Sr. Manager, Plant Operations

Job Summary

As the Sr. Manager, Plant Operations at Dorman, you will oversee daily operations of our manufacturing facility, creating an environment that fosters the Dorman Culture of Contribution while strategically building the “operation and organization of tomorrow.”  As the senior onsite leader, you will develop processes for maximizing safety, quality, productivity and stewardship in manufacturing and shipping operations. Additionally, you will provide direct supervision to site supply chain functions – material planning, inventory control, production planning and scheduling, procurement, and purchasing.

Primary Duties

• Responsible for overall site management and functioning across two shifts (Mon-Thu & Fri-Sun)
• Execute site-level strategic growth plan that is aligned with SBU commercial team and customer opportunities
• Drive profitable growth focused on cost reduction, productivity savings, and automation
  • Safety – be a safety advocate for the entire site, avoid recordable incidents and achieve TRIR goals
  • Quality – maintain best in class process quality, reduce scrap, help site meet incoming quality standards
  • Lean/CI – be a champion in eliminating waste while drawing from significant prior Lean/CI experience
  • CAPEX projects – oversee and execute on-time, on-budget capital investment projects in mfg. & facilities
  • Production – meet weekly/monthly production and productivity targets
  • Shipping – ensure customer deliveries are on time for stocking orders and expedited orders
  • Material Planning – collaborate on demand plan and execute on inventory purchases and stocking plan
  • Production Planning – customer-oriented production planning and workflow job scheduling
  • Procurement – lead and support new product procurement activities including make/buy analyses
  • Site Purchasing – oversee expense on consumable purchases and manage budget
• Leads contributors with integrity and compassion; actions evoke trust and confidence throughout the workforce
• Partners with sales, product management, and other business units to develop and implement processes, procedures and strategies to align the facility with company priorities.
• Oversight of hiring, training, and development of managers, supervisors and hourly contributors.
• Ensures compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Oversees and participate in the development, implementation, maintenance, and compliance with annual operating budgets.
• Monitors the daily production throughput for all departments to ensure that all production standards are met and consistent with standard costs.
• Represents the organization in key relationships with major internal Dorman teams and external customers.
• Creatively manages and allocate human capital resources in support of these directives and establish measurements to monitor the financial health of the business from site perspective
• Identifies opportunities to add and implement new equipment to increase efficiencies and reduce remanufacturing costs.
• Interfaces with key distributors and vendors
• Keeps production at maximum capacity while working within financial controls. Ensures all required quality and regulatory standards are met.
• Collaborate with other manufacturing sites for sharing of ideas and standard work processes
• Other duties as assigned
   

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record managing plant operations, setting and achieving safety, quality, and Profit/Loss performance objectives
• Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing, including its safe usage, maintenance and storage 
• Strong knowledge and experience with general business practices and basic cost accounting principles
• Experienced strategic planner, able to develop projects and teams that will achieve corporate objectives
• Strong knowledge of Lean with experience implementing Lean principles and methods
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills 
• Willingness to directly engage in coaching and offer transformational leadership to Site contributors
• Knowledge of technologies and applications used in manufacturing products and in the optimization of manufacturing processes.
• Physical Requirement: Capability to lift 20 pounds. 
• Working Conditions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach, swivel, carry items from one building to another, and speak and actively listen.  Noise level is usually moderate.
   

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Operations Management, Engineering, or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of experience leading one or more production facilities as first in command

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