Operations Manager

Southwire Job Description

Job Title: Operations Manager
Reports To: Plant Manager
Summary
The Operations Manager is a leadership role that will be focused on ensuring a safe work environment for all employees, while maintaining continuous operational execution and production of quality products that are delivered on-time to customers within established cost targets. The Operations Manager will focus on eliminating waste developed in the manufacturing and maintenance processes, identifying process improvement opportunities, understand the importance of customer value created by the company, maximize capacity to grow sales and driving lean continuous improvement.  Strategically focused and leading/driving Value Stream Managers and other team members in Kaizen events, problem solving activities, owning and responsible for multiple value streams.  
Description of Duties and Responsibilities
Safety Management:
Lead Southwire’s Culture of Zero by demonstrating safe and quality conscious work habits throughout all value streams.
Ensure policies and processes are deployed uniformly throughout the value streams
Ensures accident investigation activities are completed in a timely manner and that safety actions/ investigation results are deployed and effective within operations
Co-lead Environmental Compliance in conjunction with EHS Leader for assigned operations. 
Human Capital:
Responsible for the short-term and long-term staffing needs for the assigned operations
Provides leadership and development to Value Stream Managers and other functional leads within organization
Drives overall Employee Engagement for Operation and ensures improvement plans are in place and acted upon 
Preparing a future state map that uses lean techniques to eliminate waste and improve process value in the short to mid-term.
Prioritize and drive overall production effectiveness between Value Streams to achieve overall customer demand 
Highlight critical issues to Plant Leadership.
Manage all manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering related activities.
Provide hands-on assistance and strategic support of day-to-day operations within manufacturing, maintenance and engineering.
Create a standard for manufacturing, maintenance and engineering and ensure entire teams are properly trained, resourced, supplied, and managed to attain established objectives.

Long Description

Operational Excellence:
Lead Lean Daily Management (Daily Huddle Process - DHP) processes for VSM and functional leaders.
Lead the development of Future State Maps aligned with strategic goals
Create a compelling vision for Lean and Quality within their organization
Lead the daily/weekly process checks for the Value Streams 
Lead X-Matrix Reviews and ensure Cost-Out Projects are on track
Lead productivity improvement teams and projects to eliminate losses and improve manufacturing, engineering and maintenance processes.
Must develop and demonstrate the ability to use lean tools from the Southwire Toolkit.
Participate as needed in Lean activities, such as Kaizen events, Problem Solving events, SMED, GEMBA walks, VSM and others.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and 3 to 5 years of experience in a leadership role. 
Ability to demonstrate quantitative, visual, mechanical and spatial skills related to manufacturing knowledge and technical skill in addition to logical reasoning. 
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with SAP, Advaris is a plus. 
Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities along with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills required.
A plus to have clear understanding of Lean and Continuous Improvement principles and applications. 
Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix organization and positively influence strategies and outcomes.
Must be able to work in an environment with exposure to heat/cold conditions and levels of noise, and potential exposure to various industrial liquids, oils, gases, etc. 
Must demonstrate the ability to learn new skills and adapt to change quickly.
Must be flexible and willing to accept responsibilities that are outside the traditional scope.
Any other activities as directed by the Plant Leadership.
Ability to work flexible hours and shifts

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and 3 to 5 years of experience in a leadership role, preferably in wire and cable manufacturing.
• Ability to demonstrate quantitative, visual, mechanical and spatial skills related to manufacturing knowledge and technical skill in addition to logical reasoning. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with SAP, Advaris is a plus. 
• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities along with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills required.
• A plus to have clear understanding of Lean and Continuous Improvement principles and applications. 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix organization and positively influence strategies and outcomes.
• Must be able to work in an environment with exposure to heat/cold conditions and levels of noise, and potential exposure to various industrial liquids, oils, gases, etc. 
• Must demonstrate the ability to learn new skills and adapt to change quickly.
• Must be flexible and willing to accept responsibilities that are outside the traditional scope.
• Any other activities as directed by the Plant Leadership.

Competencies