Senior Operations Manager (Manufacturing)

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter and the AAF International brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 98,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Read more about our philosophy at: http://www.daikin.com/about/corporate/philosophy/index.html

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, uniform servicemember status, age, disability, or any other legally recognized protected personal characteristics.

Position Objective:

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Senior Operations Manager assists the site Plant Manager and other managers on the site leadership team in transforming execution and culture at the Smithfield, North Carolina, plant. This key role will drive improvement initiatives for all KPIs for Production, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Equipment Maintenance. This position is also instrumental in driving our transition to a world-class Lean Manufacturing environment.

Key Accountabilities:

*Supports development of a world class Safety culture and ensures world class Safety execution on the production floor.

*Supports and develops floor leaders and personnel in their accomplishment of their assigned tasks at targeted performance levels. Strong floor leader.

*Lead, direct, and control the day-to-day activities of the Smithfield plant to achieve the short and medium-term financial and operating goals set by the overall organization business plan.

*Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports to determine causes of scrap, lost time, product nonconformity, and operating or production problems. Develops mitigations and insures sustained improvement in KPIs.

*Monitors the production processes, adjusts or revises production schedules and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems, and ensures goods and services are produced efficiently and with the correct quantities, quality, and cost.

*Consults with engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment to improve production and quality of products.

*In concert with the Plant Manager, formulate operating objectives in for Safety and People, on-time delivery, cost reduction, equipment utilization at the plant level.

*Monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.

*Lead, motivate, and develop employees to achieve outstanding manufacturing performance results, while leveraging continuous improvement tools such as Lean manufacturing, improving individual skills, and enhancing teamwork.

*Encourage innovation and employee input on potential improvements in all aspects of the plant operation.

*Provide personal direction in the resolution of current operating problems of a critical nature, to maintain maximum continuity of production at desired quality, costs and customer service levels.

*Facilitate standardized procedures / work instructions / visual factory and incorporate best practices methodology.

Position Requirements:

1.Completion of a college/university degree in Engineering or applicable technical discipline. MBA a plus;

2.Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) is highly desired;

3.5-8 years of plant or production leadership experience in a manufacturing environment. Maintenance leadership experience (in addition to plant or production leadership) a plus;

4.Working knowledge of P&L, budgets and financial statements;

5.Experience with SAP highly desired;

6.Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or related education preferred;

7.Past experience leading and improving a diverse group of functions, including operations/production, engineering, maintenance and reliability, and quality;

8.Comprehensive knowledge of Lean, optimization, and other process improvement processes;

9.Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a diverse group of employees in a participative, employee empowerment culture;

10.Experience managing operating costs, capital and maintenance budgets;

11.Demonstrated leadership, influence and communications, coaching and training skills.