Duties and Tasks:
· Possess high level of manufacturing technical skills
· Oversees the planning, development, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing methods, tools, processes, and operations for new and existing products
· Responsible for managing people, conducting meaningful performance reviews, career development discussions and merit recommendations
· Establishes and ensures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
· Works closely with engineering to ensure new products are seamlessly transitioned into production
· Customer interface supporting technical issues
· Responsible for ensuring that all internal quality practices demonstrate compliance to external requirements
· Collaborate across departments—Lines of Business, Supply Chain Management, and Engineering to ensure program objectives are aligned and understood
· Manage all capital requirements in facilities and ensure equipment and machinery meet the required safety, quality, and productivity requirements
· Designs, develops and transfers manufacturing engineering tools, strategies and systems
· May lead other managers and/or supervisors related to a business area, project or strategic activity
· Typically leads a department(s) or large complex project or several smaller projects concurrently to meet business and profitability growth objectives
· Manages group activities to develop and implement long range goals and objectives to meet business and stated profitability growth objectives
· Leads team members and / or senior department staff to develop measurements to monitor performance to established processes and procedures
· Leads teams in resolving business related issues
· Directs, coordinates and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of manufacturing efforts within areas of responsibility
· Ensures process compliance of all manufacturing activity in areas of responsibility
· Contributes to the development of strategies for pricing, program planning, risk management, and margin generation for programs at the proposal stage
· Manages the overall execution of process changes to improve overall efficiency of manufacturing and the effects on current and future work (cost, cycle time, quality)
· Establishes selection criteria for hiring senior members of operations staff and manages hiring process
· Supports proposals within Manufacturing
· Manages and reviews the development of operations schedules and baselines in response to program direction, contract guidance and product lifecycle requirements
· Leads efforts to identify technical risks and develop risk reduction plans
· Regular communications with senior level management
· Travel may be required
· Drives a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· Strong leadership skills
· Strong written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams
· Strong ability to think creatively
· Strong ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks
· Strong ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
· Strong planning, organization and execution skills
· Strong ability to implement changes and monitor effectiveness of changes related to cost and schedule of team or project
· Strong ability to motivate team or project personnel to develop innovative ideas for resolving business or project related issues through continuous improvement
· Strong use of change management and influence skills to obtain management level support for initiatives
· Leads team or project members to define interfaces of roles and responsibilities
· Interfaces with other teams to communicate effectiveness of team
· Strong analytical knowledge in budgeting, planning, problems solving and cost analysis
· Strong ability to prepare, direct, manage and maintain complex plans
· Strong understanding of business environment and how department and projects support division/company goals
· Typically has Strong experience in assigned area of expertise
· Demonstrates and uses a depth of organizational knowledge that results in superior performance in delivery of products, services or proposals to customers or collaboration across functions
· Ability to align the team on tactical and strategic objectives
· Ability to lead others in team building, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership and advanced risk management
· Demonstrated understanding of total life cycle of product/program
· Proficient knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software such as IFS or Oracle
· Sound knowledge base of Design-to-Unit Production Cost (DTUPC) methodologies
· Proficient background in Lean Methodologies to reduce overall costs in Operations
· Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others
· Possess strong negotiation skills and the ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization, as well as external contacts
· Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
