This is a critical role across our client's organization. The site manufactures large asset products and undertakes the ongoing maintenance and repairs of these products. This role is both leading and developing a team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in manufacturing and production operations, strong Lean Manufacturing implementation and execution, supply chain, quality assurance, inventory control, and manufacturing systems including JD Edwards and Oracle OTM. In addition, the successful candidate will have a very strong background in working with all levels of staff at the facility to ensure the effective and efficient ongoing running of the plant. The individual must have a solid communications background and feel comfortable working with all organizational levels to drive production across all operations. They will manage a team of approximately 6-8 direct reports, including but not limited to dotted line functions of Finance, HSSE, and Logistics.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Effectively manage cross functional manufacturing teams to support effective use of manpower, materials, and
equipment, as well as productivity and quality improvement initiatives
• Responsible for implementing the strategy and long-term planning of the facility’s operations to ensure continued
success in meeting customer expectations
• Develop and deploy strategies in order to achieve both short-term and long-term objectives.
• Ensure product, material and information streams flow and are synchronized to produce maximum efficiencies and lowest cost of operation.
• Lead, implement and promote a culture of respect, integrity and accountability.
• Interface with Company engineers, strategic sourcing, project management, human resources, logistics, customer
service, and accounting personnel regarding facility issues, process optimization, methods development, personnel
development, outside supplier development, strategic project implementation, quotes and order management, and for
analyzing and preparing monthly financial reporting presentations
• A Lean Manufacturing expert able to demonstrate success working with disciplines of Daily Management, Kaizen, Tact Time/Cycle Time analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Waste Elimination, Gemba Walks, Visual Management and other relevant Lean tactics to drive plant performance success
• Develop processes and systems and implement across functional teams to drive improvements to Plant KPI’s such as productivity, job cost variance, purchase price variance, gross expense reduction, OTD, general cost reduction and inventory management, including evaluating and maintaining appropriate levels of inventory while responsible for ontime shipment
• Significant responsibility for overall performance and strategic vision of the Plant
Collaborate with Engineering department to ensure all items (upper level and sub levels) of BOM are entered
• Collaborate with Purchasing, Category Management and Mfg to simulate and assign the manufacturing COGS to parts/product
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to develop, innovate and implement manufacturing technology best practices
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or experience equivalent to 10+ years of experience related to manufacturing, particularly in oilfield applications
Experience working in a multi-product line manufacturing plant serving international customers
• Strong background in machining and/or assembly processes for bills of material > 2 lines
• A Strong understanding and experience in the oil & gas industry
Bachelor’s degree or experience equivalent to 10+ years of experience related to manufacturing, particularly in oilfield
applications
• 5-8 years min experience in a manufacturing setting with hands on involvement in leading productivity improvement
via setup reduction, tooling improvements, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience with hands-on Lean Manufacturing which has resulted in driving positive
plant performance and financial improvements
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience with multiple direct reports
• Legally authorized to work in assigned location
• Ability to interact in English
