Plant Operations Manager jobs in New Jersey

Ainsley Search Group is seeking a Plant Operations Manager to join a Global Manufacturer located in the South Jersey area. This ideal candidate will report to VP of Manufacturing and is responsible for directing the efficient and cost-effective manufacturing and warehousing operations across manufacturing, packaging and shipping, drives CI across manpower, process, production, warehousing to optimize process flow, work with cross functional team in maintenance, production, quality, supply chain, procurement to drives JIT and improve efficiency, reduce cost, waste, further achieve highest customer fulfillment and cost saving objectives. This is a permanent opportunity with lucrative compensation, bonus, and benefits, they would like to develop the right individual to be their Director of Operations as part of succession planning.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team to streamline manufacturing, warehousing, quality, safety, maintenance, and to achieve operational objectives within the manufacturing plant.
• Provides hands-on leadership to both direct and indirect reports, full responsibilities of staffing outlook, training and career development, performance review, discipline for subordinate.
• Improve the operational systems, processes, and policies in support of company’s mission and optimize plant operations output to meet customer requirements.
• Oversee production and process performance, identify opportunities for improvement and drive CI to achieve cost saving, JIT process and higher efficiency.
• Oversee capital projects and plant engineering projects based on current process capacity, determine operational improvement initiatives, plans, corrective actions to optimize plant operations across control systems and plant equipment, provide input on capital investment.
• Monitor and develop plant KPI and metrics, collect, analyze data concerning plant output, cost, cut/yield, scrap to identify area of improvement and cost saving opportunities.
• Act as change agent to drive changes across organization, provide hands-on leadership and mentorship to improve overall plant performance, culture, and staff performance.
• Manage and plan operational budget for production labor, materials, supplies, yields and shrink, identify area of cost saving and waste reduction through continuous improvement approach.
• Drives CI and Lean for warehousing department, automate the packaging, pick, pack, and slotting processes.
• Collaborate with quality team and support root cause analysis, corrective action to drive improvement, reduce re-work and return issues.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Recent years of experience as Plant Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Manufacturing Manager with experience in high speed, high yield production and distribution environment.
• Hands-on leadership experience, ability motivate and develop people.
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills, critical thinking skill and excellent communication and people skill, ability to interact with customers, supplier and cross functional teams.
• Solid experience in Lean Manufacturing Practice, Continuous Improvement, 5S/6S, Value Stream Mapping, certified in LSS is a plus.
• Solid experience in plant maintenance management and capital project management, recent exposure to plant automation project management.

Compensation & Benefits:

Lucrative Base Compensation