Firestone Building Products Hiring for Production Operations Manager Job at Jacksonville, FL Full Time

Responsibilities:

• Direct the Production team in the preparation and implementation of operating plans and strategies consistent with the business plan. The Production Team consists of Production Supervisors and indirect hourly Production teammates.
• Build a culture consistent with Bridgestone’s philosophy of Safety First, Always. Actively support safety initiatives including, safety observations, safety audits, 5S, risk assessment, as well as near miss and incident investigation and remediation.
• Plan the use of facilities, equipment, and personnel to meet current and future production requirements including department budgets and guidelines, plant layout and improvement, and capital and expenditure programs.
• Manage the Production departments with the appropriate communications of goals, performance feedback, corrective actions, rewards and recognition to provide optimum teammate relations.
• Mentor supervisors and department leads to maximize capabilities in leadership, operations, and continuous improvement. Conduct training and career path planning for all teammates.

• Learn, teach and drive LEAN Manufacturing using the FSBP Strategy Deployment framework and daily coaching in Gemba.
• Use Visual Management to make problems obvious, identify actionable root causes, and develop corresponding action plans to reach desired operational performance.
• Set and achieve manufacturing cost reduction targets.
• Understand and employ appropriate tools: 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, SMED, Autonomous Maintenance, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping, etc.
• Propose and justify capital improvements to reduce material and labor requirements.

• Provide, implement and administer quality assurance and engineering control functions to ensure product reliability and conformance to customer specifications in the most effective and economical manner possible.
• Plan, schedule, and execute a manufacturing plan to achieve the highest possible service level
• Proactively communicate to internal stakeholders potential risks and actual deviations to planned schedules
• Enhance consistency and reliability of processes through working standard development, routine auditing, and effective teammate training

• Establish and meet annual expense budget for production operations
• Identify causes of material, labor, and overhead manufacturing variances and minimize them.

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years Manufacturing experience in a mid-level leadership role
• At least 7 years broad manufacturing experience
• Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma certificate and/or 3 years CI experience preferred