Strategic Manufacturing Programs Leader

Faith Technologies; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Faith Technologies in the United States is seeking a Manufacturing Programs Manager to lead governance, planning, and execution of manufacturing programs across sites and production disciplines.

The role requires building and mentoring a team, coordinating with Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Planning & Scheduling, Continuous Improvement, and Business Technology to deliver NPIs, capacity expansions, line launches, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 7+ years in manufacturing, operations, or related field.
• Travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain manufacturing program governance frameworks, performance metrics, and reporting standards across assigned manufacturing portfolios.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic manufacturing initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and quality outcomes across multiple plants, product lines, and operational disciplines.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks across manufacturing programs, maintaining RAID logs, driving corrective actions, and escalating when necessary.
• Provide regular executive-level reporting on manufacturing program status, risks, financials, benefits, and key decisions.
• Lead and develop a team of Managers, Manufacturing Projects and Associate Managers, Manufacturing Projects responsible for NPIs, capacity expansions, new operations, line launches, and process improvement initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional manufacturing support teams including Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Planning & Scheduling, Continuous Improvement, and Business Technology to deliver all required outputs for each initiative and launch plan.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing infrastructure and capacity plans that support long-term sales forecasts and business growth.
• Oversee integration of new capital equipment, systems, and technologies into existing or new manufacturing operations, leading cross-functional delivery across all manufacturing and ancillary teams.
• Lead investigation and recommendation of new technologies and process improvements that improve productivity, quality, safety, visibility, and ergonomics.
• Provide key insight and feedback into engineering for Design for Manufacturability and process readiness to improve operational efficiency and reduce rework, scrap, and implementation risk.
• Lead key manufacturing financial objectives, including management of CapEx, COGS drivers, ROI strategies, and value delivery from strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with regional teams to ensure operational readiness and compliance with local regulations and standards.
• Support design and development of methodologies to track and understand quality concerns within manufacturing processes and ensure feedback into product and process improvements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and business technology to bring visibility to manufacturing process flow and operational KPIs through dashboards and standard reporting.
• Facilitate structured decision making using Choosing By Advantages or similar methods for layouts, equipment, process, and technology selections.
• Drive the application of Lean principles into daily management and all related deliverables, systems, and processes.
• Facilitate adoption of new systems, processes, and projects through strong use of change management methods such as ADKAR.
• Support the bid and proposal process by providing manufacturing inputs on capacity, timelines, risks, cost, and technology recommendations.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Faith Technologies in the United States is seeking a Manufacturing Programs Manager to lead governance, planning, and execution of manufacturing programs across sites and production disciplines.

The role requires building and mentoring a team, coordinating with Safety, Quality, Operations Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Planning & Scheduling, Continuous Improvement, and Business Technology to deliver NPIs, capacity expansions, line launches, and process improvements.