DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING

Directs the following teams to drive continuous improvement in Quality, Cost, and Delivery while developing a safer environment- Production, POP/Display, Maintenance, Material Handling, Purchasing and Shipping.

Core Competencies

Operational: (skills to get the job done)

• Drive Sashco’s culture for quality vision to our manufacturing team members, suppliers and customers. Meet & Exceed Customer Requirements in quality and delivery. Provide an atmosphere where factory team member’s engage in innovative solutions in product quality, costs, delivery, safety, and cleanliness.
• Effective and timely training to achieve Sashco job priorities, utilize effective systems, and consistently follow methods and training that effectively meet productivity expectations.
• Determine factory layout improvements for efficiency and participate in new upcoming products development. Dazzle plant touring customers with our team members’ cleanliness, honesty, knowledge, and culture.
• Participation on the Leadership Team. Shepherd the direction of the company in achieving overall results.
• Provide Executive level leadership and hands on project management to expanding our manufacturing facilities.
• Build a safety culture that drives safety performance to the level of Excellence, not average.
• Ability to work in and around chemicals; including but not limited to latex, biocides like Prevental D and Tinuvin 292, Lipase, and Fungicides. Some chemical reactions may happen.

Relational: (skills to connect and relate with fellow team members)

• Clearly communicate how to succeed as a team and as individuals. Help people be winners. Lead by example in integrity and performance. Be visible and communicate in a variety of ways. Inspiring learning for future job positions before they’re open. Teach always for greater understanding of the game of business remember always, it should be fun being the best. Create an environment that breeds EXCELLENCE.
• Build a collaborative structure that supports the leadership philosophy of Empowerment and Accountability

Aspirational: (skills to grow personally and professionally)

• Align, Lead, and Manage the Factory Teams to achieve Company strategy. Develop tactics and Deliver Results.

Lean Thinking: (skills to foster continuous improvement)

• Train, Implement and lead superior process improvement and lean manufacturing principals. Deliver innovations that last through effective improvement programs. Build and Manager all elements to sustain those improvements.
• Through constant improvement, drive more money back to the company for growth initiatives (i.e. product development) and for higher than market wages for higher performance
• Work with all teams to drive ownership of results, metrics, and improvements down to the team level through visual management.

Key Metrics: (measuring success)

• Drive results in key metrics including safety, quality, cost, delivery, cleanliness, and engagement.

Supervisory Duties

• Direct Reports: Factory Central Managers
• Supervisory Duties: Developing an effective team that directly supervises all team members in the Factory. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training team members; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining team members; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience in Business or Manufacturing.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a progressively more responsible, including 4 years’ experience at Director level or higher
• Technical training or practical experience in leading and executing continuous improvement strategies.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to stand at least 6 to 8 hours a day. Must be able to work with their hands, arms and be extremely accurate. Must be able to walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl on a regular basis. Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving high speed machinery and mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. machine oils, metal fillings, acetone, paints, solvents, grease, cutting fluids, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.