2nd Shift Production Manufacturing Manager - Data Center Cooling

Position at Nortek Data Center Cooling
Shift Production Manufacturing/Operations Manager - Data Center Cooling
Business Divisions: Nortek Air Solutions
Time Type: Full Time
Classification: Salary
Specific Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Business Unit: DCC Manufacturing Operations
Reports To: Sr. Production Manager
Job Summary
The role of Shift Manager is to provide leadership and drive execution of manufacturing functions; and to manage these tasks directly. The shift manager's key challenge is to maintain production within specific guidelines for production efficiency, labor cost, product rework, waste amounts, and control of on-hold product, while utilizing best practices. Daily engagement with cross functional departments to ensure production goals are achieved. (30% of daily)
Embrace FLO (Front Line Obsession) by making it a priority daily to ensure our employees feel part of a team. Helping to create a work environment that people enjoy daily is critical for this position. This will require you to prioritize a minimum of (40% of Daily) on the floor engaging with team members and Supervisors to ensure they have everything required to be successful daily. Responsible for creating a sense of belonging and ensuring employees know how their role impacts the company and community.
You will be challenged to drive improvement daily through Fab, Weld, Sub area & Final Assembly. Implementing new technology that drives processes automatically reducing the need for manual processing. This Role will work closely with Ops Process Eng and CI Eng to ensure best practices are implemented and maintained, execution and time frame will be key elements for success in this role. (30% of daily). This position is critical in our culture to become a data driven organization and will be responsible for collecting and entering data for defined metrics.
Key Responsibilities

• Be a Positive floor leader while protecting our employee Safety and Customer Quality by taking proactive actions daily, executing production goals and driving results.
• Achieve 97% On Time Delivery in accordance with custom delivery dates; achieve 98% OTD internally across all departments with a "OWN IT" mindset daily.
• Drive employee development as a core value to ensure plant adaptability to new business and secure employee retention through advancement.
• Know desired KPI for plant and take personal accountability to achieve by setting direction for plant operations daily.
• Execute changes presented by Project Eng & CI Eng (Manage teams performing work/ hold team member accountable to follow new processes once implemented).
• Complete daily/weekly Gemba within all responsible areas (Fab, Weld, Sub, Assembly) with Supervisor and area employees to have a proper understanding of what is required daily.
• Maximize the efficiency of production lines and ensure effective employment utilization, consistently review for where labor should be decreased or reassigned.
• Problem solves daily issues and implements countermeasures to ensure problems are eliminated. Solution driven mindset is critical.
• Removes barriers that prevent meeting target metrics, such as poor quality, missing defined processes, tool shortages and staffing.
• Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• "Accept only Zero" when approaching safety within our plant.
• Hold themselves and other team members accountable daily.
• Values integrity works transparently and is recognized for treating others with respect.
• Takes accountability to create and execute solutions that deliver desired results and can "own it" in a Performance Driven Culture.
• Coach first environment that emphasizes implemented processes and procedures, while maintaining a performance driven culture.
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead teams in a Teamwork culture.
• Ability to ignite and lead change as a catalyst for improvement.
• Can thrive in a "legacy now" culture in which we strive to do the right thing for the company today, even if it is the hard thing, and leave behind a stronger company for the next generation of employees.
• Strong leadership skills including ability to think strategically, solve problems and create a motivating team environment.
• Ability to select and hire "A" players, continuously develops employees, coaches to maximize performance and manages underperformers.
• A "builder" who has the desire to continuously improve culture.

Job Qualifications
Required:

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience and/or bachelor's degree.
• Industry relevant production experience in a Lean environment.
• Tangible track record of improving organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Knowledge of business and management, HR, and project management principles and practices.
• Must possess excellent computer skills (Microsoft applications (i.e. excel, word, PPT, etc).
• Must have leadership, coaching and mentoring skills.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and possess a "can-do" with quality first attitude and take "ownership" over initiatives.

Who we are
Nortek Data Center Cooling is a Madison Industries company. Madison Industries is one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world and has a robust portfolio of indoor air quality solutions. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier, and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value.
At Nortek Data Center Cooling, we're shaping the future by Creating a Better Tomorrow Every Day! We are a premier HVAC company offering energy efficient and sustainable products and solutions that exceed customer expectations through our employees' commitment to quality, customer experience and operational excellence.
Our success depends on YOU! As a member of the Nortek Air Solutions - Data Center Cooling team:

• You are the lever to drive profitable growth and meaningful change.
• You are closest to customers/markets and understand our business.
• We move quickly. You can make the right decisions daily.
• You are where success begins and ends.
• Each of you can help make us better every day.

Equal Opportunity & Non-Discrimination - Nortek Data Center Cooling. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Nortek Air Management and its divisions offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. To apply, please visit our career site at www.nortekair.com/careers.