels.


• 9. Ensures compliance with Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity and Housekeeping standards.


• 10. Collaborates with the Plant Manager, Lau Corporate Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and plant Maintenance department to ensure the proper maintenance of machines, equipment, and facilities.


• 11. Collaborates with the Tool Room Supervisor, Plant Manufacturing Engineer and Plant Manager to ensure the tooling is in proper working condition and provides support to the preventive maintenance system.


• 12. Ensures robust quality standards and procedures are followed by all warehouse employees. Establishes controls to meet quality and scrap goals.


• 13. Works with the Human Resources department to maintain employee relations, training, plant staffing, Safety Committee participation, and compliance with safety standards.


• 14. Completes performance reviews in a timely manner for direct reports.


• 15. Monitors employee training programs for adherence to company policy.


• 16. Reviews hourly employee performance reviews to ensure a consistent and fair evaluation process exists at all times.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Supervision of Production Supervisors as required and assigned.

Travel:

Travel is rare (less than 15%) for customer and supplier visits.

Confidentiality:

Has access to all cost and process data. Handles personnel and salary information of manufacturing employees. Has access to Company financial statements.

Education Required:

Four-year college degree, or eight years of comparable management experience.

Experience Required:

Over three years of managerial supervision, preferably in a manufacturing environment.

Other:

Good communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be a self-starter and capable of working with a minimum of direct supervision. Must be able to work with a wide variety of duties/responsibilities and be able to deal with complex issues that are not easily evaluated, and which there may be little precedent.