Manufacturing Leader Job Description
Manufacturing leader
provides needed oversight and training for the Lean Management System's philosophy, tools, techniques, and continuous improvement practices.
Manufacturing Leader Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Identiying opportunities to support continuous improvement initiatives including capital and capacity planning
The ODL will be responsible for leading a large start up organization
The Operating Department Leader will concentrate their efforts on their department’s Reliability Systems and Department's Direction Setting and own the department's capability development plan
Drive waste and scrap reduction cost savings across Diabetes Care value streams, delivering $500K of savings per year from FY’16 actuals
Lead an end-to-end characterization of waste and scrap across the Diabetes Care business, quantifying specific waste generators with COPQ, commercial, and regulatory implications
Responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic plan for waste reduction, of the value streams, for each of the plants primary product manufacturing processes and ensuring that they are optimized from a throughput and waste (OEE) perspective
Supports plant CI programs by coordinating with R&D and Unit Quality as necessary on Cost-to-Win (CI and Lean Enterprise Initiatives) projects to manage the ACR and GPDS processes, including evaluation of and improvements to those processes
Drive the deployment of Lean, CI, and related tools and methodologies throughout the business and the manufacturing sites
Form and manage CI and waste reduction project teams within the DC business
Working with the Plants and Corporate Engineering, responsible to ensure cost and waste reduction features are incorporated into manufacturing processes and equipment for current and future capital programs
Manufacturing Leader Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Manufacturing Leader
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: GB, WB, YB, PMP, ISO, M1, III, ASNDT, HRP, DOE
Education for Manufacturing Leader
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the manufacturing leader job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business, Technical, Science, Education, Associates, Industrial Engineering, Industrial, Leadership
Skills for Manufacturing Leader
Desired skills for manufacturing leader include:
Engineering techniques associated with project management
AQP functions
Analytical and action planning tools
Continuous improvement
ERP
OEE systems
Time and Attendance
ISO 9000
Apprenticeship Programs
AutoCAD
Desired experience for manufacturing leader includes:
Managerial ability (communication skills, delegation, motivation)
Manufacturing experience in a high speed automated Consumer Goods environment
Technical or Business Administration background with experience in manufacturing and/or Supply Chain
Leadership personality and leadership skills
Flexible, mobile
A minimum of 10 years of experience in a business operations or manufacturing environment
Manufacturing Leader Examples
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Manufacturing Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of manufacturing leader. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for manufacturing leader
- Support and develop the site performance measurement system through the Tiers of leadership from plant / shop floor to the Senior Leadership Team
- Maintain safe working conditions for all in the area and ensure that production activities do not adversely affect the local community or environment and achieve compliance with external regulations and corporate EHS systems
- Identify opportunities, develop and execute improvement plans to achieve the site targets
- Act as the primary interface for Modernization execution between Manufacturing, Sourcing and Materials team to support the Ft
- Schedule, resolve issues, track material availability and provide technical advice for out of scope repair work
- Participate in development of implementation of future Modernization projects in the manufacturing facility
- Explore process streamlining and improvements to positively affect lead times and complications associated with materials required at less than standard lead time schedules
- Provide leadership for the Ozd Site Quality organization
- Full accountability for OP Cost of Quality, Line Yields, escaping defects and Issue Resolution response time to the customer
- Provide Leadership on problem root cause analysis, identifying actions and timely resolution
Qualifications for manufacturing leader
- Proven ability to work independently and influence, with and without direct authority, production associates, staff associates, site management, and senior business management
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects with geographically diverse team
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, developing standard processes, writing procedures, mentoring, and training groups of associates
- Demonstrated Business Process expertise, with an understanding of BDX Business Process Strategy
- Strong analytical skills, communication abilities, and a track record of problem resolution
- Knowledge of BDX SAP system
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of manufacturing leader. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for manufacturing leader
- Support of corporate lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Owner of Change Management
- Drive manufacturing quality control activities to meet defined plant Quality targets
- Support SII I&E budget planning for plant and product lines, RTP budget
- Ensure appropriate training/operator certification is planned and performed
- Own CTQ flow downs and related CTQ and PPCTQ measurements
- Issue and maintain quality procedures in the plant and assure compliance with the QMS guidelines
- Be skilled in alignment techniques for rotating and coupled equipment
- Value Package Introduction
- Manages significant change initiatives in the facility
Qualifications for manufacturing leader
- Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects with varying SQDC impact
- Lean leader certification required
- Drive continuous simplification of QMS methods and their applications by working with cross-functional teams including Operations and Quality Assurance
- Plastic knowledge is required
- BS degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred - Equivalent technical experience will be considered
- Educated to degree level in an engineering or technical discipline
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of manufacturing leader. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for manufacturing leader
- Interact with various groups throughout the organization to identify, obtain, and analyze relevant information
- Prepare and present project summaries for executive level audiences
- Design and develop analysis tools and processes as required
- Coach and develop Team Leaders and 70+ Technicians to enhance peak performance
- Partner with Department Leader in developing and delivering business Master plan
- Lead specific technical improvement projects per the business master plan
- Develop leadership skills through the coaching of teams and individuals to increase and leverage High Performance Organizational principles
- Provide documentation with safety, manufacturing and quality methods, tooling, and equipment
- Aggressively initiate new processes and methods that will improve safety, reduce product cost and/or improve product quality
- Lead a cross-functional sub-team of Sourcing, Manufacturing, Product Quality, Materials to achieve targets in development and design transfer phase
Qualifications for manufacturing leader
- Previous experience working within the manufacturing or processing sectors with any knowledge of chemical manufacturing being highly desirable
- Ability to engage and influence staff at all levels and promote the company culture and systems across multi-functional teams
- In depth knowledge of CI tools (Lean / six sigma / loss accounting) with proven ability to drive cultural change
- A minimum of an Associate’s Degree in a technical or science discipline with six (6) years of relevant experience OR a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of four (4) years of medical device and/or operations experience is required
- Previous management or supervisory experience in the healthcare industry is preferred
- Previous Manufacturing or Quality Assurance experience is preferred
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Our company is looking for a manufacturing leader. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for manufacturing leader
- Lead accurate and timely completion of documents required for each Milestone Review
- Highlight Supply Chain Risks related to Safety, Cost, Lead Time, Business Continuity and Regulatory Compliance to Project Management and Leadership Team
- Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) initiatives by preparing Process Flow Charts, Product Risk Maps, and pFMEA to identify opportunity to reduce cycle time, improve quality, and avoid EHS Issues
- Ensure sound Project Administration through resource plans, meetings minutes and actions-decisions log, and Project Archives
- Design and develop new processes to support both short and long term business plans with productivity, capacity and quality improvements
- Will be responsible for the product Device Master Record, and it’s compliance to Design authority instructions (Managing BOM, Work instructions, ECO’s and in house/supplier quality)
- Provide internal production support for the sensor operations group
- Work with planning and purchasing to ensure work orders can be processed, executed, and tracked efficiently
- Ensure correct stocking levels
- Work with manufacturing engineer (ME) to review SOP’s and processes
Qualifications for manufacturing leader
- Must be proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint is required
- Experience with MiniTab (statistical software) is required
- Green Belt and/or Black Belt certification and/or training is preferred
- Located in Irvine, CA and may require up to 5% domestic travelProduction
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering, Sourcing or Manufacturing environment
- Minimum of 3 years of experience managing projects or programs
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of manufacturing leader. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for manufacturing leader
- Interface with quality and validation groups
- Manage transition of new products from the sensor group into production
- Develop & document assembly and test procedures work instructions (WI) including product travelers for sensor products with ME
- Implement and verify test & assembly fixtures including maintenance plans for them
- Work closely with R&D in establishing clear pass/fail criteria for each assembly
- Manage all the MFG Engineering, Tooling, and Machine Shop personnel
- Drive improvement in vendor/contractor safety and work relationships within capital projects
- Oversee the project delivery in the engineering, automation, capacity, and tooling projects for the plant
- Manage the Manufacturing, Project, and Tooling Engineers with project activity
- Provide high level of technical and operational recommendations to support Plant metrics/goals
Qualifications for manufacturing leader
- Meaningful experience in a quality control, improvement, or engineering role that provides leadership to cross-functional teams in the quality / process improvement environment
- Candidate must possess at least a bachelor degree or equivalent.Preferably in Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Materials or Manufacturing Engineering
- At least 2 year(s) of working experience in manufacturing or production control is required for this position
- Applicants must be willing to work in Muar
- Strong skills in Managing Performance - Strong mentoring and personnel development skills
- Must also possess team building skills or have had team building training