Site Production Operations Manager

3M; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 188,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

3M Cordova, IL is seeking a Site Production Operations Manager to lead manufacturing excellence, safety leadership, and continuous improvement. You will drive performance across EHS, quality, productivity, and cost while developing operators and supervisors in a cross-functional, matrix environment. This role emphasizes Lean principles, disciplined execution, and strong stakeholder alignment across site and functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline.
• Seven years of manufacturing experience.
• Five years of direct supervisory experience.
• Results oriented with strong execution to meet EHS, quality, service and cost objectives.
• Experience leading Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement programs.
• Experience in a cross-functional matrix organization.
• Experience in operational management excellence.

Responsibilities

• Create and sustain a world-class safety culture with top-tier EHS performance.
• Lead operations excellence across safety, quality, productivity and employee relations.
• Provide agile, visible leadership to drive continuous improvement and engagement.
• Coach and develop operators and supervisors to foster inclusion and recognize high performance.
• Drive continuous improvements to reduce downtime and optimize team efficiency.
• Maintain consistency and accountability for policies and procedures across the production organization.
• Collaborate with site, division, and corporate functions to align priorities and operations.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Supervisory experience

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Cross-functional teamwork

Execution skills

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline

Job description

Job Title Site Production Operations Manager

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Creating a world class safety culture that delivers outstanding EHS performance and ensuring the health and safety of all workers is consistently demonstrated as the first priority.
• Leading operation excellence through conscientious management and decisive actions in environmental, health, safety, quality, productivity and employee relations.
• Providing agile and visible leadership to cultivate continuous improvement, compliance, accountability, and employee engagement.
• Practicing principle based coaching and transformational leadership to develop operator and supervisor skills and create a climate of inclusion and recognition across the site to optimize employee engagement, performance, and alignment.
• Catalyzing continuous improvement with a focus on safety, productivity, and driving improvement in every area every day.
• Driving operational discipline through consistency and accountability regarding policies, procedures and expectations throughout the production organization.
• Continuing to develop and foster strong, harmonized working relationships with other site, division, and corporate functions to ensure prioritization, operational excellence, and business alignment.
• Utilizing business acumen to set priorities, minimize downtime, and optimize team efficiency.
• Demonstrating a growth mindset and approach.

Your Skills and Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
• Seven (7) years of manufacturing experience in private, public, government, or military environment.
• Five (5) years of direct supervisory experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline from an accredited institution (completed and verified prior to start).
• Results oriented and strong execution skills with demonstrated ability to lead attainment of aggressive performance objectives in EHS, quality, service, and cost.
• Strong team skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in a cross-functional matrix organization.
• Experience leading and implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and Continuous Improvement methodologies for sustained improvements.
• Experience in operational management excellence.

Work location: 3M Cordova, IL Office / Plant Based Role Travel: May include up to 5% domestic Relocation Assistance: May be authorized Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status). Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws. U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum). To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status. The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:

The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

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