Senior Manager, Optical Laboratory - Manufacturing

Fox Point Recruitment LLC; Richmond (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Manager for an Optical Laboratory in Richmond, CA. The role involves leading a team of 110+ to optimize production of eyeglasses, ensuring quality and compliance in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field with at least eight years of relevant experience. This is an onsite position with potential for limited remote work once a week.

Qualifications

• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in an optical lab.
• Leadership skills in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
• Experience in manufacturing and optical laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Leads the optical manufacturing lab in Richmond, CA.
• Manages a team of 110+ FTEs producing 450K eyeglass orders per year.
• Ensures compliance with safety rules and policies.
• Lead teams to achieve metrics like Turnaround Time, quality, first pass yield, and member satisfaction.
• Ensure safety compliance and adherence to KPIs and company policies.
• Identify opportunities and create action plans for improved efficiencies and productivity.
• Support employee engagement to fulfill service and quality excellence vision.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Productivity optimization

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field

Job description

Senior Manager, Optical Laboratory - Manufacturing

Job Openings Senior Manager, Optical Laboratory - Manufacturing

About the job Senior Manager, Optical Laboratory - Manufacturing

Job Summary:

• Leads all aspects of our Northern California Optical Manufacturing Lab in Richmond, CA
• Leads/manages a team of 110+ FTEs and 5 direct reports producing 450K eyeglass orders per year
• Optimizes productivity while achieving quality eyeglasses and high member satisfaction
• Leads teams to achieve key metrics including Turnaround Time (TAT), quality, first pass yield, and other member satisfaction metrics
• Ensures compliance with safety rules, policies, procedures and KPs Principles of Responsibility
• Identifies opportunities and creates action plans for improved efficiencies and productivity
• Supports employee engagement to fulfill our vision of service/quality excellence
• Must be capable to lead in Labor Management Partnership environment
• Leads 24-hour x 5 days per week manufacturing organization with 110+ FTEs to support eyeglass manufacturing of 10,000 orders per week.

Location: Richmond, CA (Onsite) Currently 0% remote, but we have opportunities remote work perhaps one day per week. Based out of Optical Manufacturing Lab at 930 Marina Way South Richmond, CA 94804

Required Skills

• Bachelors degree in Business Management, Business Administration, Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of experience in an optical lab

Preferred or Nice-to-have Skills

• Preferred Qualifications: Optician Certification from the American Board of Opticianry. Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. Manufacturing experience Supply Chain Management

Years of Experience: minimum eight (8) years of experience in an optical lab environment or directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in an optical lab environment or a directly related field.

Industry Experience: Manufacturing and / or Optical Laboratory