Our Streetsboro location is looking to add a dynamic Leader to join our Team as efficiency focused Manufacturing Manager!
The Manufacturing Manager provides leadership to the Operation to attain budgeted economic and performance objectives while meeting customer requirements. Accountability includes employee safety, environmental compliance and reporting, product quality, schedule attainment, and departmental productivity. Responsibilities include departmental and employee goal setting, measurement of performance using common metrics, implementation of improvement actions, communication of results on a daily, weekly, and YTD performance, and cost management skills. Functional responsibilities include direct management of flexographic labels production, support areas, and equipment/facility maintenance.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Responsible for the overall planning, scheduling, and completion of work required to support all manufacturing activities in compliance with all regulatory requirements in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with a planned budget.
- Responsible for continued implementation of lean manufacturing tools and processes
- Plans, directs, and controls activities of supervisors and area lead in order to meet overall departmental and plant objectives
- Ensures that duties, responsibilities, accountability, and authority of all direct reports are defined and understood
- Develops and implements consistent department procedures. Communicates methods, policies, and procedures to managers and supervisors. Anticipates, investigates, and evaluates future process need
- Interfaces with all Management groups, including Customer Service, Quality, Materials, Finance, EHS, and Human Resources in order to meet production, quality, and compliance requirements
- Ensures the use of ethical business practices in dealing with customers, employees, vendors, suppliers, and the community
- Performs as a resource for customers by providing expert advice and technical support throughout the production of a job and customer tours
- Analyzes trends to continually improve Operational Efficiency
- Implements and manages cost reduction and profit improvement programs
- Evaluates the current workflow, and creates improvements based on current needs
- Participates in identifying continuous improvement goals in Quality, Safety, Cost Control, Scheduling, Personnel and Compliance for the organization and plays a key leadership role in attaining those goals
- Responsible for pro-active people management. Sets the standards for performance assessment and feedback, effective communication, promoting positive morale and supporting team effectiveness
- Assess employee talent and capabilities, including issuing employee performance reviews
- Actively drives safety culture, ensures that safety policies and procedures are followed.
- Maintains quality control at a level that meets or exceeds the demands of the individual jobs, maintains training in accordance with quality guidelines
Required Skills
- Excellent communication skills to communicate effective with all internal and external partners
- Strong leadership ability to lead and motivate teams to maximum efficiency
- Technical knowledge of basic office related software such as Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong safety mindset, and ability to build a safety culture
- Ability to foster a supportive team environment, and a continuous improvement culture
Required Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Supply Chain or related business area, with 7 years or more of demonstrated leadership ability in the manufacturing space
- OR combined years of relevant experience that matches education and work experience requirements
- Background in manufacturing, printing, especially forms is highly preferred
At RRD, our people make a difference every day – in production, working with customers, or behind the scenes in a support role. They know how to manage the job and exceed expectations. Founded 156 years ago RRD is a Fortune 500 company that employs approximately 36,000 people in 40 countries across the globe. For a challenging and rewarding career opportunity with an innovative industry leader, consider starting or continuing your career with RRD!
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