Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturing Manager

JOB SUMMARY:

The Manufacturing Manager directs, manages and coordinates all activities associated with manufacturing of our prototype and fast-turn circuit board assembly and advanced packaging placement (BGA, COB, COG), including up to full system integration. This position is responsible for efficient and quality manufacturing of company products in conformance with established goals and objectives. The Manufacturing Manager is directly accountable to lead the manufacturing organization to a level of performance identifiable with World Class organizations, utilizing lean production and continual improvement techniques. Reporting directly to the VP Operations, the Manufacturing Manager will have responsibility for all aspects of our electronic hardware manufacturing from concept through the entire Product Life Cycle. The Manufacturing Manager will work with leaders from teams across the company, including Master Scheduling, Quality, Test, Supply Chain Management, Engineering and Program Management (Sales) to execute on the master schedule. Finally, the Manufacturing Manager is expected to hire and develop personnel to help ensure the efficient operation of all aspects of hardware manufacturing.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (Other duties may be assigned):

• Manages all Incoming, Manufacturing and Receiving/Shipping operations.
• Reviews and implements the master production schedules, is a key contributor to its development, and confers with department supervisors to determine part status, identify and resolve bottlenecks, and monitors the WIP orders throughout the shop floor process.
• Consults with engineering and quality assurance regarding machine uptime and issues, and reviews quality related issues and takes relevant corrective actions.
• Coordinates with supporting departments including Engineering, Document Control, Supply Chain and Program Managers to coordinate production and shipping activities, and resolve conflicts or eliminate delays and ensure customer commitments are met.
• Assist Supply Chain in investigating and reporting material shortages and product delays to schedule.
• Arrange for the movement of material throughout the process, assembly, and distribution of supplies and
• parts in order to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules and plans.
• Examine documents, materials, and products, and monitor work processes, in order to assess completeness,
• accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Gather and record production data, including overall equipment effectiveness, capacity
• utilization, downtime, machine uptime, volume produced and other various metrics as required.
• Identify areas of improvement for efficiencies and establish goals and objectives to ensure manufacturing is operating in an optimal capability.
• Provides input to manufacturing engineering efforts to ensure company facilities and equipment are adequately designed, built and maintained. The emphasis will be on robust equipment/processes utilizing poke yoke techniques and quick change over. Likewise, create strategies to reduce labor cost, reduce scrap, and ensure a product free of defects.
• Provide leadership in continuous improvement activities and successfully enable scalability to achieve our goals of meeting quality, cost, and delivery objectives.

Other activities:

• Complies with all company policies and procedures, including safety requirements and ISO9001 quality system standards.
• Participate in formulating and administering company policies and manufacturing training initiatives.
• Proactively work with product management, marketing, and engineering (development and QA) teams to provide hardware development solutions and manufacturing engineering support.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidate will exhibit characteristics of a leader who is determined, results oriented, persuasive, and a strong communicator.
• Practical experience leading lean manufacturing operations for highly configurable product
• Ability to lead and mentor staff to achieve significant results and develop future leaders/managers.
• Strong, confident, proactive leader who sets agenda and takes ownership of situations with a collaborative, inclusive style.
• Ability to influence, innovate, negotiate and gain commitment at all organization levels in driving change.
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take decisive action.
• Must be able to handle difficult, high stress situations effectively and with diplomacy.
• Superb communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Experience developing safety and health programs compliant with OSHA requirements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Direct supervisor of manufacturing employees.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree (BS) in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or other Engineering Degree from a four-year college or university.
• Master degree and/or Six Sigma/Black Belt certification preferred.
• Computer experience: MRP System, MS Word, Excel, Adobe
• 10+ years of experience managing teams is required
• 10+ years of experience in global manufacturing leadership position strongly preferred
• May be required to submit for Federal security clearance.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets routine scientific and technical information.
• Ability to effectively present information to management
• Ability to read and speak English fluently.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs and other production metrics.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form and to deal with several abstract and discreet variables.

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 is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with arms and hands, and talk or hear.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environmental characteristics described here are characteristic of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (P.P.E.):

Specific items of clothing and/or equipment may be required to perform certain functions and operations.

Any of the following three serve as sufficient criteria in determining the need for P.P.E.: Compliance with MPI policy, Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) stipulations, and OSHA regulations generally.

Microboard Processing believes in helping employees to develop to their fullest potential while in the employment of the company. The management team makes a concentrated effort to develop that potential. In order to fulfill this goal, you may be cross-trained in other duties or other areas of the company.

All employees, both salary and hourly must be aware that at times it may be necessary to move an employee from his/her accustomed duties as business demands.