THE COMPANY

Our client is a global manufacturer and supplier of lighting products and safety systems.

THE POSITION

Direct and manage all plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, EHS and other plant activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures and maintains the quality guidelines, procedures and standards are consistently followed throughout the manufacturing operation.
• Consistently delivers quality product that meets customer’s requirements on a timely and cost-efficient basis.
• Manages the areas of Lean techniques; quality; cost reduction; delivery; safety; customer satisfaction and communications; employee relations; and plant performance measures.
• Directs and manages plant operations for production, planning, maintenance, quality support, safety and shipping and receiving.
• Ensures compliance with company standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety and delivery.
• Creates facility budget within guidelines established to meet operating targets and improvements for each year, and manages facilities with approved budget, communicating issues quickly and effectively.
• Provides leadership in the area of employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training, empowerment and development.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management or a related field; MBA desired.
• Fifteen-plus years of progressive experience in a rapid-growth manufacturing environment with at least five years in a leadership capacity.
• Experience in a high mix / low volume and complex environment; experience integrating new business acquisitions are preferred.
• A combination of small- and large-company experience to constitute infrastructure / process development and a foundation in scale.
• Ten-plus years of experience driving Lean / Toyota Production System and a strong grasp of the Lean tools and concepts including Visual Floor Management, Standard Work, Kaizen, Hoshin, SMED, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Pull Systems, Flow Systems, Jidoka, A3, etc., and TPM.
• Formal Lean manufacturing training through a reputable source.