Area Manager (Night Shift)

Majestic Steel is excited to add an Area Manager to our Hickman, Arkansas team! An Area Manager provides direction and leadership for service center associates and activities to achieve safety, people, quality, service and cost goals. Business partner for the Plant Manager that manages available resources and leads associates to perform all area tasks in the most cost effective manner while ensuring a quality product is processed according to schedule. Critical leader within the organization that drives continuous improvement and instills the Majestic values and operating principles within the organization. Night Shift Schedule 8:00 PM - 6:30 AM.

Who we are

Founded in 1979, Majestic Steel USA is a family owned, leading steel distribution, processing, and solutions company. With 10 strategic locations in California, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio and Florida, Majestic stocks, processes and ships steel to thousands of customers across North America. Majestic sells its steel to a diverse set of customers across markets including the HVAC, construction, equipment, agriculture, and appliance industries.

What we offer you

We are an employee, customer centric, and values driven company. We are focused on being the most dynamic and forward-thinking culture in our industry. A place where talent and technology combine to revolutionize the steel business for generations to come. Our strategy is to continue investing in geographical expansion, top talent, and technology so that we create exceptional employee and customer experiences.

Majestic Steel offers our employees competitive wages, career growth opportunities, and excellent benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, pet insurance and many more benefits. We also offer a generous Time Off program that includes, PTO, 9 holidays per year, a paid sabbatical program, paid volunteer time, and paid parental leave.

What you will do

• Safety:
  • Ensures the safety and wellbeing of area associates and visitors by communicating, promoting and enforcing all safety policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Promotes a clean and safe working environment for all associates, emphasizing prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions, and support the safety programs.
  • Maintains 6S process and audits to improve and sustain safety and housekeeping.
• People:
  • Maintains staffing by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training associates.
  • Executes performance management process and other required documentation.
  • Professionally develops through additional training, continued education, and benchmarking opportunities.
  • Supports associate engagement, involvement and development efforts within the organization; delivers messages and communication that inspires staff.
• Quality/Continuous Improvement:
  • Manages quality plan adherence, layered process audits and adhering to standard work.
  • Engages with associates and promotes hands-on, high involvement approaches to problem solving.
  • Drives Majestic Production System (MPS) to achieve operational excellence (cell boards, Vorne data, Kaizen, SMED) – win the hour, win the day, win the year.
• Service:
  • Utilizes ERP/MRP system for running production lines efficiently to meet customer requirements.
  • Optimizes shipping/receiving process to meet customer requirements.
  • Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs and working within maintenance/engineering teams to optimize equipment performance.
  • Contributes to Majestic Steel success by helping other areas accomplish job results.
• Cost:
  • Utilizes Vorne board, cell board and other continuous improvement tools to optimize operational cost.
  • Analyzes data and trends to increase business acumen and decrease cost.
  • Manages overtime, headcount and utilization of all resources.
  • Ensures the area/team achieves all goals and objectives.
• Other duties as assigned by the plant manager.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Oversees all associates assigned to the area. Responsible for hiring, retention, development and performance management for the area.

Additional

• Must be able to walk; sit; stand; climb; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl up to 10 hours.
• Must be able to work in both hot and cold atmospheres depending on weather conditions.
• Must be able to work outside normal business hours/days, as needed, which includes weekdays and weekends.

Who you are

Education, Training and Experience Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Three (3) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment or advanced degreed (Associate’s Bachelor’s or technical degree).
• Computer proficiency with MS office or equivalent.
• Associate’s, Bachelor’s or technical degree. (Preferred)
• Five (5) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment. (Preferred)
• Knowledge of continuous improvement and other lean methodology. (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements

• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a team.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies with emphasis on associate engagement, associate development and performance management.
• Effective communication with coworkers, supervision and management.
• Work with minimal supervision: ability to plan and prioritize workload effectively.
• Willingness to own area of responsibility and drive improvement.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to follow processes and procedures.
• Basic understanding of continuous improvement: 6-Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints.
• Commitment to ensuring the safety of associates and visitors.

At Majestic, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diverse voices are welcomed from associates throughout the entire organization. We have an inclusive culture, where all associates are respected; where different viewpoints, thoughts, and ideas are encouraged and embraced. Majestic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Majestic considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.