Shop Floor Operations Leader

Ashland Conveyer Products; Ashland (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland Conveyer Products is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Manager to lead daily shop-floor execution across production areas, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. You will translate plant priorities into actionable plans and provide hands-on leadership to supervisors and team leads.

You will collaborate with Plant Manager, Engineering, Quality, Materials, Production Control, and Human Resources to drive continuous improvement, standardized work, and efficient resource

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of manufacturing, operations, quality, or production experience.
• Previous supervisory or management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead employees and drive daily production execution.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, corrective-action processes, and manufacturing quality systems.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and manufacturing specifications.
• Strong mechanical/technical aptitude and experience with production metrics, inventory, staffing, and cost controls.
• Strong communication, coaching, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office, ERP systems and CRM software
• Previous experience in material handling or conveyance systems is a significant plus, though not strictly required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and effectively
• Commitment to our core values of Safety, Integrity, and Respect, with a collaborative and positive attitude

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate daily manufacturing activities across assigned production areas.
• Translate schedules and customer priorities into clear daily expectations for supervisors, team leads, and production employees.
• Monitor production progress and address issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, labor, productivity, material availability, or equipment.
• Coordinate labor and resources between production areas based on workload, priorities, and constraints.
• Lead and develop production supervisors and team leads, including the Smart Conveyance Supervisor.
• Establish daily accountability through production meetings, floor communication, KPI review, and follow-up.
• Reinforce safe work practices and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Work with Quality and Engineering on root-cause analysis, nonconformances, corrective/preventive actions, and process controls.
• Drive shop-floor continuous improvement, standardized work, workflow improvement, waste reduction, and problem solving.
• Monitor schedule attainment, labor productivity, overtime, throughput, WIP, quality, scrap, and rework.
• Work with Production Control and Materials to identify shortages and capacity risks before they affect customer commitments.
• Support prototypes, first builds, FATs, new-product launches, tooling, fixtures, and implementation of new equipment or processes.
• Escalate significant capacity, staffing, material, engineering, quality, or customer-delivery risks to the Plant Manager.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Coaching

Organizational skills

Problem solving

ERP systems

CRM software

Reading drawings

Production metrics

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Manufacturing/Operations Management or related field

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

CRM software

Job description

Ashland Conveyer Products is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Manager to lead daily shop-floor execution across production areas, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. You will translate plant priorities into actionable plans and provide hands-on leadership to supervisors and team leads.

You will collaborate with Plant Manager, Engineering, Quality, Materials, Production Control, and Human Resources to drive continuous improvement, standardized work, and efficient resource