Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Fosters our dual bottom line philosophy by leading and demonstrating a culture of safety excellence and engaging employees in behavior-based safety initiatives.
• Responsible for leading, coaching, and evaluating all shifts for the Precision Engineered Products team.
• Directly and indirectly leads the department through Supervisors across multiple shifts thereby optimizing performance.
• Monitoring business goals and metrics, executing the business plan and meeting key metrics such as safety, profitability and sales volume.
• Provides operational leadership ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded.
• Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Develops and implements operating methods to improve quality production along with internal and external customer satisfaction.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating and maintenance issues while improving product quality.
• Responsible for developing subordinates, increasing their overall performance and enhancing their future growth.
• Reviews production costs and product quality, and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of department.
• Reviews monthly financials, analyzes results, and develops strategies to increase profitability.
• Prepares annual operational budget, ensuring accuracy while establishing required resources and planning necessary to achieve sales and profitability targets.
• Key management representative that ensures departmental compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) and our IATF 16949 certification.
• Coordinate with other Pennex operations to develop business opportunities.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product and suggests changes in use of equipment to increase efficiency.
• Works with outside processors to manage the production and quality of those processors to meet the customer demands and requirements.
• Actively participate in safety training, insuring compliance to Pennex and OSHA regulations.
• Manages PEP Supervisors across all shifts and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, evaluation and performance of this unit.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws; these include: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment for the employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain or engineering or equivalent experience is required.

Experience

• 7 to 10 years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Technical/ machining background – PEP / metals fabrication experience preferred
• Thorough understanding of advanced manufacturing
• Strong analytical skills with production experience
• Experience managing multiple process streams
• Ability to work cross functionally within the organization (finance, sales, operations, leadership)
• Understand the core competencies of a fabrication environment in a Tier 1 automotive supplier
• Automotive experience is a plus

Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A desire to work in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and eager to learn and apply new skills
• Attentive to details and follows through on assigned tasks and commitments
• Flexible and driven to meet tight deadlines, handle multiple projects and prioritize them appropriately
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Proficient in MS Office
• Ability to problem solve
• Strong organizational skills, and ability to effectively disseminate information in a clear and concise manner
• Must be able to pass pre-employment physical and drug screen
• Must be eligible to work in the United States, visa sponsorships are not available

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