Production Manager
ASCO Aerospace USA
- Stillwater, OK
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work accidents: create and execute action plans
- Formulate, create and implement improvement proposals to improve work areas, taking 5S and lean principles into account
- Ensure that all stakeholders within production comply with safety guidelines
- Financial
- Determine number of Full Time Employees (FTE) and reevaluate monthly
- Creation and follow-up of Policy Deployment objectives
- Manage and improve overall production budget
- Manage the production inventory and support monthly inventory forecast updates: raw materials, WIP and finished parts
- Assure and improve machine and labor efficiency
- Provide support and input to Master Production Schedule changes
- Quality
- Ensure root cause analysis is performed effectively and in a timely manner
- Analyze and respond to corrective action reports and audit findings
- Plan and execute actions to reduce internal rework and scrap
- Customer Contact
- Maintain compliance to all safety, quality, equipment and regulatory regulations within production.
- Foster a team-building and continuous improvement culture for production stakeholders and colleagues
- Establish and enforce standard work and work instructions
- Take disciplinary actions when required
- Continuous Improvement
- Encourage and take initiatives to eliminate waste
- Initiate and implement improvement initiatives in order to support the realization of the objectives defined in the Operations Policy Deployment Matrix (PDM) Key Performance Indicators (KPI.)
- Training & Coaching
- Responsible for the good integration of new stakeholders in the area
- Involved in the selection procedure of new stakeholders
- Oversees the performance review process of all stakeholders in production
- Performs minimally once per year a performance review of each direct report.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing environment, preferably in an aerospace manufacturing department
- Previous Management/Supervisory experience is required
- CNC Machining knowledge preferred
- Special processes experience preferred
- Experience with Lean principles
- Understanding of manufacturing business metrics related to OTD, Quality, Inventory, Efficiency, Load & Capacity planning; various costs such as indirect & direct expenses, capital expense, etc.
- Able to motivate people and develop/execute improvement plans
- Customer driven, entrepreneurial spirit
- Safety and quality awareness
- Analytical skills
- Strong decisiveness
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Able to handle multiple complex activities at once
- Must possess strong English communication skills, the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization, and effective writing skills. These skills are essential for writing reports, protocol, generating documents, communicating with customers and vendors, etc.
- Independent and able to work with minimum supervision
- Takes initiative and displays a pro-active attitude
- Stress resistant
- Team player
- Strong organizational skills
- Must be able to travel – domestic and international – 10%
- Must be currently eligible/authorized to work in the United States.
- Insurance:
- Shared Premiums:
- Health
- Dental
- Vision Insurance – shared premiums
- Employer Paid:
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance provided by company
- Basic Life/AD&D Insurance – company provided for employee;
- Employee Paid:
- Voluntary Life Insurance available for Employee and Dependents
- 401K with Employer Matching
- Vacation
- Holidays