Area Manager - Santa Claus, IN - Santa Claus, IN

Provide leadership and execution of a functional area at the plant level that ensures profitable results and customer satisfaction.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Be customer focused and understand market drivers.
• Drive process improvements to achieve operational excellence.
• Mentor and develop team members within organization.
• Understand, support and execute the achievement of performance measures on scorecards.
• Provide input for resources, planning and budgeting leadership to the organization.
• Proactively communicates across the organization business issues and opportunities.
• Create and sustain a productive and positive working environment by developing people and maximizing flexibility.
• Provides feedback to employees on job performance.
• Motivates team to succeed.
• Actively works to create the environment to be an employer of choice.
• Share best practices.
• Leverage available resources across the organization to manage cost structure.
• Able to balance customer and company needs.
• Support our quality system which ensures all business processes operate effectively.
• Execute our business plan to provide direction for the Operation and to ensure long term profitability.
• Responsible for capacity planning and execution of production schedules.
• High level owner of 6S implementation and adherence.
• High level owner of daily shop floor debriefs.
• Support and ownership of Safety Program, safe work practices and countermeasure actions in assigned area.
• Provide performance feedback and strategy for development of personnel.
• Represent the business unit's interests with internal and external customers, suppliers, and other Kimball business units.
• Support our Environmental Management System (EMS).

• HS Diploma or GED
• Preferred BS/BA degree
• 2+ yrs. manufacturing management experience preferred or 2 + yrs. experience in a supervisory role leading/managing people/processes
• Microsoft Office experience
• Possesses knowledge of our core competencies and capabilities
• Ability to train, motivate, and direct production employees
• Planning, organizing, and communication skills
• Personnel management & leadership skills