Senior Production Manager - Lean Ops Leader

Applied Materials, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. seeks a results-driven production supervisor in Austin to lead a team of manufacturing professionals.

You will assign work, set priorities, provide technical guidance, and monitor crossovers and test issues across the manufacturing floor, ensuring smooth operations. You will drive Lean, Safety, and Quality initiatives, manage performance, train personnel, and coordinate with other departments to meet cycle-time and cost targets while maintaining a strong safety culture

Responsibilities

• Supervise, lead, motivate, direct, develop and train a team of production employees.
• Prioritize production schedules based on manpower, equipment efficiency, capacity and materials.
• Lead operational meetings; establish consistency in processes, and ensure alignment of tactical and/or strategic plans.
• Develops and tracks key organization performance metrics to meet or improve cycle time performance.
• Ensures timely response to operations issues impacting customer satisfaction.
• Acts as an interface in the establishment of and ensuring conformance to customer/vendor requirements.
• Implements, emphasizes importance of, and monitors compliance to safety policies and procedures.
• Develops personnel to include training and career development; coaching and performance management.

Skills

Lean

Leadership

Quality

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. seeks a results-driven production supervisor in Austin to lead a team of manufacturing professionals.

You will assign work, set priorities, provide technical guidance, and monitor crossovers and test issues across the manufacturing floor, ensuring smooth operations. You will drive Lean, Safety, and Quality initiatives, manage performance, train personnel, and coordinate with other departments to meet cycle-time and cost targets while maintaining a strong safety culture