Manager, Operations Management 1

Job Description:

The Manager of Operations for the Maritime Imaging Systems base in Northampton, MA. The leader will serve as the Operations Lead responsible for all strategic and daily execution of the operations team, managing shop floor supervisors and 95 floor associates. This manager will be responsible for ensure that all shop floor operations are completed on time and on-budget with the support of a cross functional team of Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, Production Planning, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, EH&S, and Facilities. This individual will report directly to the site operations leader leader and have dotted-line reporting to the Site General Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Lead multi-disciplinary operation in manufacturing
• Develop and implement strategies to meet cost, quality, delivery, customer satisfaction
• Develop a world-class operations team through staffing, training, and talent management initiatives while serving as a role model for integrity, inclusion, and diversity
• Drive employee engagement through:
  • Leader of standard work
  • Factory Gemba walk process
  • Quality improvements and zero defect strategies
  • Comprehensive, proactive safety initiatives
  • Lean deployment
  • Mistake Proofing / Poke Yoke
  • 5S+1
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Maintain responsibility for succession planning, organizational and talent development
• Facilitate Operations, Manufacturing and Quality participation in design development to identify and address manufacturability, testability and inspectability issues
• Collaborate with Program Management, Supply Chain, and other functional organizations across the Philadelphia Site
• Responsible for monitoring, assessing, establishing plans to achieve, and presenting status of functional Strategic Goals and operational Metrics as approved by leadership
• Lead the organization in the development and implementation of operating philosophies and business strategies
• Develop, implement and sustain success metrics, incorporating best practices, and effectively communicating improvements
• Effectively manage behavior, performance, and key deliverables across a matrix organization 
• Experience managing union personnel

 Qualifications: 

• Requires management and leadership knowledge in job area.
• Typically has comprehensive knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline and may have broad understanding of other areas within the job function.
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, or similar field
• Fundamental knowledge in EHS to drive zero injury plans with a proactive approach
• Extensive experience in Shop Floor Management of electronics, optical assembies, or related commodities/processes
• Working knowledge and experience in Earned Value Management and/or comprehensive estimate-at-complete (EAC) establishment and analysis

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in the following fields of Operational Excellence:
  • Understanding of lean principals around pull systems, mix/max controls, etc.
  • One Piece Flow or Pull System manufacturing flow
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • 5S+1 Visual Factory
  • Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP)
  • Gemba implementation
• Demonstrated MRP/MES System adherence
• Knowledge of ISO9001:2015; AS9100D and QMS adherence
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and other proactive quality tools
• Experience deploying proactive safety initiatives to drive zero injuries
• Aerospace & Defense electronics experience, mixed model factory experience a plus
• Experience working in a matrixed organization
• Exceptional problem solving skills
• Strong experience implementing a metric driven approach across all Operations functions
• Proven ability to identify performance issues and implement the necessary changes in a timely and effective manner
• Regulated industry experience (Defense, Aerospace, Medical, etc.)
• Secret level security clearance at time of hire preferred.
• Electrical, electro-optical, and mechanical assembly background.
• Knowledge of ERP and PLM systems. (i.e. SAP, Teamcenter, etc.)
• Experience supervising, coaching, and developing staff.