Operations Manager

The Role
Are you an experienced Operations Manager with Manufacturing experience? Do you have a passion for mentoring and leading a team to success?
At Doncasters we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Operations Manager to join our team in Long Beach, CA.
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Doncasters is a leading international manufacturer of specialist superalloys and high - precision alloy components made for the most demanding conditions with manufacturing facilities in Europe, USA Mexico, China, and India. Doncasters Precision Castings of Groton is an industry leader in the development and production of Precision cast components.
Long beach employees around 110 employees and is always growing! Long Beach is situated in the sunny California, close to the beautiful beaches and national parks in LA!
The Operations Manager will be responsible forleading and developing High Performing Teams in the Manufacturing department. Responsible for driving and delivering key performance indicators of OTIF, Productivity and Cost through manufacturing managers, supervisors and team leads. As a key member of the Site Leadership Team, you will develop strategies for your departments ensure that the standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance is achieved.

• Be responsible for owning the department's culture that includes safety, quality, and financial performance.
• Supporting the General Manager in developing and communicating a clear vision and strategy for the manufacturing departments, establishing the goals and metrics to drive improvement, and establishing an environment where the team can exceed goals, including but not limited to:
  
  • Establishing clear and challenging objectives for the operations team and assessing performance against those objectives.
  • Shaping the organization and its culture to optimize effectiveness and to attract and retain talented people.
  • Providing strong leadership and maintaining good employee relations at all levels through own behaviors and communication channels, creating a "one team" culture.
• Provide strategic leadership to ensure manufacturing departments operate safely and in compliance with regulatory and internal health, safety and environmental program standards and goals.
• Accountable for the development of execution strategies to ensure consistent and quality product while driving reliability centered manufacturing operations.
• Participating in the business planning and budgeting process by developing short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies. Execution of projects within assigned area by monitoring project plans and status to ensure completion. Ensuring raw materials are converted into finished goods for the overall operation
• Review the site performance for the previous day against agreed data and KPI's Provide strategic and day to day leadership for designated product mix, developing a skilled and motivated workforce to support achievement of objectives.
• Lead in embedding a performance driven culture is nothing new to you as you look to measure Production, Delivery, Quality, Cost, Safety, and Employee Engagement
• Maximize productivity through achieving operational standard hours, booking operations, monitoring recoveries, investigating underperformance and taking corrective action.
• Achieving operational excellence through a high-performance culture with a strong continuous improvement and lean manufacturing ethic.
• Leading the teams and take them to an autonomous environment is key in this role, we need you to have the vision and direction for a future oriented company.
• Optimization of factory performance and efficiency, ensuring that process flow, manufacturing methods, tooling fixtures and equipment utilization are cost competitive and sustainable.
• Ensures designated product mix is driven through process to deliver 100% OTIF; utilizing resources such as maintenance, engineering and quality as required.
• Proactively manage the workflow through the site/unit through the manufacturing Management Team
• Enhance the team performance through development, performance management and recruitment

Salary Range: 160K to 185K
Equal opportunities:
Doncasters is committed to achieving workforce diversity and we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, national origin, race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or religious belief. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process; if you require any support or assistance to enable a successful application, please contactcareers@doncasters.com.
If you have any of these skills, we would love to hear from you;

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent in an engineering, metallurgical, operational or commercial discipline or relevant experience
• Thorough knowledge of casting technology, processes and manufacturing methods, based upon 5 years' minimum experience in the engineering, manufacturing and/or application of metal products in a senior management role
• Business Management qualification
• Green belt, black belt or other recognized lean manufacturing training
• Leadership in a business leading significant business growth
• Ability to create, implement and drive strategic plans
• The ability to harness ERP and other data sets to make data driven decisions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to a range of audiences, including external, internal, seniors and employees
• Experience with world class manufacturing process, and methods, Lean, Kaizen, 6s, TMP (talent management program), and other advance manufacturing methodologies, tools and concepts
• Strong leadership and motivation skills
• Strong computer skills with experience in Excel, ERP, and Minitab a plus
• Experience of managing manufacturing functions