Overview:
Ready Mix Company is seeking a Operations Manager to provide overall leadership to ensure that the financial and operational goals (Safety, Quality, Service, Cost Productivity, Working Capital) for the district or division are met.
Responsibilities:
- Establish goals and priorities for all team members, based on business objectives.
- Proactively identify barriers and challenges that could negatively impact the achievement of those goals and implement effective solutions to minimize impact
- Communicate priorities, initiatives and performance to all employees including daily, weekly and quarterly scheduled meetings.
- Effectively deploy the Company’s Operating System and associated tool kit.
- Utilize the Company’s Daily Management system as the basis for running the plants on a daily basis.
- Work closely with sales and dispatch to ensure plant operations, drivers and trucks are adequately available to meet daily customer demand.
- Eliminate waste & improve efficiency across the manufacturing operations through deployment of the Lean tools & processes, driving a continuous improvement culture and promoting employee engagement at all levels of the plant.
- Develop an organization and the people, capable of achieving the plants short term and long term goals.
- Identify, propose and obtain approval for large, impactful projects (capital & other) to drive step change improvements in the plants / fleet performance.
- Ensure a safe work environment for all employees through implementation and maintenance of company directed safety programs, compliance with OSHA and other regulatory requirements, and promotion of a strong preventative safety culture.
- Ensure proper collection and reporting of data necessary to track performance of the manufacturing operation against plan, identify root causes of issues and support problem solving efforts
- Develop annual budget and ensure proper reporting of data necessary to track the performance of the operations against budget.
- Provide leadership to the organization to achieve highest levels of customer service in support of company goals and objectives.
- Promote the development of a customer focused culture that engages all associates through communication, priority setting and example.
- Play a leading role in communicating customer needs to the organization.
- Ensure standard work and standard operating procedures are well defined and are being followed through process audits.
- Actively promote, support and encourage community involvement and a positive corporate image.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Science or other technical discipline required. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of direct supervision (hourly and salaried employees) in a Plant Manager, Supervisor, or Value Stream Manager or equivalent role.
- Experience managing multiple sites is preferred.
- Experience in a capital intensive, continuous processing industry is preferred.
- Experience in a strong lean environment required.
- Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification is preferred.
For additional information:
Stephen S. Stauffer
Phone: 610-421-1225
Email: S.Stauffer@UnitedEmployment.com