Manager II, Operations

Job Description Under the direction of the Vice President -- Operations, the Operations Manager is responsible for directing and coordinating the daily operations of the following production units within the Lorain's Plant's Departments: - VCC casting - DCC casting - Heat treating - Raw material flow - Plant maintenance - Production planning and throughput - Quality This individual will drive continuous improvement and optimization of all processes. This includes developing efficiency strategies to ensure Primary Operations meets production goals and standards at manufacturing costs. This individual is also responsible for upholding a safe work environment. The successful candidate will have the key skills to develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality, and productivity. In addition, the successful candidate serve as a member of the Lorain Management Team. This team is collectively responsible for continuously improving the Lorain's Plant's overall effectiveness, which ultimately enhances its ability to better fulfill the Company's customer requirements. This individual will have the opportunity to: Work with the Lorain team to provide overall direction and guidance to the operation with the objective of maximizing growth and profitability. Assures that the Safety, Environmental, Quality, Production, Cost & Yield, Customer Satisfaction, On-time Delivery, and Equipment Reliability objectives of Lorain's Operations are met. Plans for longer term needs of the department. Direct staffing and development of hourly and salaried team members and create an environment with high morale, where engaged team members are motivated to produce high-quality, low-cost products in a timely manner; interact with all employees directly or through direct reports on a regular basis. Frequent presence on the manufacturing floor. Manage production costs and product quality and modify programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation. Requisition raw materials and utilize required scrap materials to maximize value and maintain high quality products. Assist accounting to plan and forecast department's requirements with respect to equipment, manpower, materials and establishing budgets for labor and materials. Work with the Lorain team to manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and department performance measures. Work with the Lorain team to improve the Lorain operation process control activities, procedures and results; generate significant process i