Senior Manager, Manufacturing

Phillip Jeffries is looking for Senior Manager of Manufacturing!

If you are a leader with strong project management and process improvement skills, come join our world class supply chain operation.

We are looking for a leader to oversee the day-to-day operations of Phillip Jeffries’ manufacturing facilities. In this role, you will report to and collaborate with our Vice President of Supply Chain.

What you will be doing:

Leadership

• Being a steward of Phillip Jeffries’ Great & Worthy Purpose (GWP), Mission, Vision and Values and having apprentice stewards at every level
• Provide world-class quality standards to consistently provide customers What they want, when they want it, the Way they want it.
• Oversee and manage different manufacturing facilities in the US and Japan from a process improvement standpoint, maximize output, improve processes, shorten lead times and maintain best in quality.
• Manage the department with lean thinking to increase productivity.
• Act as safety steward ensuring proper safety training and certifications for all personnel and equipment.
• Create backup plans, preventative agreements to have consistent production flow with no breakdowns in process.

Project Management

• Lead cross-functional project core teams to on-time project completion, while maintaining or exceeding quality standards and estimated cost projections. Enforce project milestones & deadlines are met; Assist with completion of critical deliverables.
• Own and create detailed project plans; and determine core project team members.

• Facilitate project communication to core team, extended team, and functional managers.
• Provide timely communication of project progress, roadblocks and solutions to the Vice President of Supply Chain as well as support managers for immediate solutions.

Process Engineering/Improvement:

• Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives to eliminate waste of value streams by empowering/teaching others the Lean and practical problem-solving tools.
• Continually review manufacturing processes and make appropriate recommendations to the Vice President of Supply Chain and support Managers for improving productivity, efficiency and/or quality.
• Maintains and implements cost improvement/control programs.
• Assess and determine if new manufacturing machines, methods are needed.
• Plan & determine optimal utilization of staff to meet manufacturing goals. Ensures that the required manpower competence, skill, knowledge, and equipment required to achieve the production/demand targets.
• Analyze manufacturing data and identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement; identify and utilize methods of making manufacturing process more efficient and effective (reducing waste, using lean).
• Handle all direct corrections of any manufacturing issues/roadblocks

Production Planning:

• Establish workflow policies and processes that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product quality, safety, or integrity
• Create and communicate weekly production schedules; ensure deadlines are met.
• Resolve production scheduling issues by analyzing report and developing solutions.
• Determine daily, weekly and monthly metrics regarding manufacturing performance.
• Create dashboards of metrics to be shared with the team and senior management.
• Hire, train, and evaluate staff in the US location; monitor staff to ensure they meet performance requirements.
• Ensure all employees follow industry standard health and safety guidelines

Must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, plus 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience contributing to a production team in a Lean manufacturing environment., Six Sigma a plus
• Demonstrated understanding and utilization of lean tools to help facilitate continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

• Proven experience collaborating with all levels of organization, driving initiatives and/or technology related projects.
• Expert in data analysis including extraction, data manipulations, troubleshooting and metrics / reporting
• Able to address and resolve people, process, or resource issues in a fast paced, multiple priority environment.
• Ability to lead and mentor staff to achieve significant results as well as effective team building, communication, and verbal skills.
• Demonstrated training experience with manufacturing tools & techniques, standards, regulations; preferred.
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take make timely decisions.
• Multinational company experience, preferred
• Must be able and willing to travel 3-4 times a year internationally

Why Phillip Jeffries?

As a purpose-driven organization, we truly believe that where you work matters. We are committed to creating an organization with a higher purpose, a place where our talented team can truly flourish. Phillip Jeffries believes in creating an environment with opportunities to grow personally and financially, offering volunteer opportunities that support our community and environment as well as extending a rich benefits package to care for our most valuable assets, our team.

Compensation Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus program
• Annual Cost of Living Increase
• Retirement Plan - company automatically contributes approximately 10% of your annual compensation

Health Benefits:

• Medical Coverage – low cost to the employee ($20 per month)
  • Spouse/ Domestic Partner/ Civil Union Partner Coverage
  • Family Coverage
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Prescription Plan
• Dental and vision coverage
• Tax advantages through Flexible Spending Accounts that allow you to pay for specific healthcare and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars

Other PJ Perks & Benefits:

• 20 Paid days off per calendar year
• 10 Paid holidays

• Detailed onboarding plans that outline 30/60/90 goals and trainings.
• Earn Paid time off for community service - Up to 3 days per year
• Employee Discount on PJ Wallcoverings

About Us:

Phillip Jeffries, the world’s leader in natural, textured and specialty wallcoverings, has been providing award winning designs to the architectural and interior design community for over 40 years.  With a diverse collection of product, Phillip Jeffries has provided luxury goods that grace the walls of properties such as the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas and the Barney’s New York stores as well as luxurious homes throughout the world. To learn more about Phillip Jeffries, please visit us at www.phillipjeffries.com.

Phillip Jeffries is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.